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Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst is an American born February 15, 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his recording career in 1993 at the age of 13 and has since produced an enormous amount of material. Conor was deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner. His first two albums "Water" and "Here's to Special Treatment" were both released in 1994. Rolling Stone has referred to him as "'s boy genius.

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Garda

There are at least two artists by the name Garda:
(1) An accoustic Folk music collective from the area around Dresden, Germany.
(2) A Melodic/Hardcore band from Grand Rapids, MI. (1) Garda is a music collective of nine musicians around Kai Lehmann (vocals and guitar) and Ronny Wunderwald (drums). They are joined by Neli Mothes (piano, accordion, vocals, clarinet), Lars Hiller and Frank Heim (guitars), Karsten Pretschner (bass), Gunther Strehlau (horn), Bernd Wunderwald (trumpet) and Markus Altmann (Cello).

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Connor McCann

Conor McCann is an accoustic singer/songwriter from the small town of Lurgan in Co. Armagh, Nothern Ireland. He has recently finished recording his first EP, Someone, which is out now. Influences include: Dave Matthews Band, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens, Damien Rice, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Alexi Murdoch, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits

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Hawks And Doves

Hawks and Doves consists of one Mr. Gared O'Donell. Gared is best known for his time as the roaring and erratic front-man of the now defunct Planes Mistaken for Stars. So far Hawks and Doves only has a few rough demos recorded and one track with a full band (with some help of ex PMFS alum) called "Hush Money" There are murmurs of an ep to be released on No Idea Records at some point.

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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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