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Emma Deigman

For a 20 year old about to release her first album, Emma Deigman has some impressive admirers. Bryan Adams recently turned up to one of her gigs, Gary Barlow has declared himself a huge fan and, on hearing a handful of her songs, Rod Stewart immediately offered to help her break the States. Listen to Deigman's debut album, and you can understand the fuss. Sumptuous soul vocals hark back to the '70s on funky, feel-good songs with and lashings of live brass and strings.

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Gavin Holligan

..having already achieved musical accreditation within in the UK, working with artists such as Shola Ama, Sugababes, Daniel Bedingfield and James Dean Bradfield from Manic Street Preachers, Gavin's (aka 'Hollerzz') extraordinary musical skills, natural flare for composition and arrangement, and disciplined musicianship have also been recognised internationally working with a number of artists from around the globe, inlcuding Patrice (Europe) and Sherwin Gardner (Caribbean)

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Norman Jay

Norman Jay MBE (b. Notting Hill, London) is an innovative and pioneering British DJ. He first came to prominence playing unlicensed or 'warehouse' parties in the early 1980s, such as Shake 'n' Fingerpop. His diverse and deep musical knowledge and his refusal to be restricted to playing from any single genre distinguishes him from his peers. He has an ongoing radio show on regional station BBC London and present his Funk Factory series on BBC Radio 2 which goes out every 6 weeks of the year.

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Eastern Front

Eastern Front was formed by Holocaust and Krieg at the end of 2006. With an interest in the Second World War, and its effect on Europe, they were interested in exploring the history, through music; and from a subjective, personal and emotional, point of view. Eastern Front takes a new approach to Black Metal – which has been labeled “War Torn Black Metal”. Musically, they retain a traditional Black Metal sound but experiment with other genres, like Doom, folk, classical and rock, to create a range of different atmospheres in their songs.

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The Cross

There are four bands with that name: 1) Roger Taylor's band
2) The Korean band
3) The progressive metal band
4) A Japanese duo
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The Cross was a separate band project put together by Roger Taylor (the drummer for Queen) from 1987 to 1991. The four other members were Spike Edney (who went on to form 'Spike's All Stars' - the SAS Band), Clayton Moss, Peter Noone, and Joshua J. McCrae.

Read more about The Cross on Last.fm.

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John Farnham

John Peter Farnham (born July 1, 1949) is an English-born Australian pop singer. Domestically he has remained one of Australia's best-known performers over a career spanning more than 30 years. He is the only Australian artist to have a number one record in five consecutive decades (echoing Sir Cliff Richard in the United Kingdom). Between 1982 and 1986 he fronted Little River Band. Born in Dagenham, East London, United Kingdom, Farnham spent the first years of his life in England before migrating to Australia in 1959.

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The Furious Horde

The Furious Horde are a Dark Symphonic Metal band from Essex, England, formed around October in 2003. A first Demo was recorded in November 2004. A song was recorded for the "Shards" compilation in 2005. Their first album "World Aghast" was first worked on at the end of 2005, and was due for a March launch in 2006. However, after the majority of the album was recorded, the studio was moved to Jigga Jam Studios, and the decicion was made to re-record all the tracks.

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Atomic Kitten

Atomic Kitten were an English girl group, first established in 1997 in Liverpool. The original line-up featured, Liz McClarnon, Kerry Katona and Heidi Range (now in the Sugababes), but Range decided to quit and was replaced by Natasha Hamilton. Jenny Frost (formerly of Precious) replaced Katona in 2001. Hamilton, McClarnon & Frost were the final and most successful line-up of the group. Atomic Kitten had three UK number one singles; Whole Again, the fourth best selling single by a girl group of all time; Eternal Flame and The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling).

Read more about Atomic Kitten on Last.fm.

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Elena Tonra

Elena Tonra is a 19 year old solo artist from the London Suburbs. She writes all of her own songs and had been writing them since about the age of 15. Her songs are usually poems put into a melody and sung while playing a simple, yet beautiful accompaniment on acoustic guitar. A lot of her songs are about situations to do with relationships and such that a lot of people can relate to.

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Liz McClarnon

Heat Magazine have described her as ‘truly beautiful’, Glamour Magazine say she’s ‘always perfectly dressed’ and the fit one out of Maroon 5 says ‘if all English girls are like her, we’re moving in’. So what else do you need to know about Liz McClarnon other than she’s in a league of her own. As one third of Britain’s biggest girl band, Atomic Kitten, Liz has travelled the world on sell out tours, has countless awards and number 1 singles and albums under her belt...

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