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| Jolie Holland |
| | 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 |
| 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..
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| The Gourds |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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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