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It was 1984 when Lloyd Cole and the Commotions released their debut album Rattlesnakes. An excellent album which spawned the singles Perfect Skin and Rattlesnakes, both minor hits in the UK.
But it was the second album Easy Pieces, a year later that pushed the band into the commercial spotlight. The album contains the band’s most [...]

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Little Village formed in 1992 when John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner, all of whom had previously worked on Hiatt’s best selling album Bring the Family in 1987, re-united for a new album.
The album Little Village never really lived up to the expectations from such a band, but thats not to say [...]

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Paolo Nutini perform the beautiful track Last Request on BBCs Later With Jools Holland from 2006. Paolo Nutini appeared full of promise on the debut album These Streets in 2006 and it will be interesting to see whether they can maintain that same quality in the future. An absolutely excellent voice.
Paolo Nutini – These Streets

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Oh Well was a hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1969. This period known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac would end in 1970 when Green’s mental stability came into question, wanting to give everything the band earned to charity.
Fleetwood Mac would regroup and eventually comeback in the mid seventies with Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and Lindsay [...]

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Like A Star is the beautiful opening track on Corinne Bailey Rae’s outstanding eponymous debut album in 2006.
Corinne Bailey Rae has an incredible voice, sweet and sexy at the same time and in this video she looks like she sounds.
Corinne Bailey Rae – Like A Star

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