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Presented by: Nicodemus Agency
According to NPR, Adam Arcuragi is 'a Philly soul with the old school power of Van Morrison', but this troubadour grew up listening to his grandparent’s collection of old soul, gospel and country records, which lead to m…
Presented by: Bella Union
Agnes Obel tours new album "Aventine" "Absolutely sublime" - KCRW "Repeated listens unfurl all sorts of wonder." **** Q "In surpassing her debut, Agnes Obel has confirmed she is in it for the long haul." ****…
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Air Review is a Dallas quintet. They played their first show in 2009 and have since received international acclaim from the blogosphere including features on NPR's All Songs Considered, CMJ, The Huffington Post, and Past…
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Allysen Callery is an alternative folk artist from Rhode Island, USA , with an intricate & unique finger style, and a voice that has been called mesmerizing and angelic. Growing up in New England, she was heavily influe…
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Andrew Combs is a songwriter, guitarist, and singer from Texas who lives in Nashville. He released his debut album, Worried Man, in October 2012 and has toured with Jason Isbell, Shovels & Rope, and Caitlin Rose. His ban…
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Andrew Duhon is a New Orleans native, raised in the country’s most unique and mysterious city, a city that accepts all walks of life with a curiosity and forgiveness that has found its way into his wholly American songw…
Since 2005, Maine based wife and husband Avant Folk duo Shanti and Buck Curran have released 5 albums, curated two various artist compilations ('Leaves of Life' and 'We Are All One, In the Sun': a tribute to Robbie Basho…
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Presented by: New Frontier Touring
With a slow, deliberate build, the Ballroom Thieves make their presence known onstage immediately as the first chord is struck, transforming any size room, whether it be a large ballroom or a small club, into a remarkabl…
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Presented by: Communion
Bear’s Den follows in the footsteps of several other notable British success stories, including Ben Howard, Michael Kiwanuka, Daughter and more. The critically acclaimed trio has developed a cult following in its short e…
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Presented by: Paradigm
Bear’s Den follows in the footsteps of several other notable British success stories, including Ben Howard, Michael Kiwanuka, Daughter and more. The critically acclaimed trio has developed a cult following in its short e…
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Acclaimed singer/songwriter BettySoo performs solo and with bands, and leads workshops on songwriting, voice, and guitar. In the five years since the release of Heat Sin Water Skin, she has toured extensively with her ba…
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Presented by: School Night
BOY AND BEAR Harlequin Dream Within weeks of finishing work on 2011’s award-winning, internationally renowned debut LP, Moonfire — months before it was even released — singer / songwriter Dave Hosking was hit by a crea…
Presented by: SXSW FREE Spotlight Showcase!!!
Operating well beyond the remit of alt-folk, Cocos Lovers (pronounced Co-Coss) are a distinctive musical force, seamlessly channeling influences from Africa, the US Deep South and several other real and imagined corners …
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Presented by: Music BC Presented by BeatRoute Magazine / Winniecooper.net
Victoria, B.C.’s Current Swell are set to release their new album, Ulysses, on May 6, 2014. The 12-tracks on Ulysses perfectly deliver the band’s textured, deep-groove sound while capturing the energy of their live show…
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Presented by: Riot Act Media
Dana Falconberry suffuses the majesty of nature in the orchestral pop-folk she elegantly crafts in Leelanau, her inaugural release for Oakland' Antenna Farm Records. Citing influences ranging from the prints of artist G…
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A man and his guitar…honest, unfiltered and true. In a landscape filled with Top 40 beats and harmonizing folk groups, a lone singer-songwriter definitely has his work cut out for him. But David Ramirez isn’t looking to …
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The Deslondes (formerly Tumbleweeds) are a New Orleans-based country-soul, swamp-boogie band. In their writing and performing, they combine elements of early Stax, Sun and Atlantic records with the influence of a more ra…
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Hailing from Amsterdam, DUSTY STRAY features the alt-folk repertoire of Texan expat Jonathan Brown which delves into universal themes of unrequited love, heartbreak, loneliness and death but (almost) always with a small …
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Presented by: Red House Records / Hill Country Live
Eliza Gilkyson is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and activist who has become one of the most respected musicians in Roots, Folk and Americana circles. The daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson, she ent…
They met. They fell in love. They wrote songs. They fought. They made up. They broke up. They wrote songs. At a time when for most it would be the end of a relationship, for Sydney band The Falls this feels like just…
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When a group of friends become a band, they tend to evolve like family. In the case of Folly & The Hunter, they experienced great heartache and loss throughout one year, they relied on each other as friends, as bandmates…
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The Friendly Savages have been bringing energy, joy, and musicality to the Austin live music scene for over two years. With each member coming from a distinctly unique musical background, Friendly Savages’ music breaks t…
