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Matt Schwartz is an indie hip hop artist from Detroit, MI. .

Since 1998, he has been on the road playing "folk" venues: festivals (Kerrville, Philly Folk, Falcon Ridge, Oregon Country Fair, South Florida, for example); premier venues such as The Bottom Line, The Ark, The Birchmere, The Tin Angel,Club Passim; and the gigs that keep the singer-songwriter fed: house Concerts, coffeehouses, colleges etc. He composed the score for a musical adaptation of Beowulf presented as a workshop in NYC starring Andre DeShields and Billy Porter. Dr. Demento, a hero of his, plays Schwartz's stuff now and then ("Charliesomething" was #2 for the year a couple of years back.) 'Napster Rap' was...

Schwartzeneggar was anarcho-punk band formed by ex-Crass singer Steve Ignorant, Arthur Dent (bass), Ben Whatever (guitar, backup vocals), Mark Pickstone (keyboards) and Andi Tuck (drums). The band existed between 1992 and 1995. They recorded two albums plus four ep´s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwartzeneggar http://www.discogs.com/artist/359544-Schwartzeneggar .

Abe Schwartz (1881-1963) was a well-known klezmer musician of the 1920s. Schwartz was born near Bucharest, Romania, and moved to the United States in 1899. He soon distinguished himself as a talented arranger and composer of music, as well as a violinist, pianist, and bandleader. The famous klezmer clarinettist Naftule Brandwein played for a time in Schwartz's ensemble, notably on popular songs like Brandwein's own "Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym" (Leading the In-Laws Home). They also performed Schwartz's famous number "Di Grine Kuzine" (The Greenhorn Cousin), still played today by klezmer revivalists. .

Lucy Schwartz is a singer/songwriter with an “old soul” that belies her young age of eighteen. Although her influences are varied, the result is a truly original and timeless musical voice. She just released a CD of original songs titled "Winter in June". Lucy has been performing with her band at Los Angeles area clubs and this summer she also played the Palo Alto Music & Film Festival, Central Park's Harlem Meer Music Festival and opened for Guggenheim Grotto at the Canal Room in NYC. This fall brings the release of the film, "The Women" which features two new songs...