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Jolie Holland
AUG. 1
Jolie is an American songwriter. From beginnings in Texas, she was then off to New Orleans, eventually making her way west to San Francisco and Vancouver where she co-founded a folk ...
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Bad Livers
AUG. 2
Danny Barnes, Mark Rubin and Bob Grant (Bad Livers Sugar Hill days)...no folks you're not dreaming....it's the real thing, the one and only Bad Livers..
...for the first time, in ...
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The Gourds
AUG. 3
Many have attempted to personify, lablefly, quantify, verbalize and sanctify the concoction of musical quilts these here gourds have somehow knit together. In a saucepan of slow roasts ...
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Kelly Joe Phelps
AUG. 3
As a tunesmith, Kelly Joe Phelps already has a proven track record, with a catalogue of original songs infused with what The Washington Post calls "poignancy, passion and spirituality." ...
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Langhorne Slim
AUG. 1&2
Outside of Philadelphia I was born and raised, and in the playground I spent quite a few of my younger days. At the time I had a preference for brunettes but years pass and we change. ...
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Melissa Ferrick
AUG. 1&2
Melissa Ferrick has the kind of relationship with her audience that few artists are blessed with. Her live performance is fierce and funny, outspoken and vulnerable, passionate and ...
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Wayne Hancock
AUG. 2&3
Wayne "The Train" Hancock is the world's finest purveyor of an enticing blend of honky-tonk, western swing, blues, Texas rockabilly and big band we like to call Juke Joint Swing. There. ...
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the everybodyfields
AUG. 1-3
the everybodyfields from Johnson City, TN are rapidly gaining a reputation as the front-runners of the newest generation of the alt-country movement. the everybodyfields offer melancholic ...
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Red Stick Ramblers
AUG. 1&2
The music of Louisiana has a lot in common with the cuisine. An initial blast of heat usually commands attention right off the bat, but then -- slowly, but surely -- all sorts of subtler ...
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The Cave Singers
AUG. 2&3
Here is the mystery of Seattle's Cave Singers: They never listened to much folk music, they never intended to play folk music, and more importantly, their guitarist never picked up ...
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Crooked Still
AUG. 2
With lineup changes (adding Tristan Clarridge and Brittany Haas) and an upcoming release in June 2008.....

Rock energy coexists with old-time mountain soul. Spooky backwoods ...
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Martha Scanlan
AUG. 1-3
The haunting quality of Martha Scanlan's voice, unique perspective and poetic imagery of her songs helped to gain national acclaim for the innovative old-time stringband, Reeltime Travelers. ...
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Hackensaw Boys
AUG. 2
You see them in the early hours of the morning walking hotel corridors, or boldly traversing rush hour streets. They are sincere, polite but talkative men with instrument cases. They ...
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Sean Hayes
AUG. 1&2
what's wrong? feel the beat start dropping. how long? until the earth starts shaking ...
what's wrong? feel your hips start quaking. how long? until your heart stops breaking ...
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Justin Townes Earle
AUG. 2&3
Justin Townes Earle is 25 years old and his age belies his experience. Growing up in Nashville he mis-spent his youth playing in bluegrass/ragtime combo The Swindlers and the louder, ...
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Trampled By Turtles
AUG. 1&2
And they return for another year at Pickathon!....
Hailing from Duluth, Minnesota, Trampled by Turtles (TBT) is an original, non-traditional bluegrass band whose raucous live performances ...
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Laura Gibson
AUG. 3
laura gibson lives in portland, sings songs and plays a nylon-stringed guitar. she is 27 years-old...she grew up in a small isolated logging town in the south coast of oregon, the daughter ...
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Darol Anger
AUG. 2
Violinist, fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. He is well-known as a founding member of ...
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Chatham County Line
AUG. 1&2
Chatham County Line was spawned at Raleigh, NC's infamous Blue House on the corner of Hillsborough and Boylan, when Dave met high-school friends Chandler Holt and John Teer. A long-standing ...
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Loch Lomond
AUG. 3
Long a popular fixture of the Portland music landscape, Loch Lomond effortlessly combines their symphonic nature with chamber-pop melodies. The six to nine performers orchestrate instruments ...
