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Josef Salvat is an Australian London-based singer-songwriter. Salvat released his debut single This Life in March 2013, which was later included on the In Your Prime EP, alongside Open Season released in 2014. The follow-up track, Hustler was backed with Every Night and released on October 28, his birthday. 2015 saw the release of Till I found you and Paradise, as an advance of his 2016 debut album, Night Swim, released on 19th February. http://www.josefsalvat.com .

Josef Locke, real name Joseph McLaughlin, was born in Derry, Northern Ireland on 23rd March 1918. He came from a musical family however he was the only one of 9 children to follow a stage career. As a young boy he sang in the local church choir. Aged 16 he joined the British army and within 18 months was promoted to sergeant. He spent sometime as a policeman in Palestine, when he returned home he joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary. he sang in local concerts and gained the nickname "the singing bobby". He got his first break in the Empire...

“Get beyond your first impression/The first lesson/When meeting Boltz, never expect what you’re expecting” – Boltz on A-Diction’s ‘The Missing Piece’, 2005. What’s your preconceived idea of an Aussie emcee? A rough-and-tumble suburban warrior with a beer in one hand and a spraycan in the other? An ocker larrikin spitting rhymes about fictitious ‘wack emcees’ over boom-bap beats reminiscent of New York City circa 1994? A barefoot hippie rapping about Greenpeace and tofu burgers for a devoted army of festival-goers? Boltz is here to change your perception of what Australian hip-hop is supposed to sound like. With his laidback vocals...

Josef Hader is a cabaret artist and actor from Austria. .