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Blitzen Trapper
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
Furr is the fourth record by Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper and the follow-up to last year’s highly acclaimed Wild Mountain Nation. Written in the gaps of ... + MORE

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Dr. Dog
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA]
Dr. Dog is a musical band from the greater West Philadelphia area. We are interested in playing Boggle, three-part harmonies, roman candles, slow dancing, ... + MORE

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John Doe and the Sadies
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA]
"Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. These ... + MORE

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Vetiver
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA]
Tight Knit is the fourth full-length album from Vetiver—singer/songwriter Andy Cabic’s ever-evolving musical home base. Luminous and surprising, ... + MORE

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C.W. Stoneking
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[FOOTSCRAY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA]
One afternoon, back in Port of Spain, Trinidad, I met four scientists in a bar, they were on their way to West Africa to study a type of parasitic worm ... + MORE

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Alela Diane
ONSTAGE: AUG.1

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
To Be Still is the follow-up to Alela Diane's critically-acclaimed 2006 debut The Pirate's Gospel. That record brought the Nevada city, CA-reared musician a dedicated ... + MORE

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The Sadies
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA]
On October 2, Yep Roc Records will release New Seasons, the first studio album from THE SADIES since their acclaimed 2005 release Favourite Colours. Recorded ... + MORE

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Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA]
According to Thao Nguyen, she has two talents: her first is she has a knack for beat-boxing and humming at the same time (Rahzel needn't worry about any competition ... + MORE

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Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA]
Since forming in 1988, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys have emerged as one of the world's most respected practitioners of American roots music—western ... + MORE

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Horse Feathers
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
Justin Ringle moved to Portland, Oregon in 2004, and began to play open mics regularly under the moniker Horse Feathers. In 2005 Peter Broderick heard two songs that ... + MORE

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Jaymay
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK]
Jaymay has been called a folk artist and she cites Bob Dylan among her influences. But her music is more layered and unpredictable than traditional folk singers. ... + MORE

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Dale Watson
ONSTAGE: AUG.2

[AUSTIN, TEXAS]
Dale Watson isn't one to uphold the music industry's status quo. He's moving forward on his own terms and true to his own convictions. Even with frequent proclamations ... + MORE

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The Freight Hoppers
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[BRYSON CITY, NORTH CAROLINA]
Those “patient fans” who had the pleasure to see the fabled Freight Hoppers perform from 1992 to the band’s lay-up will certainly know ... + MORE

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Lost Bayou Ramblers
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA]
The Lost Bayou Ramblers have toured through much of the United States, including performances at the International Country Music Conference in Nashville, the National ... + MORE

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Justin Townes Earle
ONSTAGE: JUL. 31 & AUG. 1

[NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE]
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 ... + MORE

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Hackensaw Boys
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA]
There are lots of mountains in the world but few are older or wiser than the Blue Ridge of Virginia. An hours drive west from the state capital, foothills ... + MORE

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Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA]
There is inspiration beyond the crutches of anxiety and self-contempt. A soul realizing its full potential removed from a dim and murky den is a breeding-ground for ... + MORE

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Larry Gillis Band
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[SOPERTON, GEORGIA]
When it comes to hard driving Bluegrass Music (especially in the last two decades), Larry Gillis is the man most people think of. Through the 90s, he and his brother ... + MORE

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Sam Quinn + Japan Ten
ONSTAGE: Jul.31-AUG.2

[KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE]
In an effort to keep the the good times rolling in a gleefully depressing way, Sam Quinn brings you his latest incarnation of Honest American Music, The Japan ... + MORE

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Elliott Brood
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA]
Stalking shadows on the prairies with a compass and set of matches, shaking the mountains loose with howls and footstomps and, settled in meadows, while whispering ... + MORE

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Alvin Youngblood Hart
ONSTAGE: AUG.2

[MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE]
The Cosmic American Love Child Of Howlin Wolf and Link Wray!!! Known as a "musician's musician", his praises have been sung by everyone from Bob Dylan ... + MORE

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The Deep Dark Woods
ONSTAGE: JUL.31-AUG.2

[SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN]
The timeless sound of the aptly named "The Deep Dark Woods" belongs to the depressing winters of the north. Pulsing with human warmth, these original songs ... + MORE

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Laura Gibson
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
Laura Gibson lives in Portland, Oregon, sings songs and plays a nylon-stringed guitar. She is 26 years-old. She grew up in a small isolated logging town in the south ... + MORE

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Joe Pug
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[CHICAGO, ILLINOIS]
The day before his senior year as a playwright student at the University of North Carolina, Joe Pug sat down for a cup of coffee and had the clearest thought of his ... + MORE

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Town Mountain
ONSTAGE: AUG.2

[ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA]
Imagine the band that occupies the common ground between traditional bluegrass, outlaw country, and pure old time mountain music. A group that harnesses ... + MORE

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Breathe Owl Breathe
ONSTAGE: JUL.31-AUG.2

[EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN]
Three friends from the Great Lakes: a printmaker marathon runner, a cellist calligrapher, and a geographer make up the band Breathe Owl Breathe. They transcribe ... + MORE

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The Wiyos
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[BROOKLYN, NEW YORK]
In their five-year lifespan, The Wiyos have driven over 400,000 miles in seven countries and played over a thousand shows. They have released three full-length albums, ... + MORE

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Dehlia Low
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA]
Focusing on strong songwriting utilizing the sounds of early roots country and the ghosts of bluegrass past and present, Dehlia Low delivers the goods. Strong ... + MORE

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Daisy May and Seth Bernard
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[LAKE CITY, MICHIGAN]
For Seth Bernard and Daisy May Michigan has, for some time now, been a deep resource for songwriters and roots musicians. Two favorites, Seth Bernard and Daisy ... + MORE

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Paleface
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA]
Schooled personally by Daniel Johnston, Paleface was discovered at an NYC open mic in 1990 by Danny Fields (The Stooges, The Ramones, MC5). He soon became ... + MORE

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Jackstraw
ONSTAGE: JUL. 31 & AUG. 1

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
After ten years on the road and five albums, Jackstraw is a Northwest institution. This coal-fired Portland quartet plays the kind of music as deep and old as the ... + MORE

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Frank Fairfield
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[GOPHER FLATS, CALIFORNIA]
A recent review of Frank Fairfield:
"Fairfield, an American folk singer-songwriter from California, delivered a stunning show. He looked and sounded ... + MORE

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Foghorn Stringband
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
The sound of the Portland, Oregon's Foghorn Stringband could have come barreling through the grille-cloth of those big console radios in the living rooms of the 1950's, ... + MORE

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Alex Leach
ONSTAGE: AUG.1&2

[KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE]
Alex first heard Bluegrass at age 5 when he stumbled across Bill Monroe's version of White House Blues. Since then, he has been given many opportunities in the ... + MORE

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Hillstomp
ONSTAGE: JUL.31 & AUG.1

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
Drawing heavily from north Mississippi trance blues, a bit from the hills of Appalachia and stealing energy from punkabilly, Portland Oregon duo Hillstomp create ... + MORE

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Pancake Breakfast
ONSTAGE: JUL.31-AUG.2

[WHITE SALMON, WASHINGTON]
Pancake Breakfast is a foot-stomping indie folk outfit that was born under some Ponderosa pines on a farm in the Cascade Mountains. What started as a solo ... + MORE

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Captain Bogg And Salty
ONSTAGE: AUG.2

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
"The finest all-ages pirate rock band anywhere." Portland Tribune "The Admirals of High Seas High Jinx." - The Oregonian "The most rocking pirate crew to sail the ... + MORE

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2009 Square Dance
ONSTAGE: JUL.31

[PORTLAND, OREGON]
One of the annual traditions here at Pickathon.
Local old-time muscle Foghorn Stringband join us again for our 11th Annual Dance. Come on out!! Learn to squaredance, ... + MORE

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2009 Pickathon Mix
Dr. Dog
From
The Freight Hoppers
Hell Bound For Alabama
Elliott Brood
Oh, Alberta
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Cote Gelee Two Step
Deep Dark Woods
Mountain
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)
John Doe And The Sadies
Stop The World and Let Me Off
Jackstraw
Mexican Stomp
C. W. Stoneking
Jungle Blues
Jaymay
Sea Green, See Blue
Alvin Youngblood Hart
When I Was a Cowboy out on the Western Plains
Frank Fairfield
Ive Always Been a Rambler
Alex Leach
Old Richmond Prison
Samantha Crain and The Midnight Shivers
Devils in Boston
Joe Pug
Hymn #101
Justin Townes Earle
Midnight At The Movies
Breathe Owl Breathe
Shovel
Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys
Ruby Jane
Town Mountain
Ruination Line
Alela Diane
White As Diamonds
Captain Bogg And Salty
Purple Tiki
Vetiver
Sister
The Sadies
Flash
Daisy May and Seth Bernard
In Love
Pancake Breakfast
Mister Bluebird
The Hackensaw Boys
Hobo
Larry Gillis
Kentucky Mandolin
Hillstomp
Poor Black Mattie
Paleface
You Are The Girl
Laura Gibson
Spirited
Horse Feathers
Curs In the Weeds.mp3
The Wiyos
Side by Side
Blitzen Trapper
Furr
Foghorn Stringband
Lost Girl
Dehlia Low
Go Away With Me
Dale Watson
From The Cradle To The Grave
Sam Quinn and the Japan Ten
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