James Hunter has topped the Billboard Blues chart and been nominated for a Grammy. He’s a soul powerhouse who is back with his fourth album, Hold On! which just debuted on Feb 5 off of Daptone Records. At 53 years-old, Hunter felt like he finally found his music family after working with Gabriel Roth […]

Pharis and Jason Romero graced Pickathon stages in 2013 and are now nominated this year for a Juno award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year. Hilary Saunders from Paste Magazine (and longtime friend of Pickathon) writes about how the duo fell in love and began making banjos together. “Eventually, he recalls, ‘I told myself […]

Attention friends in the Pacific Northwest! Futurebirds is playing a show in Eugene tonight, Portland tomorrow 2/4, the next day 2/5 in Seattle, and a day after 2/6 in  Spokane. Check out their shows as a preview to their Pickathon 2016 debut this summer. Last fall, the Georgian band released an album via Easy Sound Recording, which was mixed by […]

  Liz Vice started off one Pickathon morning with the most soulful performance. In the latest Mountain Series episode, she and her friends get the crowd to sing and dance with her. Many thanks to the good folks at Inhabitat and Them-a-Rest for helping us make this possible.  

  Rodrigo Amarante performs the most endearing set at Pickathon as he sings “Maná” in Portuguese. Check out the latest Woods Series episode now thanks to the good folks at OPB and NPR.