Nanci Caroline Griffith, born July 6, 1954, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States. Her career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country and folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." She won a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms, an album of Griffith covering the songs of artists who influenced her.
There are plenty of British bands around who have tried to take inspiration from the intimacy and expansive sound of Americana, but end up losing their own identity in the process. Not so Count To Fire. The Exeter band, who released their debut album Songs That Remind Me Of You in 2008, quickly outgrew their American influences to establish themselves as one of the most engaging groups in the UK.
Amy Martin was born in Iowa and lives in Missoula, Montana. She has been making her living as a musician since 2000. In that time, she has released six albums and started her own independent label, Raven’s Wing Records. She was named Missoula’s Peacemaker of the Year for 2004, and has raised $10,000 for women-run health and education projects in Afghanistan through the sales of her third album, This Fall.
Groanbox, the North American trio of Michael Ward-Bergeman, Cory Seznec and Paul Clifford, are a musical hybrid of ideas and ideals. They are at first glance a roots band, soaked in the traditions of American music, with all the guts of rock and roll and all the soul of the wandering troubadour. But somewhere along the way, that troubadour turned off the road and, from the melting pot of New Orleans, began a new journey that would take the Groanbox sound to new and unexplored places...
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967 in Delhi, Louisiana) is an American country singer and actor. With many of his albums and singles topping the country music charts, Tim has achieved total album sales in excess of 40 million units. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former baseball player Tug McGraw. His trademark hit songs include Indian Outlaw, Don't Take the Girl, I Like It, I Love It, Something Like That, It's Your Love (featuring his wife, Faith Hill), and Live Like You Were Dying.
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1. An americana band from the United States
2. A reggae band from Jamaica
3. A former indie rock band from the United Kingdom (1) The Natives are a five-piece Americana band based in Bloomington, IN. Their debut album "My Song Is Gonna Set Me Free" can be downloaded for free from their website: http://thenativesband.com
(2)The Natives are a Reggae band off of the Trojan label based in Kingston, Jamaica. "You You" being one of their most notable songs which was featured on the TROJAN ROCKSTEADY BOX SET.
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Tagged as "one of Boston's hottest new bands" by The Boston Globe, The David Wax Museum fuses exuberant Mexican roots music with rockin' country folk reminiscent of old school Jayhawks and early Wilco to create "Boston's homegrown answer to Calexico" (The Bostonist). They have toured with The Avett Brothers and have just completed their own six-week tour of the East Coast. Originally from Columbia, Missouri, the band is now based on Boston. Wax studied poetry and Latin American history at Harvard after spending two of his college years on a cattle ranch in California.
The Lorcas exploded out of the South London music scene in 2007 and their reputation has grown steadily since. Part of the Folk @ The Moon and Easycome Acoustic Club circle, their deeply melodic songs have led to various festival and club appearances. Influenced by the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, & The Beatles, the Lorcas are Emily C Smith (vocals, guitar & harmonica) & Ruth Jacob (vocals & banjo). They share the songwriting duties and this helps to create their unique sound.
There are at least two Trevor Jacksons. 1) Trevor Jackson is founder of Output Records (1996-2006) and lead member of Playgroup. Output were one of the most on-trend labels of their time, releasing early LPs by MU, Four Tet, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture and others. Playgroup, meanwhile, do a clever mix of New Wave, post-punk, disco and house packaged up in shiny-shiny production. Jackson is also a sought-after DJ, which is what he seems to spend most of his time doing right now.