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Americana Music Artists Discover the top artists for this genre below! |
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Really Free Music Really Free Music has had music appear in over 500 albums worldwide, and numerous Films, TV and multimedia projects, with clients spanning the globe. Owned and run by UK composer Peter Wheeler, his own composing credits include worldwide commercial album releases, Films, and many TV shows (UK, US, ABC, Disney, C4, C5, MTV, etc). Really Free Music also specializes in World music and other niche genres - from Sea Shanties to Ambient Trip Hop to African Choirs. |
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Steve Rice Productions Steve Rice is a versatile composer, keyboardist and accordionist based in Philadelphia. He records and writes with several outstanding ensembles, including Rouge (French Cabaret), Big Squeezy (Zydeco), Troy Kline (Retro Vegas Lounge), and the Steve Rice Quintet (original Jazz). Steve's compositional interests include Jazz, Classical, World, Traditional Ethnic, and Electronic music, as well as SFX. He has a Film Scoring degree from Berklee College of Music, where he received the prestigious Oscar Peterson Award. |
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Bill Leslie Emmy Award-winning journalist and World Music Composer Bill Leslie's seven albums are best-sellers on the World Music charts. His Blue Ridge Reunion CD charted at No. One in 2008. Bill has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, John Tesh, etc., and famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma praised Bill as “one of the greats in modern Celtic music.” Critics call Bill’s music “tranquil yet exhilarating, stunningly beautiful, and full of joy and peace.” Compositions have a highly melodic Folk and Celtic core, taking listeners on a powerful emotional journey. |
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Denis Turbide A musician of over 30 years, Denis Turbide is a Canadian composer whose work features intricate fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing, mandolin, and ukulele. His songs have an authentic, rootsy sound that blends Folk, Blues, and Americana influences, making them perfect for productions involving nature, history, and rural culture. Denis' music has been featured in programs on Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and Biography, as well as in Panago Pizza's summer 2011 and 2014 ad campaign throughout Western Canada and Southern Ontario. |
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Mark S. Crocker Based in Texas, Mark S. Crocker presents beautiful soundtracks and catchy melodies that emotionally transport the listener into an imaginative other-world. Working in genres ranging from Dramatic and Dangerous to Children and Spiritual, his creative style is a mix of Cinematic flavor with both traditional and non-traditional instrumentation. Mark is a published choral arranger, composer, and concert artist, and he's provided background music for several websites, video productions, and a TV series. Over 500 of his tracks are on AudioSparx. |
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Mackinaw Award-winning group Mackinaw presents music and songs to accompany folk dances from Quebec (French Canada). Lively, toe-tapping music with violins, accordion, spoons, piano, drums, bass, tap-dance and voice. |
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Jeremy Sherman Jeremy Sherman has spent over 30 years playing in a wide variety of bands in the UK and abroad, taking in such styles as Ska, Folk, Jazz, Cajun, Country, Rock, and Blues. Over the past 10 years, he has pursued and developed his love of writing and recording his own material for a variety of Film, TV, and Commercial projects. Jeremy also produces CDs for local musicians and his own Celtic/Americana/World outfit. A completely self-taught musician, he is proficient on electric and acoustic guitars, dobro, bass, and keyboards. |
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Patricia Holmberg Patricia Holmberg has a rich history as a composer, pianist, lyricist, and singer who recently completed a 12-minute composition for Glass Harp, Piano, and Orchestra titled "Water Suite." She has also written a Concerto for Jazz Piano and Concert Band and composed cantatas and other choral, vocal, operatic, and orchestral works. Pat's music has been featured in shows on the History Channel, Bravo Channel (Funniest Movie Moments), NBC, A&E Biography (Dean Martin), MTV (Made), E! Network (Gastineau Girls), Biography Channel (The Writers: Sylvia Plath), and others. |
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Michael Panasuk Connecticut composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Michael Panasuk creates everything from raucous Rock instrumentals to bass-driven Electronica, lilting Ambient Pianoscapes, and toe-tapping Bluegrass. Writing for TV, Film, Radio, Web, and Recording Artists around the world, his work has been featured in shows like Fox Sports, LA's Finest, Pawn Stars, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Say Yes to the Dress, Mob Wives, FBI Criminal Pursuit, Watch What Happens Live, Parking Wars, Man V Monster, Kathy Griffin Show, Bar Rescue, Man V Monster. |
