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David Lyttle

Musician/producer David Lyttle was born 1984 in Northern Ireland to folk musician parents. Following years performing as a child, he developed an interest in jazz in his teens and began working with key artists worldwide. Now considered an exciting new voice in urban music, his current album 'Interlude' features a range of guests from both urban and jazz music, including Mercury-nominated rapper Soweto Kinch, Irish vocalist Rhea, keyboardist Jason Rebello and bassist Pino Palladino.

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Brad

Brad from Seattle, Washington, USA formed officially in 1992 (though the members had been playing together for a long time before that) and in 1993 released their debut album Shame. Brad includes 4 friends from the Seattle area who are musicians, including Stone Gossard (of Pearl Jam fame), Regan Hagar (former member of an early grunge band Malfunkshun), Shawn Smith (also a member of Pigeonhed and Satchel) and Jeremy Toback also of Ons.

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Jonathan Jeremiah

Jonathan Jeremiah is a London-born singer/songwriter. His debut album ‘Fool In Love', which he composed, performed and produced himself, is a heart-warming symphony of acoustic guitar and orchestration. ‘Fool In Love’ uses London’s highly regarded Heritage Orchestra, with the conductor Jules Buckley at the helm. Jonathan decided on an entirely analogue recording process which he was able to do at the Fishfactory Studios, West London, and it is this that gives the album its uniquely warm sound.

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Diaz

Diaz is a artist from Jessheim, Norway who has been rapping since the late 80s. He has always been a part of the inner circle of Tommy Tee's Tee Productions click, and was featured on various releases by among others Warlocks, N-Light-N and T.p Allstars before releasing his solo debut "2050" (after Jessheim's postal code) in 2000. The album was produced entirely by Tommy Tee and featured the Tee Productions fam as well as several Swedish and American rappers such as Petter (with whom he had the hit "Crossing borders" in 1999)...

Read more about Diaz on Last.fm.

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thetracks

the tracks formed in Glasgow between the singer / songwriter partnership of Billy Agnew (Lead vocals & rhythm guitar) & Mick McArthur (Lead guitar & vocals) having met at Uni. Armed with their guitars & 3 times daily rations of porridge (had to fund uni somehow) they spent many an evening touring the pubs and clubs of Glasgow with their original mix of uptempo and mellow songs filled with clever & beautiful lyrics and charged emotional vocals.
Websites:http://www.myspace.com/tracksweb
Live acoustic set & a wee interview:http://www.canstream.co.uk/celticmusic/index.php?id=96

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D'Angelo

D'Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer on 11 February 1974 in Richmond, Virginia, United States) is a neo-soul singer and keyboardist. He has released two albums, "Brown Sugar" (1995) and "Voodoo" (2000), with a third, "James River", due for release in 2012. D'Angelo signed a publishing deal with EMI Music in 1991 after catching the attention of record executives with a demo tape. He penned the hit song "U Will Know" on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack.

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Selah Sue

Selah Sue was born Sanne Putseys on 3rd May 1989 in Leuven, Belgium. She is a singer-songwriter, who combines multiple musical styles like folk, soul and reggae. Selah started playing classic guitar when she was 15. When she was 17, she participated in an open mic night in 'Het Depot', a small venue in Leuven. Organiser of the event and successful Belgian singer Milow (born Jonathan Vandenbroeck) saw her perform and asked her to be his support act..

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Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones (born November 12, 1944) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known for fronting the band, Booker T. and the MGs. Born in South Memphis, Tennessee, Jones was a child prodigy, playing the oboe, saxophone, trombone, and piano at school and serving as organist at his church. He attended Booker T. Washington High School, the alma mater of Rufus Thomas and shared the hallowed halls with future stars like Isaac Hayes's writing partner David Porter; saxophonist Andrew Love of The Memphis Horns; soul singer/songwriter William Bell and Earth...

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