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Matt Nathanson

Matt Nathanson (born March 28, 1973 in Lexington, Massachusetts) is a whose work is a blend of and music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar (usually a twelve-string), and has played both solo and with a full band. The Faster Songfacts says that his seventh studio album, Modern Love debuted on #17 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 9, 2011, making it Nathanson's most successful album to date.

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Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard (born August 11, 1976 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American musician and songwriter who has formed several indie bands. He is most notable as the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie; his other projects include The Postal Service and All-Time Quarterback. He has also created music under his name and under the band Pinwheel. Gibbard appeared as a guest on Jimmy Tamborello's (his Postal Service collaborator) Dntel album entitled Life is Full of Possibilities (2001) - Specifically, he contributed vocals to the song "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan.

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jube

jube creates ambient and electronic mixes which are distributed via his website, cloudsinthehead.org He began mixing electronic music in the fall of 1997 on a short lived web radio show titled Nine Times Digital (abbr. 9XD). His listening audience was mostly IRC users. During this period jube experimented with a variety of music formats, software and hardware to create his live sets. Subsequently he settled on the Sonic Foundry Acid sequencer to create drum & bass mixes, such as God's Tremor, and ambient soundscapes, such as disconnect, incorrect.

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Isambarde

Isambarde’s music is a powerful blend of traditional and contemporary folk songs, taking the English tradition forward into the 21st century. The band comprises of Chris Green (vocals, guitar), Jude Rees (oboe, vocals) and Emily Sanders (vocals, fiddle). The albums Brunel’s Kingdom, Barnstorming and Living History are all available to buy from the band’s website www.isambarde.co.uk. Isambarde are currently working on a new album, to be produced by Phil Beer on his label Chudleigh Roots.

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Ian Britt

Born in Sheffield, England and moving on after a colourful youth & adolescence, Ian fled his roots to study music in the notoriously musical city of Manchester. He remained here for seven years, achieving a 1st degree honours in Popular Music and Sound Recording, then signing to the independent label Jalapeno Records in London whilst making himself a name locally as an acoustic singer-songwriter.

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The Black Sea

The Black Sea was formed from the ashes of Frodus in 2002 when Frodus's Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher decided to continue playing together. At the time they recruited Fugazi bassist Joe Lally to play bass. At the time they weren't sure on if the musical endeavor would go beyond just playing music. In February 2002, Hamacher left for a 3 month excursion to Eastern Europe and Turkey after recording drum tracks for the pair.

Read more about The Black Sea on Last.fm.

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David Geraghty

David Geraghty is a member of the Irish rock band Bell X1who embarked on a solo career with his debut album Kill your Darlings, released in September 2007. David Geraghty will release his second album 'The Victory Dance' in Ireland on August 28, 2009. The release of the album will coincide with a nationwide tour beginning in September with a live performance at Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co. Laois. The tour also consists of dates in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Louth and Dublin.

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Mike Doughty

Mike Doughty (born June 10, 1970, in Fort Knox, Kentucky) is an American indie and alternative rock singer-songwriter and author. The former frontman of Soul Coughing barely sounds like his former self. Doughty began writing solo songs in 1995, but nothing materialized until Soul Coughing broke up in 2000, at which point Doughty began touring solo with his acoustic guitar after becoming clean and sober. Skittish was finally released to the masses along with the EP Rockity Roll on the ATO record label.

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