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Jody Adams US Composer Jody Adams is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with a rich history and impressive list of accomplishments. He brings an exciting array of compositions, including Dramatic, European, Country, and others. His dedication to the craft and the high quality and clarity of his music makes him a welcome addition. Joey's songs can be stunningly sentimental, and each one tells a story that gets to the heart of the matter -- whether it's a sad song of loss, sickness, or death, or simply breathing in a sunny, blessed new day each note revels in human compassion |
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Gayle Ellett Performing for 35 years, including on over 90 CDs, USA Composer and multi instrumentalist Gayle Ellett’s compositions appear in film and TV soundtracks, award-winning CDs, commercials, art installations, animation, computer games, and numerous corporate applications. Recently featured in Brad Pitt’s Year of the Dog, other film projects include Get Smart, Kiss the Bride (with Tori Spelling), The Devil's Muse (Dir. Ramzi Abed), Out Of Left Field, Combover, Los Gringos, etc. Gayle is airing on 20 USA television networks, and has charted on Billboard with his award-winning music. |
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Purple Mountain As the man said: "The place where Rock and Country meet is right in my wheelhouse" and that place is Los Angeles-based Purple Mountain. This group consists of four musicians who also specialize in Americana and Roots styles. Signed with Masterwerk Records in 2004, their music appeared in MTV's Punk'd, Invasion, the Bloodsport II trailer, ABC's The Real Deal, and numerous TV and Film productions. Purple Mountain’s tracks are live band performances with real instruments that will give your project an authentic feel with a distinctive edge. |
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Masterwerk L. A. composer Masterwerk's wildly popular music is featured in scores, trailers, infomercials, and more. Film and TV credits include MTV's Punk'd, ABC's Invasion, Columbia Tristar's American Yakuza, DEM's trailer for Bloodsport II, a game score for Multimedia's Little Learner, and infomercials for Learning To Fly. Their scores also appear in Nickelodeon's The Adventures Of Allen Strange, Divicomm's Documentary, Timeless Heroes, ABC's The Real Deal, and Wings Over The Atlantic. With over 800 tracks online, their flair and diversity guarantee a winning production! |
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Clare Steffen Clare Steffen EdD is a Singer-Songwriter from Oregon. She is the Founder of Round The Globe, which has won over 100 international film and music awards from film festivals. Her music has been played on Canadian and US Television, films, podcasts, and at the National Football Game. She co-writes with Artists from all over the world and has collaborated with 80 Artists from over 50 countries. Clare is influenced by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, Al Jarreau, John Prine, and Indie Artists. She is an eclectic Jazz, Folk, Pop, and Blues |
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Alex Mastronardi Alex Mastronardi is a professional musician, film and TV composer, recording engineer, and producer from Canada. He creates in a variety of genres and styles and specializes in a unique blend of Pop, Rock, Indie, Acoustic Americana, Cinematic, and Blues music appropriate for enhancing diverse multimedia projects. Alex is a talented songwriter, and he collaborates with various artists including the Canadian Soul Pop band The Commotions and Disero, a Dance and Electronic producer. |
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King Size Slim Toby Barelli, aka King Size Slim, is an artist based in the UK. In 2005, he began experimenting with a new sound fully conscious of its roots, but with a new story to tell. He spent the previous four years touring and recording, and the sound was always going to be rhythm led, heavy on bass, and rootsy in the melody. The trademarks of that sound emanate from a road-beaten Resophonic guitar, a powerful and direct vocal style, and a peculiar rhythm section of double bass and a duo of percussionists. Five studio albums prove that he got it rig |
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Danny Kyle Independent UK artist Danny Kyle is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and teacher with a lively thumb-driven acoustic guitar technique to rival the very best. Most notably, he performed with Nicky Moore’s Blues Corporation and has studied American roots and Blues guitar with guitar maestro Mike Dowling in Wyoming. Danny’s songwriting is a lovely combination of the old and the new where guitar tradition meets inspiration. Swinging Ragtime, 20’s and 30’s Jazz, bouncing Country Blues, deep Delta Blues, and melodic Piedmont Blues are all here. |
