Shinyribs
A nine-piece Texas soul revue led by Kevin Russell, turning New Orleans R&B, Gulf Coast swamp pop, and Memphis horns into the most joyful live show in Austin.
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Jon Stickley Trio
An Asheville trio that took bluegrass flatpicking and pushed it into jazz, punk, and psychedelia, built around Jon Stickley's blazing acoustic guitar, a violin, and drums.
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Big Daddy Love
Big Daddy Love is a Winston-Salem band that blends bluegrass instrumentation, Southern rock, and jam-band improvisation into what they call Appalachian rock, a fixture of the Southeastern festival circuit across five albums since 2008.
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Chalk Dinosaur
The prolific project of Pittsburgh producer John O'Hallaron, fusing guitar, synths, and electronics into colorful, danceable instrumental music between the laptop and the jam band.
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Erin & The Wildfire
A Charlottesville soul and indie-pop band built around the powerhouse voice of Erin Lunsford, and one of Central Virginia's most captivating live acts.
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Jess Klein
A songwriter who rose out of 1990s Boston, weaving bluesy roots rock and deeply felt folk into two decades of quietly essential records.
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Dirk Quinn Band
A Philadelphia instrumental powerhouse led by guitarist Dirk Quinn, playing high-energy jazz-funk improvisation for jam-band hippies and jazz snobs alike.
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The Judy Chops
A high-energy seven-piece from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, blending swing, rockabilly, soul, and old country into a genre-defying vintage-Americana party.
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Big Fat Gap
A beloved North Carolina old-time string band and rotating collective, a Chapel Hill institution that has passed more than two dozen pickers through its ranks.
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