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Lucie Silvas

Lucie Silvas born 4 September 1977 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London is a singer/songwriter from the United Kingdom. Born Lucie Joanne Silverman. Lucie left school in the sixth form, where she became a backing vocalist for ex-Take That vocalist Gary Barlow and singer Judie Tzuke. In 2000 Lucie Silvas recorded her album "Forget Me Not" - with tracks including the single "It's Too Late". This song entered the charts with a low position, and Lucie was subsequently dropped from her record label.

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Steve Cradock

Steve Cradock (born Stephen Cradock, 22 August 1969 in Solihull, England) is a British guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock is also the second guitarist in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo records following Weller's self titled debut album. He is a distinctive guitarist, who has a very retro, 1960s sound. Cradock's influences include The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Widely regarded (even by Ocean Colour Scene's critics) as one of the most talented British guitarists, Cradock also plays keyboards, bass guitar and drums.

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Jamie Campbell Bower

Jamie Campbell Bower (born 22 November 1988) is a British actor and singer. His first screen role was Anthony Hope in Tim Burton's 'Sweeney Todd.' Bower attended Bedales School, a boarding school in England. He is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre. He is also the lead singer for The Darling Buds.

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Thousand autumns

.. .. Thousand Autumns are a five piece rock band hailing from Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Formed in March 2010, Thousand Autumns have recently completed their debut four track EP ‘City of Sun’. Cleverly combining the diverse influences spread across the band, they create melodic-catchiness backed up by unique, coma inducing riffs that separate them from the typical sing/scream bands of today.

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The Bus Station Loonies

The Bus Station Loonies are a 'cabaret punk' band from Plymouth,UK. They have been described as a cross between Dead Kennedys, Undertones and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The band formed in 1995 in an attempt to put fun into the anarcho-punk movement. Original Loonies Tony Popkids (drums) and Chris Wheelchair (vocals, keyboards, kazoo; ex-drummer with Oi Polloi, Disorder, Riot/Clone and DIRT, among others) still continue with the band today, having recruited approximately 30 other band members over 10 years.

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Harker

Solo project for Vocalist/Guitarist from Punk Rock band Three Summers Strong. His first EP titled 'Loyal Than Most / Lights Off' was self released in late 2011, limited to 15 Mini CDs with hand made artwork. The EP has since been re-released through South West England based Record label 'Moshtache Records' on Standard CD with updated artwork and bonus extras. The Moshtache release is limited to a run of 50 copies. Available to purchase from:

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Harvey Andrews

Harvey Andrews (born Harvey John Andrews, May 7, 1943 in Birmingham) is an English singer, songwriter, and poet. From 1964, Andrews supported his nascent career as a singer/songwriter by working as a schoolteacher, before becoming a full-time professional musician in 1966. Andrews has produced 15 successful albums singing his own songs, many of which have also been recorded by other artists. His emotive The Soldier transmits the same quiet desperation of a soldier about to die "in conflict" as Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est, though in a very different setting.

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Tony Wilson

Vancouver's Coastal Jazz and Blues hails him as "unquestionably one of the most original guitar stylists on the Canadian scene". Down Beat Magazine entitles him as "...a talismanic West Coast figure." On 'Horse's Dream', his first solo-based guitar recording, Tony Wilson taps into the history of jazz and blues with his compositions. They shift from Leadbelly

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Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim AKA Gordon Grahame has made four albums - Our Troubles End Tonight, Let It Come, All The Kings Horses and True North. The song 'You're Lovely To Me' has become famous for it's usage in an advert for bread but was in fact originally a 20 year in the making, "Hymn to the Goddess" that he had to push to get onto the first album. Constantly misconstrued and misunderstood, Gordon's songs are deeply personal and reflect the psyche of a complicated man more concerned with the condition of his soul than that of his bank account.

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