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* Kat Frankie is from Sydney but in 2008 she quit her job and moved to Berlin. I was a big fan of Chicks On Speed. In an interview they said Berlin was the best place in the world to make music, and I believed them.' * She says she likes things 'messy' - untidy, teeming, excessive, rich - and the luxuriant diversity of her music reflects that. No question, Kat Frankie writes the most artistic songs you'll hear in local pop music: rhythmically complex, like the most sophisticated R&B, with divinely intricate vocal harmonies reminiscent of old-time doo-wop and folk.

Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins was one of the true blues greats, a singer, guitarist, songwriter and occasional pianist from Texas, who through a life as a long-time solo performer developed a highly distinctive style, playing rhythm, lead, bass and percussion, with a legendarily unstructured approach to the 12-bar format. Musicologist Mark McCormick said that Hopkins is “the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act”. Born in 1912, he did not get an opportunity to record until the post-war years, and then recorded prolifically for a variety of labels.

"Tough Girl Blues" from acclaimed Blues Music Award winning bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Originally from West Virginia, Mann’s vocals effortlessly straddle the line between the honey sweet warmth of the south, and the force-of-nature sound Mann has cultivated by mastering everything from hard rock to rhythm and blues. Her clever blues balladry is complimented by her considerable prowess on bass guitar. A "musician's musician," her bass grooves touch on the hallowed soil of soul greats James Jamerson and Bob Babbitt, while her vocals echo the burnished grit of Mavis Staples and Koko Taylor.

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The album features guest appearances from Vince Gill and Buddy Miller. Best known for her 2004 debut single, 'Break Down Here,' Roberts revealed in 2011 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. That has not stopped the South Carolina native from writing and recording in addition to touring.