A husband and wife team of Maura (b. Maura Boudreau, Syracuse, New York, USA) and Pete Kennedy (b. Washington, DC, USA), the Kennedys play jangly folk-pop shot through with the influences of the Byrds and Beatles. The couple's first date came at Budd…

Sisters Maggie (b. 26 October 1951, Detroit, Michigan, USA) and Terre Roche (b. 10 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA) began singing a mixture of traditional, doo-wop and barbershop quartet songs in New York clubs in the late 60s. Their first r…

Black 47 a name deriving from the year 1847 the blackest year of the Irish potato famine is a New York-based band made up of Irish expatriates and led by songwriterplaywright Larry Kirwan In addition to Kirwan vocals guitar the band consists of Chris…

Taking their name from the Little Feat classic "Dixie Chicken," the Dixie Chicks greeted the world in 1998 with their major label debut, WIDE OPEN SPACES, a wild blend of bluegrass, pop and country. Number one records, sold-out tours, Grammy nominati…

The pop-folk trio the Mammals came together in early 2001 after fiddler Ruth Ungar and guitarist Michael Merenda met in a local bar in New York City Ungar whos the daughter of famed fiddler Jay Ungar and folksinger Lyn Hardy briefly flirted with a ca…

Carbon Leafs brand of rootsy Celtic-influenced rock originated in the same Richmond VA scene that nurtured Dave Matthews Band Agents of Good Roots and Pat McGee Band Guitarist Terry Clark vocalist Barry Privett bassist Jordan Medas guitarist Carter G…

b. 6 June 1949, Ukiah, California, USA. For Near's first 10 years, her family lived on a farm but her adolescence was spent in urban Ukiah where she matured from a child television actor to a performer with the confidence to accept a role in a Broadw…

Bizarre and outrageous Uncle Bonsai was formed in Seattle in 1981 by three former Bennington College students Andrew Ratshin Ashley Kristin and Arni Adler Uncle Bonsai were a guitar and three part vocal outfit who specialized in singing the weirdest …

This folk-rock quartet from the Washington DCsuburban Virginia area was only formed in 1991 but theyve quickly become favorites on the folk festival circuit with their jazzy rootsy blend of folk-rock The groups popularity grew with the growth of Trip…

This Athens band's initial mix of Velvet Underground strum, Byrds-like Rickenbacker jangle, and charismatically oblique singing, became the sound of the 1980s as legions of bands followed suit. But even as imitators codified R.E.M.'s approach into th…

b. Richard Slaid Cleaves, 9 June 1964, Berwick, Maine, USA. Cleaves' stark vignettes of desperate people are far from the designer country of the new millennium, and his influences are Woody Guthrie (Cleaves put music to his verse, "This Morning I Am…

Named in honor of the song by bluesmen Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee acoustic funk-popsters Jump Little Children formed at the North Carolina School of the Arts where founding members Jay Clifford vocals guitar Ward Williams cello and brothers Matt …

Boston alternative popsters the Push Stars are led by songwritervocalistguitarist Chris Trapper with bassistkeyboardist Dan McLoughlin and drummer Ryan MacMillan rounding out the lineup The band debuted in 1996 with an album for the now-defunct Imago…

This New Jersey, USA-born vocalist found instant success on both sides of the Atlantic with a mixture of sentimental ballads and joyful pleasant tunes about romance. He had a US hit with "Ariel" which made ripples in Europe, but his 1978 record "Luck…

Joni Mitchell emerged as a darling of the late 1960s folk scene as a lyrically gifted songwriter and honey-voiced golden girl. In the '70s, she went on to incorporate jazz and confessional pop-rock into her musical vision, ultimately creating a poeti…

Originally formed by two members of Sileás, Patsy Seddon (b. 12 January 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland) and Mary Macmaster (b. 22 November 1955, Glasgow, Scotland; harps), Sally Barker (b. 19 September 1959, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England; guit…

Cat Stevens's debut single found its way to the U.K. charts while he was still in his teens. He became an international star with 1970's TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN, which showed an evolution in his style. With his distinctive voice, memorable melodies, an…