2012 Lineup
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
k.d. lang is that rare performer who, over 25 years as a major-label artist, has matured before our very ears. The Western Canada ...
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball
"Rollicking, playful, good time blues and intimate, reflective balladry..her songs ring with emotional depth." - Rolling Stone
"A sensational, sauc...
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Jimmy LaFave
Jimmy LaFave
"This is what Americana is supposed to be: real, rooted, and uncompromising." - Acoustic Guitar
"Like the best from Texas who came before him--Will...
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Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
"America's Best Songwriter " - Time Magazine
"One of the sharpest. Most uncompromising singer-songwriters of any gender…" - Rolling Stone
"Lucinda...
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Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster
"She sounds long-suffering, forthright, resilient and thoroughly at home" - The New York Times
"There's no denying the power of Foster's monstrous ...
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Blame Sally
Blame Sally
“A sensual vocal blend and their agile instrumental prowess find them earnest and assertive in terms of parlaying the material...a certain subtlety ...
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The Brothers Comatose
The Brothers Comatose
"This isn't a band to just sit back and relax to. It's time to put away your suit and tie and break out your whiskey jug because the Brothers C...
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Poor Man's Whiskey
Poor Man's Whiskey
Poor Man's Whiskey plays "High Octane Hootenanny" music…Dance, laugh, sing.
Emerging from the San Francisco bay area music scene this...
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Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados
The ultimate Tex-Mex supergroup, is BACK! The Texas Tornados with their infectious, party-ready sound, blending early rock &...
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Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson is a critically acclaimed, prolific songwriter (Ivor Novello Award), recipient of BBC's Lifetime Achievement Award ...
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Leftover Salmon
Leftover Salmon
Colorado’s Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass“On The Road Again…2012 Winter Tour!”
Leftover Salmon is excited to announce the dates for their...
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The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit
Take two prolific, Americana singer-songwriters, an indie-rock veteran of a drummer, country-born bassist, and metal-bred pedal stee...
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Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
"He's fully absorbed his genetic and cultural heritage and draws upon both with great skill and dimension … an utterly distinctive voice that takes ...
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Tim & Nicki Bluhm
Tim & Nicki Bluhm
Tim & Nicki Bluhm are the husband/wife team of singer/songwriter Nicki Bluhm--the "It Girl" of the San Francisco music scene--an...
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Brokedown in Bakersfield
Brokedown in Bakersfield
Brokedown in Bakersfield is a collective of acclaimed West Coast artists joining forces in a spirited tribute to the Bakersfield sou...
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Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
"Mr. Wainwright has proved to be far and away the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who... brought confessional poetry into popular s...
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Cache Valley Drifters
Cache Valley Drifters
An outgrowth of informal picking sessions, the Cache Valley Drifters continue to bring a modern outlook to bluegrass and country music. Although the...
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Ruth Moody Band
Ruth Moody Band
Ruth Moody is a Juno Award winning songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founding member of the internationally renowne...
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Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
"Beautiful voices, moving lyrics... I could listen to Alisa and Kimball sing all night." - Jim Messina ( Loggins & Messina)
"Easily among the b...
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Lucy Wainwright Roche
Lucy Wainwright Roche
She has been compared to Joni Mitchell and Patti Griffin by NPR –– was born in NYC into an influential musical family. She rebel...
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Teresa Tudury
Teresa Tudury
"Wanna talk undiscovered greatness? Let’s discuss Teresa Tudury...Picture a cross between Bette Midler and Bonnie Raitt musically, and toss in the m...
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Rita Hosking
Rita Hosking
"Heartfelt country soul set by someone who has quietly become one of the best...Hosking is a real talent, and sits up alongside Nanci Griffith as so...
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California Honeydrops
California Honeydrops
"The Honeydrops lit up the big crowd - a multicultural mob that included navel officers and tattoed hipsters - with their good-time music." - San Fr...
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Achilles Wheel
Achilles Wheel
Achilles Wheel, based in the foothills of Northern California's Sierra Nevada, is a high energy fusion of World and American music p...
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Brendan Phillips & Fast Rattler
Brendan Phillips & Fast Rattler
THE STORY Portland, OR’s Fast Rattler made its debut on the 2009 Grammy-nominated album “Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute t...
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Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Modern folk musicians Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald have been writing and performing original, contemporary folk music for 27 y...
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Sherry Austin
Sherry Austin
"Sherry's voice is like catching a good wave. It's smooth, comfortable, free and fun. But every now and then it slaps you awake and demands every bi...
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Blushin' Roulettes
Blushin' Roulettes
"Their songs are stripped down, enthralling, sexy, little jewel boxes stuffed with ancient mountain magic." -- San Francisco Free Folk Festival"On s...
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Under The Radar
Under The Radar
Under the Radar is a four piece acoustic band that plays the edge of new acoustic music. This is music rooted in traditional bluegrass but with a mo...
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The Sam Chase
The Sam Chase
The Sam Chase has a voice like a Nun on the lam with a mouthful cigarettes and curse words in a lonely bar, drunkenly dancing next t...
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Love Choir
Love Choir
In April 1997, the Love Choir debuted when Jim “Brother Jimmy Lovejoy” Corbett gathered some folks together to do a Sunday morning gospel concert at...
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