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Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt (born in 1964 Jacksonville, Florida) is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who currently resides in Athens, Georgia. Around 1985, Chesnutt moved to Athens and joined the band, The La-Di-Da's. After leaving that group he began performing solo on a regular basis at the 40 Watt Club; it was there that he was spotted by Michael Stipe of R.E.M.; Stipe produced Chesnutt's first two albums, Little (1990) and West of Rome (1991).

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Blind River Scare

http://www.blindriverscare.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/blindriverscare Blind River Scare is a vehicle for the Americana-tinged, bitter-sweet songs of UK based singer/songwriter/guitarist Tim Manning. Blind River Scare with a full band line-up have released "Graveyard Sounds" a limited edition single and "Killing Time" a five track E.P. They also contributed "Walking On Hell's Roof Looking At The Flowers to the Jon Langford tribute C.D. "Levitation".

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Tom Russell

Tom Russell is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash,Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.

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Dan Cohen

There are at least two artists named Dan Cohen.
1) Dan Cohen is singer, guitarist, and songwriter, hailing from Murray, Kentucky and based in Nashville.
2) Dan Cohen is a one man band from Warwick RI. He doesn't actually play any real instruments, instead he uses his mouth, other body parts, and any object that sounds cool to create music. His music can be described as "different" and revolutionary.

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Tor

There are multiple artists that go by the name TOR. (1) Tor was raised in a small mountain town on Canada's west coast where he started experimenting with music production as a teenager. He further honed his skills while living in Australia, running a small recording studio and remixing some prominent Australian producers. He later produced the Sufjan Stevens hip hop mashup album 'Illinoize', which garnered a lot of critical and audience acclaim.

Read more about Tor on Last.fm.

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Linda Gail Lewis

Contemporary Musicians | Lewis, Linda Gail Singer, songwriter Linda Gail Lewis is the younger sister of one of music's great performers, Jerry Lee Lewis. After decades of lingering in his shadow, she finally achieved a measure of fame in 2000 with a critically acclaimed album of duets performed with Irish rocker Van Morrison. Living a life every bit as tumultuous as her piano-thumping brother's, Lewis has toured the world repeatedly, married eight times, nearly died from drug overdoses, and has fought the ongoing battle of family-versus-career.

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Rex

Rex are at least two artist names: 1)An early version of slowcore band Rex originated in Maine in 1991, but at the time, drummer Doug Scharin was devoting most of his time to slowcore innovators Codeine. In 1994, Rex relocated to Brooklyn. With bands like Idaho, Acetone and the Red House Painters helping to keep alive the pensive, brooding slowcore movement, Rex didn't waste any time recording their self-titled debut for Southern Records that same year. This record fluctuates wildly between gentle, meandering guitar lines and powerful, emotive vocals.

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Peter Case

Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Buffalo, New York, April 5, 1954. Case has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to solo acoustic performance. In 1976, Case teamed up with Jack Lee and Paul Collins, to form early new wave band The Nerves in San Francisco. The Nerves' 1976 single, "Hanging on the Telephone", was eventually recorded by Blondie. After The Nerves disbanded, Case moved to Los Angeles and formed pop-rock band The Plimsouls in 1980. The group found success with the song "A Million Miles Away", but disbanded soon after.

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Jarrod Dickenson

Jarrod Dickenson is an Austin-born singer/songwriter now living in New York (2013) who lays bare his soul in every song he writes. His hauntingly honest lyrics about life, love, hope, and despair bring the listener inside his world, and commands their undivided attention. Whether it is the gut-wrenching pain of heartache, or the hope of a brighter tomorrow, Jarrod's songs have the unique ability of making you feel what he is feeling.

Read more about Jarrod Dickenson on Last.fm.

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