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Brett Dennen

Brett Dennen (born 1979) is a folk/pop singer-songwriter from Oakdale, California. He has been compared to Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, and Wynonna Judd. In 2004, Dennen released his first self-titled album, Brett Dennen. His second album was So Much More, which includes the singles "Ain't No Reason", "She's Mine", and "Darlin' Do Not Fear". A few songs charted as iTunes top downloads in the days following the album's release in November 2006.

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Holly Throsby

Holly Throsby is a Sydney-based singer-songwriter. Holly's songs are mostly set at night, and are built around finger-picked guitar and her distinctive, fragile voice. The arrangements, which incorporate double bass, piano accordian, melodian, clarinet and the barest of vocal recordings, are both delicate and painterly. She has released three full length albums- On Night in 2004, Under The Town in 2006 and A Loud Call in 2008. She was nominated for an ARIA award in 2006 for Best Female. In 2007 she released an EP called One Of You For Me.

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Shambles Miller

Hullo, i'm Shambles so I am. Last.fm confuses me. I have music you can listen to and an EP you can buy. Here's the relevant collections of symbols and letters: www.myspace.com/iamshambles - to hear more music and contact me
http://shambles.stereokill.net - for news, videos, bloggy stuff, reviews, etc
http://shamblesmillermusic.bigcartel.com/ - where you can buy my EP!
www.twitter.com/shamblesmiller - follow me on twitter I also hope you're having a nice day :) love Shambles x

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Ange Takats

National Folk Festival winner of the 2008 Lis Johnston Award for vocal excellence, Ange Takats' voice has been described as Joan Baez meets Gillian Welch. Her debut album Aniseed Tea tells stories of knitting, longing and lovely Irishmen. Born in Sydney but now based on the Sunny Coast, Ange somehow managed to begin her musical journey in Bangkok where she was based for two years as a foreign correspondent.

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Eddie Martin

Born in London in the 60's, Eddie Martin wrote his first songs aged 12 and, influenced by acoustic and rock singer-songwriters from both sides of the Atlantic, turned professional after being nominated for Best British Blues Guitarist, Band and Album between 1996 and 1998. Since then he has built a strong following as an acoustic artist and charismatic band leader, he has also recorded and performed with many greats from both sides of the Atlantic, including John Mayall, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, and Taj Mahal.

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Velveteen

There are 5 bands with the name Velveteen 1: A band from London formed in 2012 combining post-punk, surf and shoegaze sensibilities. Sun-kissed music and melody. Velveteen released their debut 'Wasteland EP' towards the end of 2012. 2: A four piece indie rock band from /Germany. In April 2008, the band's album Home Waters was used as an april's fools joke by the manager of Moving Mountains, telling it's a leaked version of Death Cab for Cutie's new album, Narrow Stairs. The joke was pretty much successful due to the band's similar sound.

Read more about Velveteen on Last.fm.

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Laura Hocking

Laura Hocking was born in the North, educated in the Middle and moved to the South.
She sings an entirely new genre called "Character-Centric Blue Vaudeville", but also fits the anti-folk mould. Her influences include Mae West, Burlesque, Egon Schiele, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, a boy, and Fiona Apple. You can now download and share lots of tracks for free, here and at: http://www.myspace.com/lolaandtheclic

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