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Scott Wainwright Musician and performing artist Scott Wainwright has been a regular feature on the UK music scene for the past ten years. Scott wows audiences with an energetic and eclectic take on Blues, Folk, and Gospel music. He has released numerous albums, both EPs and singles, ranging in style from Electric Blues and Hip-Hop fusions to solo instrumental guitar workouts. Scott's latest album features authentic bottleneck blues, contemporary synthesizer, and percussive embellishments. |
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Joe McGowan Joe McGowan is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist whose music draws from many genres including Country, Pop, Americana, Indie Rock, and Roots Revival. He began playing piano at age four, formal lessons at age six, and attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts in piano performance during high school. McGowan may have begun writing music at a very young age, but most of his early works were based heavily on piano improvisation. Lyrically Joe McGowan is an old soul, writing words that run the emotional gamut. |
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Wicked Ear Candy Wicked Ear Candy is a creative and daring group of US artists set to deconstruct the administrative state of your brain with their hot and saucy writing and production skills. Feeling wicked? You've come to the right place! |
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Stephen Buzzell Stephen Buzzell's musical compositions meld breathtaking melodies and grooves. A New England-based artist who studied at Berklee College of Music, his compositions evoke a wide array of settings and eras, from the 1920s to the Mississippi Delta and urban streets. Stephen has written music for TV and film, including the soundtrack for a documentary that debuted at the Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Having been called a "musician's musician," he favors the warmth and quality of live instruments over synth tracks and loops. |
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Bamtone An ever-consummate songwriting professional based in Toronto, Canada, Bamtone has been blazing his own trail as a composer for nearly a decade and is in constant demand for creating and producing impactful music for almost any genre or project, sought out regularly by collaborators and music supervisors around the world. A Nova Scotia native and graduate from the Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood, CA, Bamtone is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist whose music continues to achieve international success. |
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KGMP Music Machine KGMP Music Machine is the combined efforts of Nashville songwriter, musician Kent Goodson, who has penned many songs for Music City Artists and showcases his world-class musical talents playing piano for legendary Country singer George Jones. Kent is joined by AudioSparx featured artist Michael Panasuk. Together they produce commercial tracks with factory precision in some mainstream genre including Country, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Blues, and Dramatic for Film/TV, Radio, the Internet, and Corporate use. |
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Bill Madison Bill Madison's musical career spans more than 50 years. From the US, Bill has developed an impressive history as an artist. In 1973, he released his first album, “Sunday Mornin’ Hayride." The album has been re-released by Riverman Records and Yoga Records and was voted in the top ten retro re-issues for 2009 by the Acid Archives. In 1974, Bill formed Them Fargo Brothers which became New England’s Premier Country Rock Band, and he toured with the band until 1990. He is currently writing and recording in his home studio. |
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Nicholas Gunn Nicholas Gunn is considered one of the best-selling and most recognized instrumentalists of recent times. Born and raised in the UK and a student of the Royal Academy of Music, and now living in Chicago, Nicholas has recorded over 15 solo albums selling several million copies worldwide. With several Top Ten Billboard charting positions and a 55-consecutive-week run, Nicholas is best known for his Southwestern flair, which is well-represented on his two best-selling albums, The Sacred Fire and The Music of the Grand Canyon. |
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Above Envy Above Envy is a popular Illinois artist's special project devoted to providing the highest quality music in a diverse range of styles. Perfect for TV reality shows, commercials, and films, their music ranges from upbeat Pop and Rock to full-scale Orchestral and Dramatic cues, as well as trendy Hip Hop and EDM tracks. Credits for Above Envy include How I Met Your Mother (CBS), Criminal Minds (CBS), Days Of Our Lives (NBC), Keeping Up With The Kardashians (E!), and many more. |
