Folk: Folk Pop and Country: Bluegrass
WATERCARVERS GUILD: Balladeers and Aeronauts
Whether you like melody, or poetry, or great guitar work, or sweet Irish fiddle & mandolin, or driving bass and rhythm guitar, or grand piano, or a pleasant mixture of them all.
Recommended if you like Crosby, Stills & Nash, Nickel Creek.CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
THE DECIDERS: Unequivocal EP
Driving bluegrass band which constantly reconciles its love/hate relationship with both traditionalism and pop culture.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
MARIE BELLET: A New Springtime
Folk/pop/bluegrass singer songwriter Often lighthearted, always thought provoking lyrics describe the details of our modern lives and enkindle hope in new beginnings.
Recommended if you like Joni Mitchell, The King.CD price: $16.00
POOR MAN'S WHISKEY: Train to California
Californicana - acoustic music with a rock-n-roll attitude that fuses bluegrass, blues, reggae, folk and jazz.
Recommended if you like Grateful Dead, The String Cheese Incident.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
HUNGRYTOWN: Hungrytown
"Blends smart modern lyrics with a traditional Americana feel."--Dirty Linen
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
CYNTHIA RUSSELL: To a Song
An bold blend of blue grass/country, pop and rock, the album has clever lyrics, and fresh, reassuring melodies.
CD price: $19.99 / MP3 price: $19.99
MOLLY MAGDALAIN: The Open Road
From female piano pop like Sarah MacLachlan to bluegrass.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
STAY TUNED: Stay Tuned
Refreshing original acoustic music from a Pacific Northwest quartet with influences from bluegrass, folk, country and western swing
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
PATTI CASEY: The Edge of Grace
Warm, acoustic original songs with the occasional bite -- crafted by one of Vermont's finest songwriters, delivered in Casey's "one in a million voice" (Vermont Public Radio), and backed up by a stellar band.
Recommended if you like Alison Krauss, Rani Arbo.MP3 price: $12.00
HICKORY PROJECT: Icy Roads
Some great new renditions of old and new tunes played by great instrumentalists - mandolin, fiddle and guitar.
Recommended if you like Grateful Dead, Nickel Creek.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HICKORY PROJECT: Movin' On Up!
Some great new renditions of old and new tunes played by great instrumentalists - mandolin, fiddle and guitar.
Recommended if you like Nickel Creek, Sam Bush.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HICKORY PROJECT: Polaris
A blend of bluegrass, newgrass, folk and jazz - something for everyone. Great instrumentals and vocals.
Recommended if you like Béla Fleck, Sam Bush.MP3 price: $14.97
NAOMI SOMMERS: Hypnotized
Acoustic folk-bluegrass-pop with moving melody, memorable lyrics and catchy beats.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
SMOOTH KENTUCKY: Smooth Kentucky
Blends traditional acoustic bluegrass and country with folk funk and strong song writing to create an exhilarating musical experience.
CD price: $14.00
TOADSUCK SYMPHONY: Toadsuck Symphony
Bluegrass instrumentation, four part vocals, and great hit tunes from the 1960s and 1970s (Jimi Hendrix? The Beatles? The Zombies?) make for the unique Toadsuck Symphony sound.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BLU & KELLY HOPKINS: Homegrown
New acoustic folk/roots/bluegrass featuring traditional, original and contemporary tunes.
CD price: $15.00
LACKAWANNA RAIL: I Think You Should Know
They combine the excitement and energy of bluegrass with the power and passion of rock and roll. Moving Lyrics gave them the nickname of Poetry in Loco-Motion.
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, The Beatles.CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
THE BLACKTHORN PROJECT: Until
Innovative acoustic music. Great harmonies, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, harmonica, octave mandolin. Recorded in real time. Well-crafted songwriting, full of depth and emotion.
MP3 price: $4.45
BERNIE GRIFF: The Ecology Sea
A mixture of several genres including folk, bluegrass,Folk Pop and Latin.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
HICKORY PROJECT: Big Darby
Agressive Progressive original acoustic music with influences from bluegrass/newgrass to jazz/funk to folk and swing.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
THE CANTRELLS: The Heart Wants What It Wants
The Cantrells once again feature Nashville's finest - Rob Ickes, Dobro, Bela Fleck and Tim Carter, banjo, Jim Hurst, guitar, Mark Schatz, bass - presenting a mix of originals and songs from Joni Mitchell, Leadbelly and Johnny Mercer.
CD price: $12.75 / MP3 price: $9.99
LYLAS: ...Makes a Friend
Like fall leaves delicately landing in a pile of weathered friends, Lylas whispers her songs on the breaths of slow picked guitars, lazy banjos, and whistful croonings.
CD price: $5.99 / MP3 price: $4.99
BECKY SCHLEGEL: Red Leaf
Blessed with a pure, chiming, miracle of a voice, Becky sings classic bluegrass while Krauss-ing over into new Country.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BECKY SCHLEGEL AND TRUE BLUE: This Lonesome Song
Blessed with a pure, chiming, miracle of a voice, Becky sings classic bluegrass while Krauss-ing over into new Country.