Presented by: Music BC Presented by BeatRoute Magazine / Winniecooper.net
Good For Grapes formed in September of 2010, after a group of friends took a trip to Victoria, BC for some modest busking. Since the moment they stepped onto the ferry, they were an attraction. Drawing unexpected crowds,…
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"Grace London is a 14-year-old singer, songwriter, guitar player and foot stomper. The Austin native writes witty lyrics reminiscent of Kate Nash and sings with drama: incorporating repetition, breathing and warbling int…
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Presented by: Americana Music Association & Thirty Tigers presents
Third Man Records is proud to present the debut, self-titled album from The Haden Triplets - Tanya, Rachel, & Petra - daughters of Jazz bass legend Charlie Haden. These are songs steeped in history and sung in a close ha…
Heidi is a self-taught musician and vocalist from Wolfeboro NH, now living in Astoria, NY, exploring the genre of “New Weird America". Her creative practice is based on an exploration and intermingling of traditional and…
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Five miles south of downtown Seattle is the neighborhood of Columbia City—a leafy stretch of old brownstones and new condos which, according to local legend and loosely interpreted census data, boasts the most diverse zi…
Presented by: ACM@UCO Showcase
Horse Thief, originally founded in Denton, TX, moved to Oklahoma City to attend the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, from which they recently graduated. The band subsequently signed wi…
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Presented by: Bella Union
Horse Thief, originally founded in Denton, TX, moved to Oklahoma City to attend the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, from which they recently graduated. The band subsequently signed wi…
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Presented by: SXSW FREE Spotlight Showcase!!!
At once danceable and reflective, familiar and nostalgic, Humming House is a musical experiment gone right. Woven together from diverse backgrounds (Americana, classical composition, bluegrass, soul, and traditional Iris…
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JARED & THE MILL TO EMBARK ON NATIONAL TOUR Acclaimed Debut Album, Western Expansion, Available Now PHOENIX, ARIZ. (February 17, 2014) -- Breakout Phoenix-based band Jared & The Mill will embark on its first nat…
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Presented by: Modern Outsider
Sincerity and raw emotion reverberate throughout Jess Williamson’s unhurried songs. Her songs tell stories, with the music persisting as a partner to lyrics that build haunting and specific, yet relatable, images. For…
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Formed in the summer of 2012 in Portland, OR. King Clifton's sun-drenched '60's California pop melodies to East Village sidewalk cool. The group brings just the right amount of vintage to the here and now. The band got t…
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Presented by: Chop Shop
For the members of Seattle-based band Kris Orlowski, making music is about more than fulfilling personal agendas; it’s about creating something that touches the soul. Through relatable storytelling, husky harmonies and O…
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For the members of Seattle-based band Kris Orlowski, making music is about more than fulfilling personal agendas; it’s about creating something that touches the soul. Through relatable storytelling, husky harmonies and O…
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On the eve of the release of her third album, Gold and Rust, Lauren Shera decided it was time for a change of scenery. She had studied in Chicago at the Old Town School of Folk Music and honed her craft as a vocalist, so…
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Presented by: OPAK/Secret City Records
Leif Vollebekk spent two years searching for perfect takes. This search took him from his home in Montreal to a studio in Manhattan, from a farmhouse in Woodstock, NY to a mansion outside Paris, and the result is a dusty…
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Presented by: Home Grown: Los Angeles - Presented by Grammy Museum
Following up on the tremendous response to her song “As It Seems” which was featured on the season finale of Criminal Minds, Lily Kershaw, a 22 year old Los Angeles native, has recently spent the past few months in the s…
Presented by: Nancy Fly Agency
They are not sure when people began lumping all folk music into soft or subtle categories. Sometimes it just doesn’t always apply. If you’ve ever experienced Lost and Nameless, you know exactly what they’re talking about…
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Presented by: Bloodshot Records
29-year-old Luke Winslow-King is a guitarist, singer, composer, and lyricist known for his slide guitar work, and interest in pre-war blues and traditional jazz. Winslow-King’s work consists of an eclectic mix, taking in…
Presented by: New West Records
Luther Dickinson was born in western Tennessee to parents Mary Dickinson and famed Memphis producer and musician Jim Dickinson. The family moved to the north Mississippi hill country in 1985, where Luther and his brothe…
Presented by: ANTI- Records & Danny Rose Agency
The Melodic harness a beguilingly and unique sound; referencing their folk contemporaries whilst simultaneously recognising world influences, incorporating the Charango, Melodica, Autoharp and Kora to create music that d…
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With their four older siblings and cousin comprising indie pop outfit Eisley, their brother-in-laws consisting of Max Bemis of Say Anything and Darren King of Mutemath, their mother being a vocalist and their father bein…
Presented by: Berlin Music Week
Mighty Oaks: three young men, from three countries, combining three part harmonies, resulting in one unique sound. The Berlin based indie-folk band comprised of Ian Hooper (US), Claudio Donzelli (Italy), and Craig Saunde…
