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The Gentlemen

1. The Gentlemen (UK) The Gentlemen have been performing in and around the North of England for nearly three years, having built up an active following and playing alongside such acts as Palladium, The Motorettes and We Are Scientists at The Leadmill in Sheffield. The Gentlemen’s last sell out show in their hometown was at the Plug and their next show in Sheffield will include a live video shoot for their forth coming single scheduled for release early 2009.

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The Fold

A group plagued by major-label woes and break-ups, that was exactly what was essential for The Fold’s resilience: healing. Evolving from several Chicago-based rock outfits including Warner Brothers signees, Showoff, it seemed The Fold’s previous groups were in a place most musicians only dream of…and then things changed. “I suppose I gave up a lot when I left a major label band to start The Fold,” explains the band’s frontman and founder, Daniel Castady, “but if I did, it was because I knew that those things were passing away.”

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The Call

There are three bands with the name The Call. 1. The Call were a San Francisco Bay Area-based rock band originally formed in Santa Cruz in 1980 by vocalist/guitarist Michael Been, Scott Musick, and Tom Ferrier. Despite support from such luminaries as Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, and Jim Kerr, the band never achieved the success they deserved. The eponymous premiere album was recorded in England, and Michael Been later recalled that the band was in an exploratory phase at this point. Been noted in a 1988 interview, "The Call was a compassionate album, but it probably came out as anger.

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Harvest

There are several bands with the name Harvest: (1) A Minneapolis band
(2) A Barcelona band
(3) A Texas band
(4) A UK-based band
(5) A band from New Zealand
(6) A German band
(7) An Oklahoma City band from the early 70s
(8) A dark ambient music project
(9) A Japanese band
(10) Jump up drum and bass producer
Harvest (1) Harvest (US) was a seminal hardcore band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. It released two full lengths on Trustkill Records plus numerous 7"s and splits.

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Edward Higginbottom

The English conductor Edward Higginbottom's early years were marked by distinction as a keyboard player. He gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists before leaving school, winning the Harding and Read prizes for the most outstanding candidate of the year. A long association with Corpus Christi College Cambridge followed, beginning with an organ scholarship (winning the John Stewart of Rannoch university prize in Sacred Music), continuing with graduate work and a doctoral thesis on French baroque music, and ending with a research fellowship (1973-76).

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David Hill

David Hill is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. David's music is known for its "old and new" collage of musical styles,thought provoking lyrics, samples, sequencers, live instrumentation and interesting sound effects. David was born in Fremont, California, to parents that were very involved in the art world through photography. David grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota (home of Prince)...

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Pierce Pettis

A former staff writer for PolyGram Publishing in Nashville, Pettis' musical career was started in 1979 when Joan Baez covered one of his songs, "Song at the End of the Movie", on her album Honest Lullaby. Following that release, Pettis became heavily involved in the "Fast Folk movement" in New York in the 1980s alongside artists such as Shawn Colvin and Suzanne Vega. In 1984, Pettis released his first independent solo album, Moments, followed by a string of releases for High Street Records; While the Serpent Lies Sleeping, Tinseltown and Chase the Buffalo.

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Iona

Named for an island off Scotland's western coast, the group Iona was formed in the late '80s by vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge. They are contemporaries of fellow Celtic artists Enya and Clannad; however, Iona's works are also influenced heavily by jazz-fusion, prog-rock and ancient Christian themes. For Iona's 1990 debut album, the band added: drummer Terl Bryant...

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