Hazeldine were an American

United States

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 alternative country

Alternative country

Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 band based in Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico

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. Members were Shawn Barton (vocals, guitar), Tonya Lamm (guitar, backing-vocals), Jeffrey Richards (guitar, banjo, drums), and Anne Tkach (bass). They were more popular in Europe than in the US. Their records were released on the German independent record label

Independent record label

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 Glitterhouse Records

Glitterhouse Records

Glitterhouse Records is an independent record label based in Beverungen, Germany. The label specialises in the alternative country genre, and has released material by artists such as 16 Horsepower, The Walkabouts, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Hazeldine, Helldorado, The Shivers and Tom Liwa, but has...

. They had a brief deal with the major label Polydor that failed mainly due to a music industry merger where the record company was "swallowed" by the Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

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Lamm currently tours with Tres Chicas, Tkach plays and sings for numerous bands, among them Bad Folk, and Barton is married and living in Jacksonville, Florida.

Discography

• How Bees Fly (Glitterhouse, 1997)
• Digging You Up (Polydor, 1998)
• Double Back (Glitterhouse, 2001)
• Orphans (Glitterhouse, 2002)