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Serafina Steer

Serafina Steer (born 1982) is an English harpist, pianist and singer-songwriter from Oxford, United Kingdom. Serafina Steer graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Music from Trinity College of Music, London, where she was awarded the String Faculty Silver Medal. In 2007 she released a 7" single and an album entitled Cheap Demo Bad Science on Static Caravan Recordings. Both were recorded and produced by Mike Lindsay of folktronica band Tunng. The album opens with a simple cover of Brian Eno's By This River but all other songs are her own.

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Lulu and the Lampshades

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Nancy Elizabeth

Nancy Elizabeth (Cunliffe) is a singer-songwriter and instrumentalist from Manchester, United Kingdom who mixes folk and post-rock influences to make her enchanting and dynamic music. Her first album Battle and Victory was released on the Leaf Label in 2007. It was all recorded in a 17th century cottage in rural Wales and a village hall on the outskirts of Manchester and features guitars, harp, dulcimers and harmonium amongst other instruments - and all alongside her unique voice and harmonies.

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Beth Jeans Houghton

In the past year 18 year old Newcastle based singer/songwriter Beth Jeans Houghton has garnered a reputation as an antidote to the current crop of acoustic songstresses. With her alternative blend of experimental folk, Beth has been hailed by the NME as "a Joni Mitchell for the anti-folk generation". With influences ranging from Frank Zappa, Vashti Bunyan, Fourtet and Love, Beth has cultivated a sound that is truly her own.

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