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Presented by: APA
Mimicking Birds began as the solo project of Portland native Nate Lacy. Nate is joined by Aaron Hanson on drums, Ian Luxton on guitar, Adam Trachsel on bass, and Matthan Minster on keyboards and electric guitar with all …
First recognised for their work alongside Anna Tomlin and Rebecka Kristiansson with the Swedish four piece Audrey, Emelie Molin and Victoria Skoglund have long been musical partners since the band's formation back in 200…
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Presented by: Dutch Fellows/Dutch Impact
It's almost impossible to write about Mister and Mississippi and not start with a cliché. Yet, you cannot avoid it when you are writing about the four band members, because sometimes the best things really do happen in t…
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Presented by: Hill Country Live
Morgan O'Kane is a self taught virtuoso banjo player, stomper, singer, activist and shouter. The music he plays ain’t no revival; this is a contemporary artist who knows where he comes from. Embracing his Appalachian roo…
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Presented by: KCRW
Moses Sumney is a new LA-based singer & songwriter. Growing up, he was so shy that he would write songs avidly but hide them inside his mattress. At 20, he moved out of his parents' house to study creative writing at …
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Moses Sumney is a new LA-based singer & songwriter. Growing up, he was so shy that he would write songs avidly but hide them inside his mattress. At 20, he moved out of his parents' house to study creative writing at …
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Presented by: Saint Heron
Moses Sumney is a new LA-based singer & songwriter. Growing up, he was so shy that he would write songs avidly but hide them inside his mattress. At 20, he moved out of his parents' house to study creative writing at …
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Presented by: Chop Shop
NEULORE is a modern folk band based in Nashville, TN., originated in 2009 by band members Adam Agin (lead vocals & guitar) and William T. Cook (guitars & bgvs),. After releasing a well-crafted debut EP, “Apples & Eve”, t…
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New Bums is the the grudging match-up of Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, 200 Years, Rangda, who's hiring?) and Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopards). These two didn't like each other at first, but now make sweet and so…
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Presented by: Communion
On a beach in Honduras in the summer of 2010, Nick Mulvey experienced his sink or swim moment. Surrounded by strangers, clutching an acoustic guitar, having just told the other members of his band, Portico Quartet, that …
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Opus, a reference to Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66 -- and Orange, a reference to Charles Mingus’ “Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress”, foreshadows Paul Bessenbacher’s (PB) ability to mesh together two seemingly dis…
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Presented by: Hill Country Live
An Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church, which he’s since departed, 20-year-old Parker Millsap will make you a true believer with his self-titled Okrahoma Records/ Thirty Tigers debut album. Accompanied b…
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Presented by: Oklahoma Showcase
An Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church, which he’s since departed, 20-year-old Parker Millsap will make you a true believer with his self-titled Okrahoma Records/ Thirty Tigers debut album. Accompanied b…
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Presented by: Americana Music Association & Thirty Tigers presents
An Oklahoma native brought up in the Pentecostal church, which he’s since departed, 20-year-old Parker Millsap will make you a true believer with his self-titled Okrahoma Records/ Thirty Tigers debut album. Accompanied b…
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"Acoustic guitar, accordion, harmonies and enough Brit-folk melodies to make Mumford & Sons jealous." -American Songwriter "A Redmoon spectacle multiplied by a Decemberists concert... It's tough to shake the notion th…
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Presented by: Warp Magazine
Rancho is a folk/alternative quartet founded in Mexico City in 2011 by two mexican and two french musicians: Linda Cruz (vocals, bass, percussion), Iñaki (vocals, mandolin, guitar, ukelele, piano, drums), Renaud Mossberg…
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The Ridges are an orchestral folk rock band from the Appalachian college town of Athens, Ohio. Rooted in the collaboration of Victor Rasgaitis (guitar, vocals) and Talor Smith (cello, vocals), the duo is supported live b…
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Presented by: New Frontier Touring
The Mississippi septet Rosco Bandana are the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and, above all, lasting friendship. They're what happens when a group of kids take a chance on a …
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Ruby Jane is an 19 year old fiddle prodigy turned singer/songwriter/national touring artist. She has opened for/toured with Willie Nelson, Blues Traveler, ZZ Top, Sheryl Crow, Drake Bell, Lyle Lovett, Local Natives, Big …
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Presented by: Normaltown Records/New West Records
Ruby the Rabbitfoot is a singer/songwriter from the Georgia coast. Her first LP, titled “No Weight No Chain," was self-released in May of 2011. Her second LP, "New as Dew," will be released with New West/ Normaltown Re…
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Presented by: ASCAP
