Bernie Worrell

Elvis Costello

John-Alex Mason

Kermit Ruffins

Aloe Blacc

Hans Theessink

Overmountain Men

Angus and Julia Stone

Valentiger

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BANCO DE GAIA

Cornershop

G. Love

The Pines

The Rounders

Adele

The Nightwatchman

Pinetop Seven

Eleanor McEvoy

The Coalition

BUDDY MILLER'S THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS

The Swell Season

Damon Fowler

The Baseball Project

Mari Boine

[remixed by Jah Wobble] The ancient, shamanistic, musical traditions of the Samis of northern Scandanavia, in what was once known as Lapland, are given a modern twist by vocalist and drummer Mari Boine (Persen). Although her highly rhythmic songs are rooted in the wordless, yodeling-like, vocal style of yoik (or joik), Boine's arrangements incorporate influences of jazz, rock and other ethnic elements. Boine, part Sami, was exposed to the spiritual-like, psalm singing of the Christian "Laestadian" movement as a child. As a result of the resistance to her Sami background that she experienced as a youngster, Boine developed a lyrical approach that expressed her feelings about discrimination. Asked to perform at the 1996 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Boine refused to be treated as a "token ethnic ornament" and turned the invitation down.

Silver Jews

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Breathe Owl Breathe

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Middle Brother

Beoga

David Honeyboy Edwards

TODD SNIDER

David Wax Museum

Persephone's Bees

Bobby Rush

V.V. Brown

Amos Lee

Anat Cohen

Amy Correia