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Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn, (pronounced "CO-burn"), has had a long and distinguished career with much success in his native Canada. His first albums were fairly straight ahead folk music spotlighting his brilliant guitar playing. In fact, there were a good number of instrumental guitar numbers on those early recordings. A Christian element came into his music around the time of the album Salt, Sun And Time, and over time his writing has taken on a stronger and stronger political orientation.

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Harlequin

There are (at least) three bands with this name: a Canadian classic rock band; a Swedish punk band; and a Medieval/Folk band from Tasmania. Canadian rock band: Harlequin was a Canadian rock band that formed in Winnipeg in 1975 and lasted until the mid-1980s. The original members of Harlequin were vocalist George Belanger, guitarist Glen Willows, keyboard player Gary Golden, drummer David Budzak and bassist Ralph James. Harlequin signed with Epic Records in 1979 and had a string of hit singles in Canada. Their biggest hit single is "Innocence" which topped Canada's charts.

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The Ruby Kid

1987 Ruby Kid born. 2001 Ruby Kid start listening to hip-hop, most of it rubbish. 2001 Ruby Kid start writing raps but is shit. 2002 Ruby Kid become revolutionary socialist, engage in class-struggle agitation etc. 2003 Ruby Kid start listening to good hip-hop. 2007 Ruby Kid record first tracks and have first gigs. 2008 Ruby Kid play gigs in London, Sheffield, Nottingham. June 2008 Ruby Kid support (an absent) Wiley in front of around 400 people at Plug, Sheffield. September 2008 Ruby Kid support (a present) Wiley in front of around 800 people at Plug, Sheffield.

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The Workers

The Workers are a group of individuals working in different public services around the country. They came together to record this song in solidarity with colleagues taking part in the Day of Action for Pensions Justice on 30 November.

The Workers are hoping to raise awareness of the campaign for a fair deal on pensions for public service staff, and you can help them doing this by downloading the single when it’s released on 20 November, and getting their message of solidarity into the national charts.

The Workers on Last.fm.

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Luigi Nono

Luigi Nono (29 January 1924 - 8 May 1990) was an Italian composer. He studied at the Venice Conservatoire where he became acquainted with . (He married Arnold Schönberg's daughter Nuria in 1955). He became a leading composer of instrumental and electronic music. In 1950, he attended the "Ferienkurse für neue Musik" in Darmstadt, where he met composers such as Edgard Varèse and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Works from this first period include: Polifonica-Monodica-Ritmica (1951), Epitaffio per Federico García Lorca (1952-1953), La victoire de Guernica (1954) and Liebeslied (1954).

Read more about Luigi Nono on Last.fm.

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Michael Franti & Spearhead

Michael Franti is a gifted and much-heralded spoken word artist and political activist from San Francisco, CA. As leader of the politically and socially-charged group Spearhead, Franti is at the forefront of hip-hop's renaissance, expanding the music's boundaries as he draws on funk and soul-driven beats. Through his music and poetry, Franti tackles a range of issues--the criminal justice system, corporatization of our daily lives, AIDS, gay rights, homelessness, the death penalty, drug addiction and suicide.

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