In the course of several months, Run River North went from playing a handful of hometown shows in Los Angeles to performing to an audience of millions on late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! It was an explosive trajectory …
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Presented by: Home Grown: Los Angeles - Presented by Grammy Museum
In the course of several months, Run River North went from playing a handful of hometown shows in Los Angeles to performing to an audience of millions on late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! It was an explosive trajectory …
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"With the charming swagger of jazz-folk troubadour Tim Buckley and the resonant, full picking style of Bert Jansch, "The West Wind" comes from Walker's first widely available release, a three-song 12". With acoustic guit…
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Presented by: ANTI- Records & Danny Rose Agency
Saintseneca is a young band from Columbus Ohio led by singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist Zac Little. The group utilizes a wide range of acoustic instrumentation (violin, mandolin, dulcimer, Turkish Baglama, floo…
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Presented by: Communion
At just 21 years of age, the Icelandic release of Dyrd í dauðathogn in September 2012 made Ásgeir something of a sensation in his native Iceland. Produced by Gudmundur Kristinn Jonsson, Asgeir’s beautiful, melancholic s…
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Presented by: New Frontier Touring
Shakey Graves is quickly rising from his Austin, TX roots into the national spotlight as word of his haunting lo-fi recordings and contrastingly explosive live shows continues to spread. Described by the New York Times a…
Presented by: Pandora Discovery Den & Americana Music Association
Shakey Graves is quickly rising from his Austin, TX roots into the national spotlight as word of his haunting lo-fi recordings and contrastingly explosive live shows continues to spread. Described by the New York Times a…
When Swedish folk pop duo Solander set out to make their third album, the focus was going to be on the natural world. But circumstances set the band off in a different direction. “When we were in the U.S. the last time,”…
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Presented by: Sounds from Spain
The powerful voice of Soledad Vélez with her acoustic guitar and accompanied by J. de Santos (electric guitar). Sounds like a mixture between PJ Harvey, Laura Marling and Nick Cave (Nigel Williamson, Uncut) Last album…
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Presented by: Sounds from Ibero-América
The powerful voice of Soledad Vélez with her acoustic guitar and accompanied by J. de Santos (electric guitar). Sounds like a mixture between PJ Harvey, Laura Marling and Nick Cave (Nigel Williamson, Uncut) Last album…
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Songs of Water blends instrumentation from across the globe in a uniquely American context. Layers of orchestral strings, percussion and woodwinds fuse with indigenous instrumentation and sparse vocals to create a raw, c…
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Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang wh…
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Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo
Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang wh…
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Presented by: Halifax Pop Explosion
Since the release of Tim Chaisson’s album The Other Side in 2012 via Bumstead Productions, Chaisson has ventured across the globe performing to ever-expanding audiences - from club to festival stages alike. He’s also ama…
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Presented by: Riot Act Media
I take the city bus, which is an experience that has plugged me back into humanity. The faces, languages, the dress, daily I am part of the mix of what is the real face of this town, and though learning the schedules has…
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Atlanta-based indie-alt-folk group von Grey has checked off more things on the proverbial band wish list in the past year than many bands do in a decade. National TV? Check. They've appeared on "Late Show with David Lett…
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Presented by: SXSW FREE Spotlight Showcase!!!
WE MET TOMORROW BIO WMT - "Our music is everything we want it to be, honest, naked and flawed" WMT is a young three piece band that’s creating quite a stir both in their native Sweden, as well as the US. Industry pro…
In its four year existence, Toronto-based the Wilderness of Manitoba has released three albums, two EPs and toured the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada and the US. One critic described them as blending the sounds of …
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WILDFLOWERS BIOGRAPHY EP ‘WILD AMONG THE FLOWERS’ OUT NOW! www.wildflowersband.co.uk / www.facebook.com/wildflowershq www.twitter.com/wildflowershq / www.soundcloud.com/wildflowersmusic / www.youtube.com/wildflow…
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Presented by: Americana Music Association & Thirty Tigers presents
In the exploding world of acoustic music, Willie Watson needs no introduction. During his decade plus tenure with Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie’s driving rhythm guitar, transcendent lead vocals and pure tenor were an…
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The Wood Brothers began when brothers Oliver Wood and Chris Wood reconnected after forging separate but successful music careers - Chris in the jazz world with Medeski Martin & Wood and Oliver as Tinsley Ellis’s guitaris…
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Presented by: Music From Ireland
You’ll be delighted to know that there is nothing typical about The Young Folk. Yes, the band members (Anthony Furey, vocals/guitar, Tony McLoughlin, bass/mandolin, Paul Butler,piano/vocals, and Karl Hand, drums/percussi…
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