The music speaks for itself. But isn't it great to get behind the performer's facade once in a while and meet the human being who makes the music? Here's what some of them had to say.

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Jenn Adams: anthropology into her music

Akvarium (Boris Grebenshchikov): a musical revolution

Albert Alfonso: bodhran swami

Anonymous 4 (Johanna Rose): the fine art of women's ancient music

James Apollo: good grief

Baka Beyond (Martin Cradick): music worth eating caterpillars for

Beolach (Wendy MacIsaac): not a Mountie

The Berrymans (Lou Berryman): surrealism meets silliness

Blazin' Fiddles (Catriona MacDonald): a rose among thorns

Rory Block: singing her country blues

Bright Blue Gorilla (Robyn Rosenkrantz): gorillas in the mix

Brother (Angus Richardson): siblings in arms

Derrick Cameron: spreading tradition

Liz Carroll: fiddles, kids & the Cubs

Cherish the Ladies (Joanie Madden): the jig is up

Cherish the Ladies (Joanie Madden): riding the Celtic wave

Chubby Checker: twistin' his life away

Clairseach (Ann Heymann): something to harp on

The Clancy Brothers (Liam Clancy & Robbie O'Connell): keeping the faith

A Crowd of Bold Sharemen (Fergus O'Byrne): on the Newfoundland fringe

A Crowd of Bold Sharemen (Jim Payne): a Newfoundland identity

Danu (Oisin McAuley): doing his best

Rachel Davis: catch her while she's young

Tove de Fries: a Danish treat

Iris DeMent: aching, longing & celebrating

Dervish (Cathy Jordan): music for fun & profit

Dochas (Julie Fowlis, Eilidh MacLeod & Jenna Reid): anti-pop Scottish girl power

Maggie Drennon: nontraditional Irish traditions

Enter the Haggis (Craig Downie): spreading bagpipe rock to the masses

Fine Friday (Nuala Kennedy): gigging in Gaelic

 Joella Foulds: Otis Tomas's fiddle tree

Joella Foulds & Max MacDonald: Team Cape Breton

Julie Fowlis: staying true to her Hebridean roots

Kimberley Fraser: a left-handed approach to tradition

Gaelic Storm (Patrick Murphy): surviving Titanic

Gaelic Storm (Steve Twigger): setting new courses

Dick Gaughan: debunking Scottish claptrap

Gwenan Gibbard: Welsh ambassador

GiveWay (Fiona Johnson): but don't give up

Glengarry Bhoys (Graham Wright): planning ahead

Great Big Sea (Alan Doyle): making a career of Newfoundland pride

Grey Eye Glances (Eric O'Dell): buying back their music, note by note

Guess Who (Garry Peterson): still pitching

Harem Scarem (Sarah McFadyen & Inge Thomson): not pop on purpose

Harem Scarem (Nuala Kennedy): gigging in Gaelic

Martin Hayes: tradition through innovation

Ann Heymann: something to harp on

Anne Hills: singer finds a voice for her dreams

Barby Holder: a period player

Indigo Girls (Amy Ray): art & activism

Cathy Jordan: music for fun & profit

Shannon Johnson: fiddling around with tradition

Lucy Kaplansky: unzipped

Nuala Kennedy: gigging in Gaelic

Habib Koite: making a musical life

Donnell Leahy & Natalie MacMaster: making music at home & away

Lenahan (Tom Lenahan): more than just Celtic rock

Caryn Lin: Vivaldi meets Pink Floyd through electric fiddler

Jenn Lindsay: Woman at work

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

Natalie MacMaster: fiddler, producer, wife & chef

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: making music at home & away

Glen MacNeil: writing for a distant home

Joanie Madden: the jig is up

Joanie Madden: riding the Celtic wave

Michelle Malone: musical therapy and goats

Matchbox 20 (Paul Doucette): fame on the road

Iain Matthews: finding comfort in southern folk-rock

The McDades (Shannon Johnson): fiddling around with tradition

The McDades: just who are they, anyway?

Manus McGuire: an Irishman in Cape Breton

Tony McManus: reinventing the guitar

Shannon McNally: no time for whining

More Power to Your Elbow (Gerry Cunningham): giving all they got

Tudur Morgan: Wales songs

Patricia Murray: an eye on PEI

Nassiri: world peace through music

The Nields (David & Nerissa Nields): putting a harder edge to their music

Fergus O'Byrne: on the Newfoundland fringe

Judith Owen: eccentric Welsh singer

Pipeline (Dermot Hyde): a piper in the Pipeline

Brendan Power: power to the harmonica

The Proclaimers (Charlie Reid): walking another 500 miles

The Pyrates Royale (Craig Williams, a.k.a. Long John Skivee): acts of musical piracy

Amy Ray: art & activism

Red Molly: poised for the leap

John Renbourn: wants applause for his music, not himself

Tommy Sands: peace through music

Pauline Scanlon: rising Irish star

Scantily Plaid (Doug Feaver & Ruth Sutherland): Celtic music, Canadian style

Seven Nations (Kirk McLeod): rockin' pipes

Seven Nations (Dan Stacey): a fiddle in the mix

Richard Shindell: somewhere near stardom

Smothers Brothers: the power of Yo

Tarras (Ben Murray): caught in a whirlwind

Tartan Terrors (Ellen Irmisch): the evil twin of Riverdance

Norberto Tavares: journey of the Badiu

Tempest (Lief Sorbye): turning over a new Lief

They Might Be Giants (John Flansburgh): nerdy by nature

Vas (Azam Ali & Greg Ellis): listening for the soul echo

Le Vent du Nord (Benoit Bourque): the French-Celtic connection

Le Vent du Nord (Nicolas Boulerice, Benoit Bourque & Olivier Demers): a French-Canadian storm

Taylor Ware: fair yodeling

Kevin Welch: keeps on writing songs

Susan Werner: from opera to folk

Bet Williams: beatnik punch

Dar Williams: in a Green World

Huw Williams: hoofing it, Welsh style

Paul Winter: turning nature into music

Paul Winter: Celtic soundscapes

Wolfstone (Stuart Eaglesham): a carving on the rock

Weird Al Yankovic: no Amish expert

Charlie Zahm: never a rock star