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Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is a Tamil-Indian singer and music composer. He gained fame for his album entitled Breathless in which he sings constantly for over three minutes without pausing for taking a breath. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood films. http://shankarmahadevan.com/ (official website)
Early life Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chennai, India to a Tamil family. He learned Indian Classical Music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing Veena at the age of five[1].

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Racing Glaciers

Racing Glaciers are a 4 piece band based in Macclesfield, who seem to write music mostly about rivers and the nighttime. They released their eponymous debut EP in September 2012. The band is comprised of: Tim Monaghan - Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards
Danny Thorpe - Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Matt Scheepers - Trumpet, Bass, Guitar, Synth, Backing Vocals
Simon Millest - Guitar Their influences include:

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Jagjit Singh

'Jagjit Singh' (lang-paਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, lang-hiजगजीत सिंह, lang-urجگجیت سنگھ) (born February 8, 1941) is a prominent Indian ghazal singer. He gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful duo (husband-wife) act in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of the modern ghazal singing and regarded as the most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music.

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Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal (born March 12, 1984) is a 2-time National Film Award and 6-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian playback singer of Bengali origin. Winning the Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Award 4 times (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009) she is currently one of the most popular singers in India. Singing playback for the top actresses in Bollywood including: Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherji, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif. As well as some newer stars: Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.

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Trickbaby

Trickbaby is a britasian East/West dancey soundclash, influenced by modern dance music and Indian Bollywood classics. The group consists of the songwriting partnership of Saira Hussain and Steve Ager, and the musicianship of Jeevan Rihal (harmonium/keyboards and additional vocals), Vikaash Sankadecha (percussion) and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums). Trickbaby debuted with their single "Indi-yarn", which reached #46 on the British charts,was the first Hindi language single to be playlisted at BBC Radio 1 and was their morning show’s record of the week for a record three weeks.

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