Chicago singer/songwriter/violinist Andrew Bird updates the traditions of small group swing, German Leider and New Orleans jazz, mixing gypsy, folk and rock elements into his distinctive style. Bird's projects include his group the Bowl of Fire (which also includes drummer Kevin O'Donnell, bassist Josh Hirsch and guitarist Colin Bunn) and... [+] Read More

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Chicago singer/songwriter/violinist Andrew Bird updates the traditions of small group swing, German Leider and New Orleans jazz, mixing gypsy, folk and rock elements into his distinctive style. Bird's projects include his group the Bowl of Fire (which also includes drummer Kevin O'Donnell, bassist Josh Hirsch and guitarist Colin Bunn) and... [+] Read More

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Singer and songwriter Erin McKeown was raised in Fredricksburg, VA. She began her musical career by performing in local clubs and coffeehouses at night. By day she attended Brown University where she studied ethnomusicology. McKeown's music is in many ways uniquely her own. It's been called folksy pop and quirky folk, with occasional lyrics that... [+] Read More

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Kate Earl grew up in Chugiak, AK, where she started writing songs that blended the phrasing of Cat Power and Björk with the folk-chanteuse influence of Joni Mitchell for an earthy, accessible sound. Earl moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and quickly made an impression, scoring airplay on KCRW and Indie 103.1 and catching the ear of Record Collection,... [+] Read More

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New York City Singer-Songwriter Nina Nastasia creates intimate, spectral music that evokes some lost, skewed take on Americana and that is often laced with haunting strains of viola, cello and bowed saw. She counts among her admirers the notoriously picky, celebrated producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies), who engineered her first two albums... [+] Read More

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You might remember Nora O'Connor as a member of the Blacks (she sometimes went by the name Nora Black) or her appearances on-stage and on record with Andrew Bird, the New Pornographers, the Aluminum Group, Chris Mills, Otis Clay, or Mavis Staples. Folks in her native Chicago also know the talented singer/songwriter as a bartender, a midwife's... [+] Read More

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Urban art-folkster Peter Mulvey has lived an artist's life since adolescence -- he was a college theater major, spent time busking in Dublin, Ireland, and founded the Milwaukee band Big Sky, all before his early twenties. But his professional music career didn't really begin until 1991, when was fired from a job at a Kinko's Copiers in Boston.... [+] Read More

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Country, blues, folk, alternative rock, and a touch of jazz all come together in the world of Po' Girl. Think lazy melodies, sweet harmony, and mellow grooves and you've got a bit of an idea of how they sound, but the freewheeling Po' Girl always have a trick or two up their sleeve. The roots of the rootsy band lie in the winter of 2000. There... [+] Read More

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