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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country and Western songwriter, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era. By the 1970s, Haggard was aligned with the growing outlaw country movement, and he continued...

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The Merlons began their career in the early 1990s as The Merlons Of Nehemiah, based out of the university town of Erlangen, Germany. After only a few concerts, they signed to Musical Tragedies and soon released their debut CD "Cantoney". Their early sound could perhaps be described as dark folk, mixing medieval sounding songs based on various exotic and rare acoustic instruments, with modern independent rock elements. Although the songs all sound so old, in reality the Merlons are gifted song writers, writing virtually all the songs on their albums themselves. On their first two albums, they even developed their...

Rebecca Saunders (born 19 December 1967, London) is an English composer. From 1991 to 1994 Saunders studied composition with Wolfgang Rihm at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and in 1997 she completed a doctorate in composition with Nigel Osborne. Saunders has received the Busoni Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts, the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for composition, the composition prize from the ARD and the Paul Hindemith Prize as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (2003). She currently (2009-2010) holds the post of Capell-Compositeur (composer-in-residence) at the Staatskapelle Dresden. Her piece, Traces, received its UK premiere in...

Ben "Tattoo" Saunders is a singer, known from the Dutch TV-show "The Voice of Holland", he won the competition. From the start of The Voice of Holland, ben was highly praised for his amazing voice and ability to perform. The finals of The Voice of Holland aired on January 21nd, 2011, and Ben competed against Pearl Jozefzoon, Kim de Boer and Leonie Meijer. Ben won the competition and is now busy with his career and probably an international contract. .