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- ↑ "Welcome". Zone Music Reporter. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ↑ "Bill Leslie: Tall Ships". NPR. January 25, 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ↑ ZMR 2008 Awards
- ↑ ZMR 2011 Awards Archived December 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "ZMR 2008 Awards". Zone Music Reporter. Retrieved 2009-10-17.