Artists

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	56 Hope Road
	If ever a band was worthy of notice, it’s 56 Hope Road. The heart of the band’s sound beats in its soaring melodies and unflaggingly earnest lyrics. Fusing dynamic keyboard arrangements, gypsy acoustic guitar parts, funky bass and unbridled drums, this Chicago-based band delivers. Their music is textured—each layer made of…

	A.J. Croce
	During the past eight years, the world has know A.J. Croce (yes he is the son of the late singer/songwriter Jim Croce) as a piano man, banging out soulful blues, jazz and roots influenced music to substantial critical acclaim and growing international audiences. Croce taking influence from early blues artists, he…

	Acoustic Strawbs
	One of the better British progressive bands of the early ‘70s, the Strawbs differed from their more successful compatriots—the Moody Blues, King Crimson, Pink Floyd—principally in that their sound originated in English folk music, rather than rock. Founded in 1967 as a bluegrass-based trio called the Strawberry…

	Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
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	Blackberry Smoke
	“We don’t pull any punches about calling this Southern rock because that’s what it is,” says Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr. “It’s what we think new Southern rock should sound like.” Starr, guitarist Paul Jackson, bassist Richard Turner and drummer Brit Turner are indeed sons of the South, but their considerable…

	Blueground Undergrass
	Blueground Undergrass is an Atlanta based group of seasoned musicians formed with the goals of providing a fresh new approach to music deep rooted in tradition. With their smooth mix of bluegrass, blues, country, folk, swing, jazz and rock, they take people to musical heights few try to endeavor, Melding together…

	Blues Traveler
	Look for, What You And I Have Been Through, the new LIVE album from Blues Traveler, in-stores NOW. Download the free MP3 for “Sadly A Ficion” and have a listen, here. The phrase

	Bone Pony
	Bonepony joins a rich acoustic sound with clear Southern influences. Combine the acoustic guitars with mandolin, fiddle, dobro, and throw in some harmonica for good measure, and you’ve goth the heavily bluegrass, flok, Dixieland and country-laden music of Bonepony.

	Busted Hearts
	Busted Hearts have filtered out the novelties about town dances and clucky old hens but retained the ones about disappointments and death. New Times Phoenix 2003 Cute little band. We do okay. We play Sundays. People clap. Everybody goes home. Nobody gets hurt. But it’s really a good opportunity for me…

	Chatham County Line
	Dave Wilson is the lead singer, gifted songwriter and an exceptional flatpicker. He was honored to be chosen as a finalist in the 2004 Chris Austin Songwriting contest at MerleFest. Dave started his musical career in school band playing the saxophone at the age of eleven. When he reached 7th grade…

	Codename: Trixie
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	Confederate Railroad
	Few acts have carved as distinctive a niche in modern musical history as Confederate Railroad. With their high-energy combination of honky-tonk rockers, sensitive ballads, and offbeat humor, they have created a unique identity that has brought them chart success, multi-platinum sales, and continued popularity as a road band. Versatility, likability, and…

	Cracker
	Cracker may be considered a somewhat traditional rock band (almost comparable to roots rock at times), yet singer/guitarist David Lowery’s roots were anything but traditional since he fronted the ‘80s alternative outfit Camper Van Beethoven. Shortly after Camper Van Beethoven called it quits in 1990, Lowery began demoing material along with…

	Dan Bern
	With the release of his 1997 self-titled debut, Iowa native Dan Bern became the latest, following the likes of John Prine, Elliot Murphy, Steve Forbert, Loudon Wainwright III, and numerous others, to wear the

	Dan Zanes & Friends
	Dan Zanes, the former lead singer and songwriter for the legendary rock & roll band The Del Fuegos, and his band perform exuberant, handmade music for enthusiastic crowds of kids and kid sympathizers. For parents who can

	Dangerous Muleskinner
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	Dark Star Orchestra
	There are a lot of cover bands around and a lot of those are Grateful Dead cover bands. You’ve seen them, they’re good. Most include the music of Jerry Garcia, Bobby Weir et al with other cover songs and some originals mixed in. DSO is a different breed of ‘Dead’ band…

	David Grisman
	For more than 40 years, mandolinist/composer David Grisman has been busy creating “dawg” music, a blend of many stylistic influences (including swing, bluegrass, latin, jazz and gypsy) so unique he gave it its own name. In doing so, David has inspired a whole new genre of acoustic string instrumental music with…

	Deep Banana Blackout
	Carrying the torch of the great funk bands such as Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, and James Brown into the 21st century, comes Deep Banana Blackout. With full horn section, and soulful groove imbedded in the roots of funk, Deep Banana is the leader of today

	Dirty Dozen Brass Band
	a world of war, poverty, ecological disasters, dissent and conflict in the social fabric of society, Marvin Gaye found himself looking to the heavens in 1971 and asking the heartfelt question What’s Going On? And with that Gaye created the unqualified masterpiece of his astounding career, an album addressing these questions…

	Emmylou Harris

	Fischerspooner
	Their electronically driven songs are served up in an assault of pop theatrics. They

	Future Presidents
	Founded in 1996 in Ypsilanti, Michigan The Future Presidents began crafting their style. With an array of tastes and influences they can sculpt a set list that caters to a specific crowd. Capable of playing bluegrass, blues, rock, rap classical, country and jazz, these guys have what it takes to satisfy…

	Galactic
	The New Orleans-based jazz-funk ensemble Galactic formed in 1994; originally an eight-piece, the group soon pared down to an instrumental sextet comprising guitarist Jeff Raines, organist Rich Vogel, bassist Robert Mercurio, saxophonists Ben Ellman and Jason Mingledorff, and drummer Stanton Moore. Later adding Crescent City music scene vet Theryl deClouet on…

	High on the Hog
	High on the Hog formed in early July, 2001, around a common passion for the string band music in American South. By combining European and African musical elements heard in rural dancehalls, at work, and in prayer in everything from fiddle tunes to field hollers to love ballads, old time is…

	Hit & Run Bluegrass
	Bluegrass is surely a people’s music. Folks who may have never crossed paths are suddenly brought together through a shared passion for music—a music that was meant to be shared. Such is the story with Hit & Run, Colorado’s young bluegrass band who is driving a steady storm through the…

	Hollyfelds
	Once there was a grown man who lived in a closet. Well, it wasn

	Honky Tonk Hangovers
	Here is what Westword Magazine says about The Honky Tonk Hangovers

	Hot Rize
	Formed in 1978, Hot Rize was undoubtedly one of the hottest bluegrass band throughout the 80s. Tim O

	Jackson Browne
	Over the course of three decades, Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate, moving songs in popular music. With classic albums like Late For The Sky, The Pretender, Running On Empty, and For Everyman and songs like “Doctor My Eyes,” “The Pretender,” and “Lives In The Balance,...