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Caroline Lavelle is a classically trained singer-songwriter and cello player. Hailing from the UK, she has made three recordings: Spirit (1995), Brilliant Midnight (2001) and A Distant Bell (2004). Her sound ranges from traditional folk ballads of the british isles to acoustic and electronica, from the musings of long lost love and insomnia to the poetry of Brian Patten and armenian war poet Siamant'o. Organic and electronic music usually blend in her albums in a distinctive, eclectic sound.

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Armed with just her cello and a small box of electronics, Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She records layer upon layer of cello, her feet dancing over an array of pedals to transform her solo performances into multipart works. Born in Canada and classically trained from the age of eight, Zoë studied music at Sarah Lawrence College in Westchester County, New York and the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Italy. After graduation she moved to San Francisco and began working in computer software while moonlighting as a cellist with dance troupes, theater companies and rock bands.

Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Canada and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5. He then moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and artistic co-director of the Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence. He has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, including the complete cello suites of Benjamin Britten and Johann Sebastian Bach and his recordings have won such distinctions as Top CD - BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d'Or, CHOC du Monde de la Musique, 10 de Classica/Répertoire, and Editor's Choice from Gramophone.

Anne-Marie Sanderson is a Cumbrian singer/songwriter, currently based in London. Music has always been a hefty chunk of her life, ever since she was smaller than her first cello. In 2007 she recorded her debut album ‘Navigating By Stars’, a collection of 11 songs… love songs, homesick songs, wandering songs, songs for the changing seasons… the album explores varied musical landscapes, from the lush instrumental textures of the title track and ‘One of those Days’, to the simple voice and guitar arrangement of ‘Dry Leaves’.