A
Jenn Adams: anthropology into her music
Chloe Agnew: falling into Celtic Woman
Akvarium: a musical revolution
Dana Alexandra: infectiously pop 🎧
Albert Alfonso: bodhran swami
Brooke Annibale: being quiet 🎧
Anonymous 4: the fine art of women's ancient music
James Apollo: good grief
Asphalt Orchestra (Jessica Schmitz): street assault
B
Baka Beyond: music worth eating caterpillars for
Jesse Baker: creating movement with his music 🎧
Scott Balsai: taking a hike 🎧
Baltimore Consort (Mary Anne Ballard): ancient pop
Barnaby Bright: finding Bliss 🎧
Michael Been: heeding The Call
Beggar Folk:
• a band born of ping-pong smack talk 🎧
• getting good angles 🎧
Beolach: not a mountie
The Berrymans: surrealism meets silliness
Mary Black: for the joy of music
Sarah Blacker
• flexible modality 🎧
• land of opportunity 🎧
Blazin' Fiddles: a rose among thorns
Adam Blessing: a hard-working balancing act 🎧
The Blind Boys of Alabama (Jimmy Carter): gospel is alive
Rory Block: singing her country blues
Christopher Bohn: living the creative life 🎧
Brethren: fun with con-science 🎧
Bright Blue Gorilla: gorillas in the mix
Broken Fences
• mend the gap 🎧
• not the begging type 🎧
Brother: siblings in arms
Burning Bridget Cleary (Rose Baldino): fiddling witchery
Burning Bus: guilt-free funk
Corty Byron: out the window 🎧
C
Derrick Cameron: spreading tradition
Fil Campbell
• working for a living
• celebrating the women who came before 🎧
Stephanie Carlin: a deeper look at structure 🎧
Liz Carroll: fiddles, kids & the Cubs
Travis Caudle: on the road again
Celtic Woman (Chloe Agnew): falling into Celtic Woman
Cherish the Ladies
• the jig is up
• riding the Celtic wave
Chubby Checker: twistin' his life away
Circle of Fourths: bearing music
Clairseach: something to harp on
The Clancy Brothers: keeping the faith
Mychal Cohen & Campfire Ok: asking the world for direction 🎧
Oliver Craven: pickin' for fun 🎧
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen
• on the Newfoundland fringe
• a Newfoundland identity
Chrissy Crowley: music philosophy
D
Danu: doing his best
Rachel Davis
• catch her while she's young
• developing her Cape Breton style
Tove de Fries: a Danish treat
Iris DeMent: aching, longing & celebrating
Mark DeRose & the Way Home: consistent schizophrenia 🎧
Dervish: music for fun & profit
Donna-Marie DeWolfe: making a happy tune
Diner: just a good-time band
Dochas: anti-pop Scottish girl power
Maggie Drennon: nontraditional Irish traditions
Ducky & the Vintage: the art & the music 🎧
Dustbowl Revival (Zach Lupetin): playing in the shadows
E
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart: situations where people would listen 🎧
Enter the Haggis: spreading bagpipe rock to the masses
F
Fine Friday: gigging in Gaelic
Fire in the Glen: lighting the flame 🎧
Fishtank Ensemble: leaving the mule caravan behind
Joella Foulds
• Otis Tomas's fiddle tree
• Team Cape Breton
Julie Fowlis: staying true to her Hebridean roots
Kimberley Fraser: a left-handed approach to tradition
The Frogs: proudly "happy fun"
Frozen Poet: unusual perspectives
G
Gaelic Storm
• surviving Titanic
• setting new courses
Dick Gaughan: debunking Scottish claptrap
David Gettes: man of steel
Gwenan Gibbard: Welsh ambassador
GiveWay: but don't give up
Glengarry Bhoys: planning ahead
Katy Glorioso: trying her hand 🎧
Great Big Sea: making a career of Newfoundland pride
Alyson Greenfield: striking tinder 🎧
Grey Eye Glances: buying back their music, note by note
Guess Who: still pitching
H
Harem Scarem
• not pop on purpose
• gigging in Gaelic
JP Harris & the Tough Choices: just country 🎧
Dan Hart: never in Billboard
Caleb Hawley: overcoming his inner jazz snob 🎧
Martin Hayes: tradition through innovation
Carolyn Hester: & the Fortress of Folk
Ann Heymann: something to harp on
Anne Hills: singer finds a voice for her dreams
Barby Holder: a period player
Hope for Agoldensummer: sex, babies & poverty 🎧
Dani Hoy: rockin' the trop
Dermot Hyde: a piper in the Pipeline
I
Joy Ike: two steps forward 🎧
Indian Summer Jars
• too original for Sarah Squared 🎧
• "Don't watch her foot!" 🎧
• holding on to feeling good
Indigo Girls: art & activism
Eileen Ivers
• beyond space to fiddle
• keeping the tradition alive
J
Cathy Jordan: music for fun & profit
Shannon Johnson: fiddling around with tradition
K
Lucy Kaplansky: unzipped
Ryan Kauffman: playing what he feels 🎧
Nuala Kennedy: gigging in Gaelic
Kilmaine Saints
• punky Irish madness 🎧
• building an army 🎧
KimberLiana: catching butterflies
Kingsfoil
• plugging in 🎧
• bleeding hearts 🎧
Jennifer Knapp: from contemporary Christian to Americana
Habib Koite: making a musical life
Camela Widad Kraemer: staging her songs 🎧
Heather Kropf
• recognizing Hestia 🎧
• something shiny 🎧
L
Donnell Leahy & Natalie MacMaster: making music at home & away
Dave Lefever: almost like a dream 🎧
Lenahan: more than just Celtic rock
Caryn Lin: Vivaldi meets Pink Floyd through electric fiddler
Jenn Lindsay: Woman at work
Via Linota: defining the "newternative" sound 🎧
M
Anita MacDonald: a fiddle from Santa
Catriona MacDonald: a rose among thorns
Max MacDonald & Joella Foulds: Team Cape Breton
Kendra MacGillivray: fiddling like nobody's business
Sabra MacGillivray: dancing Cape Breton-style
Troy MacGillivray: a piano teacher's dream
Burton MacIntyre: dancing Cape Breton-style
Wendy MacIsaac: not a Mountie
Iain MacKintosh: with a banjo on his knee
Cynthia MacLeod: borrowing music from the neighbors
Natalie MacMaster
• a fiddler who keeps on her toes
• fiddler, producer, wife & chef
• making music at home & away
Glen MacNeil: writing for a distant home
Joanie Madden
• the jig is up
• riding the Celtic wave
Michelle Malone: musical therapy and goats
Mandalele: crossing state lines 🎧
Matchbox 20: fame on the road
Iain Matthews: finding comfort in southern folk-rock
Peter Mayer: mysteries of the world 🎧
Sarah Mbogo: singing her gift
Rhyne McCormick: hard-working the region 🎧
The McDades
• fiddling around with tradition
• just who are they, anyway?
