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Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986. Its original orientation was toward contemporary folk music -- Billy Bragg is the label's signature artist, and Michelle Shocked's Texas Campfire Tapes, recorded on a Sony Walkman, was one of its first releases -- though it has long since branched out into many genres of rock and, with The Orb even into electronica. Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957), known as Billy Bragg, is a British musician known for his blend of folk, punk-rock, and protest music. ... Michelle Shocked is a singer-songwriter whose music and performances seem influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style that her first major-label producer likened to troubadors such as Joni Mitchell, Spider John Koerner, and Dave Van Ronk. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ...


A partial list of Cooking Vinyl artists

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