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- ↑ Talitha MacKenzie biography on homepage Archived 28 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 6 December 2008
- ↑ Mouth Music "official" Myspace page (Talitha MacKenzie version), retrieved 7 December 2008
- ↑ "Paying musical respects to the memory of Martyn Bennett". The Scotsman . 4 January 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ Zykopops homepage, accessed 21 November 2010
- ↑ World Beat Music interview with Martin Swan (2001) Archived 21 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 7 December 2008
- ↑ Hinges pop-up on Mouth Music homepage, retrieved 7 December 2008