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John Starcluster (LP) John Starcluster (LP), aka John Francis Jorgensen, is a producer and performing artist whose music has been placed all over the American TV/Cable universe for the last 5 years. His credits include The Young and The Restless, Ellen, Tyra Banks, American Pickers, Real Housewives of Miami, E! News Daily, America’s Next Top Model, WWE Monday Night Raw, Toddlers & Tiaras, and more. A musical omnivore, John writes everything from Indie Singer-Songwriter material to Classical, Jazz, Ambient, Electro, House, Dubstep, Reggae, and World music. |
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Robert Dellaposta Robert Dellaposta is a musician, songwriter, and composer based in Tennessee. He has placed songs in major movies and network TV, as well as many cable networks such as Showtime, HBO, Cinemax, A&E, and History Channel. He writes in numerous genres, including Country, Jazz, Latin, Americana, Rock, Pop, RnB, Hip Hop, Swing, and Contemporary Christian. Robert has a BS degree in music education and teaches music publishing and songwriting at Nashville State Community College, and also works for the Nashville Songwriters Association. |
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Herrick Husband & Wife team, Donna & Kerry Herrick are award winning songwriters with music featured in several major Motion pictures. Their band Herrick is a Nashville-based collaboration involving four singers, songwriters, musicians, and producers. Billboard Magazine describes Herrick's music as "alternating at times between seething rage and a bruised vulnerability. Donna's powerful vocals, pummeling riffs, and swaggering attitude crosses all genres. |
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The Royal Oak Based in Utah, The Royal Oak is a collaboration between Jeremy Chatelain and Matt Mateus. They have been performing in bands for the past 20 years (Jets to Brazil, Cub Country, Hello Amsterdam, Helmet), as well as producing music for film, television, theater, and video games. Their work has been featured around the globe on networks ranging from Sundance to MTV. |
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J Goldfinger J Goldfinger is an NYC-based composer, session guitarist and engineer who has provided the content for a myriad of media, internet advertisements, commercial releases, and theatrical performances. J has toured or performed with many industry icons and has amassed television placements on hundreds of shows, with networks including NBC, ABC, FOX, Showtime, BRAVO, Lifetime, MTV, VH1, DIY, National Geographic, Destination America, MSG, HGTV, TBS, TruTV, Fox Sports, LOGO, The Cooking Channel, The Hub, Big Ten Network, and Reelz. |
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Carlos Carty Carlos Carty (b. 1976) is a composer and master ethnic flutist from Brazil. His instrumental music explores new sonic textures by fusing ancient instruments with contemporary elements. Carlos transits through New Age and World music styles, mainly for meditation music. |
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Hanjo Gabler Hanjo Gäbler is a German film composer, producer, and award-winning remixer of Alicia Keys, Lalah Hathaway, Celine Dion, ZZ Ward, Good Old War, and other artists. Writing music for everything from TV shows to advertising campaigns, his clients include global companies like BMX, EDEKA, ZDF, ARD, NDR, and many European broadcast networks. From intense action cues to mysterious atmospheres, Hanjo brings us highly contemporary music in the Dramatic, Pop, World, Orchestral, Funk, and Latin genres, among others. |
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Ron Komie California composer Ron Komie is a multi-Emmy Award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist whose diverse and versatile music has appeared on hundreds of hit television series, films, trailers and commercials. His works include the DVF film Secret Agent (Karlie Kloss, film by John Lindbergh), The Night Before (Seth Rogan), Click (Adam Sandler), Marley & Me (Jennifer Aniston), Fever Pitch, Duck Dynasty, Jane The Virgin, Shameless, Ink Master, Pawn Stars, Amazing Race, The View, Enlightened, Bailey's Irish Cream, Coca-Cola and KFC. |
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Nashville Session Players Nashville Session Players is comprised of 30+ Nashville session musicians and vocalists performing songs about poverty, politics, environmental issues, health care, education, discrimination, and other important issues. Writing in Country, Blues, Rock, RnB, Roots, Pop, Soul, Bluegrass, Folk, and Americana genres, they've received extensive airplay from the US to Europe. Many of their songs have charted well on the ECMA Top 100 in Europe, reaching as high as #1 on the Top 100, and several have been in the top five in the UK, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and France. |
