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Sarah Keyworth & a mysterious choral album
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Rachel Parris & blissful ambient folk
Kwame Asante & noise rock
Eleanor Tiernan & recorder prog folk rock
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Alison Spittle & dark spoken word
Guz Khan & Ethiopian Crunch
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Kemah Bob & Colombian Crunch
Jack Rooke & twisted-pop
Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion
Gabriel Ebulue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree
Dane Baptiste & Kojey Radical’s 23Winters
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