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Lorraine McCauley

Lorraine McCauley is a singer/songwriter from Donegal living and writing in Edinburgh. At times her songs offer melodious lyrical positivity, at others, a somber, rhythmic darkness that is at once engaging. Backed by The Borderlands a trio of fiddle & viole, accordian, cello & glockenspiel. The modern folk sound of Lorraine & The Borderlands have lyrics that reach out to you from the start with music for the soul and senses. www.myspace.com/lorrainemccauley

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Mary Black

Mary Black is an Irish singer. She was born on 23rd May 1955, in Dublin, to a musical family. Her father had been a fiddler, her mother a singer, and her brothers have their own group. She sang in her family's group in her youth. She went on to play in other groups including the traditional Irish band De Dannan from 1984-1986. After 1986 she had a successful solo career where she went on to try contemporary styles ranging from jazz to country. She was named "Best Female Artist" in the IRMA poll in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1996.

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A Fine Frenzy

A Fine Frenzy is the music of 25 year-old Alison Sudol. She released her first studio album One Cell In The Sea on July 17, 2007. Born in Seattle to dramatic-arts teacher parents, Alison moved to Los Angeles, US at the age of five. With her newly single mother, Alison moved frequently around the city. She developed a strong love for the fantastic literary worlds of CS Lewis, EB White, Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens, while becoming a passionate author in her own right.

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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Former The Runaway's guitarist Joan Jett began forming the Blackhearts, a backing band for her burgeoning solo career, with manager Kenny Laguna's assistance circa 1979. Since then the roster has included the current lineup of Thommy Price on drums, guitarist Dougie Needles and bassist Enzo Penizzotto and numerous predecessors like Gary Ryan, Eric Ambel, Danny Furious, Lee Crystal and Kasim Sulton.

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Annabel

There are at least 4 artists named Annabel:
1. Annabel, a japanese doujin music singer.
2. Annabel, an indie-rock band from Kent, Ohio
3. Annabel, a heavy-metal band from Prague, Czech Republic
4. Annabel, a dutch female singer
1. Annabel is a Japanese doujin music singer, she was born in Argentina and educated in Japan. binaria is another circle that she sings with やなぎなぎ. She is also the singer of Annina with the composer is bermei.inazawa. She also features in many game and anime themes. The ending theme from Sankarea, "Above your hand", was her first song with a videoclip.

Read more about Annabel on Last.fm.

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Pandora

There are several artists who share the name of Pandora: 1. Formed in 1985, this Mexican group originally consisted of sisters Isabel Lascurain and Mayte Lascurain and their cousin, Fernanda Meade. Meade left the group in May 1989 to pursue a solo career but returned in 1997. During her absence, Liliana Aboroa was the group's third member. The group's first single, "

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Dayna Kurtz

Dayna Kurtz is an American female singer/songwriter who is reknown for her warm and dark voice. She writes about love but also makes political statements (f.e. in "The Day of Atonement, 2001" of her latest record Another Black Feather). So far she made three records. The debut album Postcards From Downtown (2002) is considered a classic record in the singer/songwriter genre. Her last record, Another Black Feather (2006), is a masterpiece as well, with amongst others very original covers of Bill Whithers "Hope She'll Be Happier" and "All Over Again" of Johnny Cash.

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Xiu

Xiu is a recent project based in Milan and formed by Oksana (Xiu). Oksana was born in Estonia, studied academic music in Russia. Academic knowledges had a deep impact in the creative process of her musical entity. During several years she also sang in the church's choir which is undoubtedly had influenced her work. Next to the writting of her first musical effort she contributing appearances for the minimal-synth band Newclear Waves. She is familiar with underground musical scenes which emerged during the 80s, from sonic minimal synth experiments to cold wave and post-punk.

Read more about Xiu on Last.fm.

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