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Bombadil
AUG. 1&2
With a sound all their own and a stage show to match, Bombadil is, if nothing else, one of the freshest bands to emerge in a long time. Formed by Duke University alumni Daniel Michalak, ...
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Tarbox Ramblers
AUG. 2
the tarbox ramblers hail from regions far flung and diverse - drummer robby catholic from lexington ky, bassist scott mcewen from nashville, and guitarist/songwriter michael tarbox ...
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Ian Thomas
AUG. 1-3
For the last ten years, songster Ian Thomas has been on the road - sometimes in style, sometimes hitchhiking or in an old car, long past its prime. He began playing on the streets between ...
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Tom Heinl
AUG. 1&3
A singer/songwriter from Eugene, Ore., Tom Heinl and his golden, baritone voice have traveled the world performing clever ditties about love gone wrong, household items, or anything ...
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Samantha Crain
AUG. 1&2
Sometimes music is a collision of opposites. Realities clash and coexist, and the tension that results is scary and strange, but undeniably beautiful. Maybe that's why Samantha Crain ...
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Paleface
AUG. 2&3
Featuring 'Paleface' himself and darling drummer Monica 'Mo' Samalot, they play all original heartfelt folk songs with a modern twist...full of sweet charm and soulful charisma that ...
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Shinyribs
AUG. 3
The mysterious quantity lurking in the afterglow of yesterweek. A gamey diamond of a find for any fan of the utmost mystical wooden teapot of song known as American Song Bag. A modern ...
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Pokey Lafarge
AUG. 1-3
Just a guy and his guitar, the way they use to do it back in the day. And by back in the day we're talking like the 1920's and 30's. Pokey LaFarge keeps the roots of the blues alive ...
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Jessica Lea Mayfield
AUG. 2&3
She's country. She's indie rock, She's folk and soul. She's all of them and none of them. Jessica Lea Mayfield's sweet sound is at once haunting and soothing; a blend of different styles ...
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Sassparilla
AUG. 1-3
Sassparilla are street musicians hailing from the home of the blues, Chicago. They are synonymous with old Maxwell Street, famed for its blues, casual drinking, rows of garish saloons ...
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the Old Believers
AUG. 1-3
Despite the name, the Old Believers are quite young, and on an average day, really don't believe in much, but their music resonates with a power and sincerity that would make anyone ...
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Cross-eyed Rosie
AUG. 2&3
Guitarist Jon Ostrom first gathered this motley crew in 2002 to play at Sellwood's Ugly Mug coffee shop. The response was overwhelming. Within a few months more people were showing ...
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Captain Bogg and Salty
AUG. 3
For the past 9 years Captain Bogg & Salty's galloping rock, mermaid lullabies, and piratical pop has been a Northwest favorite. Performing songs geared toward "buccaneers of all ages" ...
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2008 Pickathon Mix
Jolie Holland
Springtime can Kill You
Langhorne Slim
Diamonds and Gold
Bad Livers
Crow Black Chicken
Wayne Hancock
Shootin Star From Texas
Kelly Joe Phelps
Handful of Arrows
the everybodyfields
Aeroplane
Melissa Ferrick
One Year
The Gourds
Out On The Vine
Crooked Still
Ain't No Grave
Justin Townes Earle
The Good Life
Laura Gibson
Hands In Pockets
Ian Thomas
Before the Sun Goes Down
Bombadil
Three Saddest Words
Cave Singers
Seeds Of Night
Martha Scanlan
Isabella
Chatham County Line
I Got Worry
Samantha Crain
Traipsing Through the Aisles
Darol Anger
Ride The Wild Turkey
the Old Believers
Gettin Older
Paleface
Dancin Daze
Red Stick Ramblers
Tes Parents Ne Veulent Plus Me Vo
Shinyribs
Birthday Is Over
Tom Heinl
Pinto Squire
Danny Barnes
Popcorn And Wine
Loch Lomond
Northern, Knees, Trees, and Lights
Tarbox Ramblers
Down South Blues
Hackensaw Boys
Buildings Are The Cages
Jessica Lea Mayfield
All I Do Is Cry
Sean Hayes
Flowering Spade
Sassparilla
99 Year Blues
Captain Bogg and Salty
Nellie the Elephant
Cross-eyed Rosie
Great High Mountain
Pokey Lafarge
Sweet Seventeen