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Seth Lakeman
In 2005, Seth Lakeman was reputedly broke and stranded by the side of the road
awaiting assistance after his car had broken down when he had a phone call
telling him that Kitty Jay - the album he had made for £300 in his brother's
kitchen - had been shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize. From that point he
didn't look back. His personable personality coupled with his driving fiddle
rhythms and evocative songs built from Dartmoor's rich heritage of myths and
legends quickly launched him into mainstream consciousness, dramatically raising
the profile of folk music on the way; unt...
