Raised in Iowa City, IA, and Madison, WI, Anna has since lived in Minnesota, Belgium, Florida, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Described as “a name you’ll want to remember” (San Francisco Bay Guardian), and “an outstanding singer with a sultry, soulful sound in the Norah Jones mould,” (Americana UK), Anna's debut CD, "Outta My Head" (Ginkgo... [+] Read More

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Amee Chapman has spent her life in Northern California, the daughter of prison workers. Having picked up her first guitar during the 5th grade, Amee found herself falling in to the rhythms of a musician's life easily and early. Over the course of the next 20 years, she would find herself taking up home on a fishing boat in Moss Landing, in a... [+] Read More

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A talented artist in her own right, scoring a number of adult contemporary radio hits, Beth Nielsen Chapman rose to prominence as a successful songwriter, penning a string of songs that would earn their performers hits on both pop and country radio. Born in Harlington, TX, Chapman spent her youth moving frequently due to her father's Air Force... [+] Read More

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Finding inspiration in the righteous anger of punk rock and the socially conscious folk tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg was the leading figure of the anti-folk movement of the '80s. For most of the decade, Bragg bashed out songs alone on his electric guitar, singing about politics and love. While his lyrics were bitingly... [+] Read More

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The colorful yet tragic life of Austin singer/songwriter Blaze Foley -- who was shot and killed in 1989, at the age of 39, while trying to defend an elderly friend -- reads like the most heart-piercing of country ballads. It's no wonder then that extraordinary artists like Foley's friend and hero Townes Van Zandt and Lucinda Williams penned odes... [+] Read More

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I enjoy writing songs and have been lucky enough to have some great musicians play and sing some of them. If you'd like to use any of my songs for non-commercial purposes feel free to do so, just please keep my name attached to it. And let me know so I can check it out.

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Folk singer/songwriter Eliza Gilkyson was born in Hollywood, CA, the daughter of folk-pop singer/songwriter Terry Gilkyson (1916-1999). Her father wrote and recorded "The Cry of the Wild Goose," which Frankie Laine covered for a number one hit in 1950, as well as the 1953 Top Ten hit "Tell Me a Story" recorded by Jimmy Boyd and Laine. As a... [+] Read More

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BIO The beautiful thing about music is its ability to carry the listener through an endless array of eras and emotions. Thats it's allure, it's universal appeal. Grainne (pronounced grawn-ya) Ryan is a Canadian singer/songwriter who has developed her natural gift for music into that raw form and with her voice and her fingertips she captures the... [+] Read More

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HUMDINGER is a band that sounds a lot like the lost soundtrack to the great American road trip as seen through the dirty windshield of an old, beat-up El Dorado with the windows rolled down, the fuel gauge at just above EMPTY, and only half a pack of cigarettes, a warm beer, and a transistor radio to guide you home…

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Joe Henry is best known for his two country-influenced albums, 1992's Short Man's Room and 1993's Kindness of the World, both of which feature members of the country-rock band the Jayhawks, but his musical direction has actually changed several times over the course of his recording career, reflecting his restless, adventurous spirit.
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Boston-native Lori McKenna grew up in a household filled with the rhythm and pleasure of good music, some of it happily supplied by her brothers. Music was almost always a part of family get-togethers. With such a background, it's little wonder that when Lori McKenna grew up, she chose to become a professional singer and songwriter.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter was part of a small movement of folk-influenced country singer/songwriters of the late '80s. Although many of these performers never achieved commercial success, Carpenter was able to channel her anti-Nashville approach into chart success and industry awards by the early '90s.

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According to her own, undoubtedly semi-fictional account, Michelle Shocked was born Michelle Johnston in Dallas, TX, in 1962, where she spent her early childhood traveling around army bases. In 1977, she ran away from her Mormon fundamentalist mother to live with her father who introduced her to country bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy and Leadbelly,... [+] Read More

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Striding the fine line between folk and country music, Nanci Griffith has become as well-known for her brilliant confessional songwriting as her beautiful voice. A self-styled "folkabilly" singer, Griffith began as a kindergarten teacher and occasional folksinger. The country scene took her to heart in the mid-'80s, giving her a reputation as a... [+] Read More

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Shawn Colvin is one of the bright spots of the so-called "new folk movement" that began in the late '80s. And though she grew out of the somewhat limited "woman with a guitar" school, she has managed to keep the form fresh with a diverse approach, avoiding the clichéd sentiments and all-too-often formulaic arrangements that have plagued the... [+] Read More

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By the time Shelby Lynne won her Best New Artist Grammy, she'd already completed six albums, and had over a decade of recording experience under her belt. Yet in a way, the award was appropriate, since I Am Shelby Lynne was the album that finally found her taking control of her music, following years of casting about in search of an identity.... [+] Read More

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Singer/Songwriter Stephen Budd writes songs of love, reflection, relationships, parting, hope and struggle. His songs have been included on compilation cd's as well as on his own cd's. He also has an acoustic group called Treehouse Fire (www.treehousefire.com).
He is about to release his newest recording, gathering sky, in April 2008. It... [+] Read More

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Singer/Songwriter Stephen Budd's modern acoustic & Americana group. New cd, gathering sky, to be released in April 2008 on ghosttown records. CD available of songs from the 2006 and 2007 Tucson Folk Festival. see also www.stephenbudd.com and www.myspace.com/stephenbuddsongs.

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Despite their background (punk), geography (Seattle), and label affiliation (Sub Pop), the Walkabouts were anything but a grunge band; dark, haunting, and elegiac, their work instead sprung forth from the storytelling traditions of American roots music and the kinetic excitement of rock & roll. The Walkabouts were formed in 1984 by Chris Eckman... [+] Read More

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Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt seemingly appeared out of nowhere in the spring of 2002 with her acclaimed debut album Bramble Rose, but as is often the case, this triple-threat artist -- a gifted singer, superb songwriter, and skillful guitarist -- actually has plenty of experience under her belt. Born in Houston, TX, in 1975, Merritt's family... [+] Read More

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