Manus McGuire: an Irishman in Cape Breton
Maggie McKaig: ancestral connections 🎧
Tony McManus: reinventing the guitar
Mike McMonagle: a hopeful turn 🎧
Shannon McNally: no time for whining
Darry Miller & The Veil
• personal transformation 🎧
• fresh soul 🎧
Misstallica (Gina Gleason): Metallica, with lady bits
Buddy Mondlock: rocky road to Kerrville 🎧
More Power to Your Elbow: giving all they got
Annie Moses Band (Annie Wolaver Dupre): family is instrumental
Motherphunk: sort of familiar
Tudur Morgan: Wales songs
Gary Mullen: a Queen at heart
Patricia Murray: an eye on PEI
N
Nassiri: world peace through music
The Nields: putting a harder edge to their music
O
Fergus O'Byrne: on the Newfoundland fringe
Maura O'Connell: a singer in retirement
Robbie O'Connell: keeping the faith
Out the Sun: hating labels
Judith Owen: eccentric Welsh singer
P
Jim Payne: a Newfoundland identity
Eddie Pennington: fingers 'n' thumbs
The Pig Merchants: weight with levity 🎧
Emily Pinkerton: weaving the Americas 🎧
Pipeline: a piper in the Pipeline
Brendan Power: power to the harmonica
The Proclaimers: walking another 500 miles
The Pyrates Royale: acts of musical piracy
R
Amy Ray: art & activism
Red Molly: poised for the leap
Bill Reid: bringing the music together
John Renbourn: wants applause for his music, not himself
Hiram Ring
• breathing deeply 🎧
• crossover appeal 🎧
Ben Rothermel: personal raw emotion 🎧
S
Tommy Sands: peace through music
Pauline Scanlon: rising Irish star
Scantily Plaid: Celtic music, Canadian style
Douglas September: ambient textures 🎧
Seven Nations
• rockin' pipes
• a fiddle in the mix
78 West: not a trend
Richard Shindell: somewhere near stardom
Silver Hawks: flashback or revelation
Slackwater News: more rock, less ramble 🎧
Slambovian Circus of Dreams (Joziah Longo): catching up with eccentricities
Smothers Brothers: the power of Yo
Jessica Smucker: cooking it raw 🎧
Squash: a crossover breed
Start Making Sense (Jon Braun): yearning to Byrne
Static Trees: growing prolific 🎧
Dietrich Strause: poetic perspective 🎧
Stray Birds: pushed into harmony 🎧
Joseph Strider: where he's supposed to be
T
Tannahill Weavers: remaking traditions
Tarras: caught in a whirlwind
Tartan Terrors: the evil twin of Riverdance
Norberto Tavares: journey of the Badiu
Tempest: turning over a new Lief
They Might Be Giants: nerdy by nature
Toy Soldiers: telling the tale 🎧
Trinidad North Steel Band (David Gettes): man of steel
V
Vas: listening for the soul echo
Le Vent du Nord
• the French-Celtic connection
• a French-Canadian storm
Vinegar Creek Constituency: explosions in a junkyard 🎧
W
Taylor Ware: fair yodeling
Kevin Welch: keeps on writing songs
Amanda Wells: destined from birth
Susan Werner: from opera to folk
Matt Wheeler: fostering a community 🎧
The Wiggles (Greg Page): A little Wiggle room
Jason Wilber: time away from Prine 🎧
Bet Williams: beatnik punch
Dar Williams: in a Green World
Huw Williams: hoofing it, Welsh style
Paul Winter
• turning nature into music
• Celtic soundscapes
The Winter Sounds: gone with the wind 🎧
Denison Witmer: building spaces through song
Wolfstone: a carving on the rock
Wooden Soul: bustin' butts
Y
Emily Yanek: forever young
Weird Al Yankovic: no Amish expert
Z
Charlie Zahm: never a rock star
