[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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