MP3 price: $10.00
PARTIAL TO MABEL: If You Knew Mabel...
Bluegrass that conjures up images of Bill Monroe listening to some early Violent Femmes records before heading out the door with his mandolin. These boys insert bad attitude and a little humor into their particular blend of blugrass.
CD price: $10.00
THE SUGAR BEETS: Sweet Ride Home
Electro-acoustic dance music with soul. Lush, sweet vocal harmonies, fiddle, mandolin, piano with a hot rhythm section. This music makes you feel great.
REVEREND POOR CHILD: Jack Nobody Does More Songs Of The Weird
Singer/songwriter, alternative, ballads, folkish, hillbilly, bluesy, happy love songs, grunge, hard to define styles
Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, Neil Young.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
RUTH BLOOMQUIST: One Day Ain't Enough
Folk, Acoustic, Original, Bluegrass, Heartfelt, Midwest Soul
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
LURCH AND HOLLER: Lurch and Holler
Appalachian parlor operettas and parables. Using careening vocals, piano and banjo, Liz Downing and Michael Willis bring shiny nuggets of songs, scary and beautiful, like confessionals at the family picnic.
Recommended if you like Cowboy Junkies, Lucinda Williams.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MARK MALLETT: Deliver Me From Me
Easy Listening country folk and bluegrass
CD price: $16.50 / MP3 price: $16.50
JOHN MARK THOMAS: Here Goes Nothing
Acoustic instrumentals and smart vocals blended together for a unique folk sound reminiscent of Phil Keaggy and Nickel Creek.
CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
SANDRA MCCRACKEN: The Builder And The Architect
Ancient hymn texts with brand new music.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
THE OLD SILVER BAND: The Old Silver Band EP
Beachgrass music - a mix of rock, reggae, bluegrass, and folk.
MP3 price: $4.99
JIMMY DAVIS: Campfire Songs
Singer Songwriter a blend of country, bluegrass and folk story songs.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ASHLEIGH FLYNN: Live @ Mississippi Studios
“Sneakin’ Out provides backing for Flynn’s “live-in-the studio” album, which features her introspective balladry and some accomplished bluegrass. Flynn comes by her creative pedigree honestly. Her bottom lines for this album were to: ‘have fu
NUMBER NINE COAL: Double Nickel Highway
original songs exploring bluegrass and acoustic music. Excellent songs and talented players.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
WATERCARVERS GUILD: Watercarvers Guild, Est. 1973
One of the best acoustic groups in the Northwest puts together some of the finest melodies and arrangements this side of Nickel Creek in this debut CD.
Recommended if you like Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss.CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
RICHARD WUERTH: Beneath The Sands And Winds of Time
Pop-Folk-with clear beautiful vocals from a lyric baritone.
CD price: $15.00
CHRISTY MCGUIGAN: All Growed Up
Greatly influenced by songwriters with the guts to be honest. It's bluegrss, country and pop all done with unique acoustic style.
CD price: $18.97 / MP3 price: $18.97
DEIDRE RANDALL: Passport
A voice like Gillian Welch's little sister, two hot bluegrass bands from New England, and kickin' pop-grass songs.
Recommended if you like Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gillian Welch.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
DON BRIDGES: An Ardmore Afternoon
High-energy, well-crafted, genre-crossing songs about love, loss, disappointment, anger, and hope -- an exhilarating roller coaster ride of human emotions with memorable lyrics, singable melodies, wonderful harmonies.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
MATTHEW HART: The Valley Sessions
Former lead-singer of the Austin, TX band "Those Who Dig;" contemporary, eclectic, bluegrass and folk.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
TERHUNE: Corn
If only Wilco would just keep that strummy, folk-country sound, this is what I'd wish for.
Recommended if you like Chris Isaak, Wilco, Steve Forbert, Son Volt, John Prine, Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams.
THE SUGAR BEETS: Once Upon A Time (Live)
Electro-acoustic dance music with soul. Lush, sweet vocal harmonies, fiddle, mandolin, piano with a hot rhythm section. This music makes you feel great. Sorta like Allison Kraus meets KC and the Sunshine Band....
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco, Afro Celt Sound System, Richie Havens, Robert Hunter, The String Cheese Incident, Peter Rowan, Ken Kesey.
JAKE ARMERDING: caged bird
Similar to Nickel Creek, but more of an edge.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
LUCINDA MOLLER: Would You Come Back Somehow
Blends country, with overtones of bluegrass and folk, offering songs about heartbreak,loss, and joy...The title song, Would You Come Back Somehow, is sure to touch any heart. Lovers, mothers, and children
Recommended if you like Kathy Mattea, Joan Baez.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
WARREN NELSON: Anglin' Wayne & The Trollers 12 Pack of Fishing Songs
Bluegrass, blues, polka to folk, a creel full of great songs, a reel catch for all music lovers especially fisherpersons.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
BLUE BAMBOOZA: Blue Bambooza
Acoustic uptempo Bluegrass with mandolin, fiddle, guitar, banjo... good time music.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
WARREN BODLE & ALLEN: Coming Up A Storm
Enjoyable folk, folk/rock and bluegrass originals, featuring soaring harmonies and tasty instrumentation.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00