Finn Brothers

Belle & Sebastian

Dirty Martini

Roy Haynes

Bettye Lavette

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

Jaymay

Agatsuma

Agatsuma

The Avett Brothers

Amiina

The Waifs

The Hangdogs

John Hammond

The Icicles

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Jonathan Richman

Bruce Cockburn

Mulebone

Moodafaruka

From their new greatest hits album, this comes from their second CD Zazu. Allmusic.com says "This music is vibrant and alive; it has soul to the tenth power. The positive energy comes from the bandmembers. They are having fun and it shows. They combine Latin, Middle Eastern, and Indian influences with worldbeat sensitivity. This is an essential disc.

A.A. Bondy

Mia Doi Todd

Chris Duarte

Casey Driessen

Was (not Was)

"everything old is new again!"

Cique

Sam Lay

Steppin' In It

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Richard Hawley

Taraf De Haidouks

TARAF DE HAÏDOUKS is a vibrant group of Romanian musicians whose repertoire includes Romanian wedding music, violin ballads and accompaniments to jazz, classical and rock. They have performed with Yehudi Menuhin and the Kronos Quartet, played a prominent part in Tony Gatliff's acclaimed film "Latcho Drom" and appeared alongside Johnny Depp in Sally Potter's "The Man Who Cried."

SERA CAHOONE

Drummer/Singer/Songwriter of Band of Horses. She's been drumming since the age of 12.

Webb Wilder

Heavy Trash

Sam Baker

Jeff Coffin and Charlie Peacock

Devon Alves

Bombadil

Shawn Colvin

Colvin breaks temporarily from producer John Leventhal to team with Larry Klein who brightened up the album and grabbed some top-notch session players like "the Subdudes." This is a Colvin-Klein song.

Kurt Elling

Nine Horses

David Sylvian

Aleph-1

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