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Lars Christian Lundholm Danish composer Lars Christian Lundholm has a degree from Berklee College of Music in Classical Composition and 15 years of experience writing original New Age, Romantic, and Chillout music. He has spent much of his time as a performing artist, traveling the world to all seven continents, including the Antarctic. As a published arranger and composer, Lars has had the chance to work with James Galway, Chick Corea, and other legendary music icons. He has also scored numerous documentaries and video games and has released several independent albums. |
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Scott Ross Scott Ross is an accomplished engineer currently living in Sheridan, Oregon. He has recorded over 400 records to date, eight of which went Gold. His music blends melodic grooves, atmospheric progressions, live drum loops, tasteful keyboard layers, and horn sections, always providing an esoteric musical soundscape. Scott covers a number of genres, including New Age, Industrial, Rock, Country, Disco, and Funk -- and each track tells a story that would complement any contemporary film, TV, documentary, indie, and a host of new media. |
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Bobby Cole Bobby Cole is the edgy musician, producer and engineer behind several artists on our site, including "House of Horror" and "Christmas Music." This talented and prolific composer works out of his studio in West London UK, and creates music in a variety of styles -- his favorite being Horror and Thriller music. Bobby's spooky, creepy Augment My Horror and Dark Alleyway can add the psycho factor guaranteed to make kids all over the world line up to buy those movie tickets, while their parents cringe in protest but later rent the DVD. |
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Western Horizon Productions New York City-based Western Horizon Productions composes some of the scariest orchestral music available for Dramatic Film or TV underscore, cues, interludes, or intense video games. With fanfare and dramatic flourishes, Western Horizon's music could add the raw hot excitement your next project craves. So fasten your seatbelt and take a bone-chilling ride! |
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Joey Stebanuk Joey Stebanuk, a talented and versatile Canadian composer and performer, is a client favorite who has released three albums. His fashion clients include H&M Life of Stockholm, Hogan, and Pouchi. Joey's music is used by Emmy-winning producers in short and feature films, like the funny "Natasha Kizmet: The Movie," MTV programming, ad agency projects, and featured in numerous corporate commercials and videos. Working in the Rock, Dramatic, Pop, Country, New Age, Blues, and RnB, Joey's music will add some excitement to your next project. |
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Pete Bax For many years, Pete Baxter was a famous Bandleader and Trombonist whose clients included The Royal Family, Houses of Parliament, BBC, Granada Television, Marks & Spencers, and Southern Comfort. Among many achievements, he held the world record for the fastest playing of the "Sailors Hornpipe" on trombone, was the inspiration for the advertisement the Lurpac Butterman, and he also worked in musical comedy with icons like Tony Hancock and Benny Hill. Today, Pete devotes his time to writing original music for Film, TV, and Commercials. |
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Aaron Saloman Aaron Saloman is a musician and composer based in the musical and artistic hotbed of Montréal, QC, Canada. With a background as a singer and guitarist in both Rock and Acoustic settings, he is fluent in several genres and often uses live instruments to give his tracks a special authenticity. You'll also find compelling examples of Jazz, Ambient, Electronic, Post-Rock, and other styles in Aaron's catalog. His music has appeared in films, ads, video games, and TV shows like NCIS (CBS), Jersey Shore (MTV), American Pickers (History Channel), The TO Show (VH1), and many more. |
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Torfi Olafsson Since 1972, Icelandic composer Torfi Ólafsson has been wildly active in the music business. In 1976, Torfi was the first composer to write an original song for famed Icelandic singer Bjork. Torfi is a prolific songwriter with worldwide releases of over 450 cuts on more than 7000 internet albums. He composes in Blues, Instrumental, Gospel, Country, and many other genres. Torfi's music can be heard in the CBS series "Madam Secretary." His song "Cryin' At The Moon" is featured in the 2018 film "Galveston" co-written with Tim Earle. |
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Steve Dafoe Steve Dafoe is an accomplished songwriter who has scored Film, Major Motion Picture, and multiple TV placements, including Golden Globe, People's Choice, and Emmy award-winning shows. The Walking Dead TV Series licensed music for the Behind The Dead 2018 season. Mirage Pictures released the movie Sinatra in Palm Springs: The Place He Called Home with two pieces of his music. Network and cable networks Sony Pictures, ABC, NBC, CBS, Showtime, MTV, BBC, HBO, and Netflix also license Steve's music. |
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