Alif Naaba
“Barefoot Prince of Burkina Faso”

Battlefield Band
Forward with Scotland’s past

Buille
Potent new sound from Ireland

Campbell Brothers
“Sacred steel” gospel with steel guitars and ecstatic vocals

Cedric Watson
Grammy-nominated Cajun/Creole fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter

Christine Balfa & Balfa Toujours
The next Cajun generation

David Holt
A one-man celebration of Appalachian stories and songs

Dervish
Passionate vocals and dazzling instrumentals from the West of Ireland

Diana Jones
Nashville singer/songwriter with deep roots in Appalachia

Dirk Powell Band
Appalachian Tradition

Doc Watson
A national treasure

Eric Bibb
Contemporary Songster drawing from the deep well of Blues tradition

John Doyle
A versatile, creative and prolific voice in folk and Irish music.

John Renbourn
“Folk-Baroque” guitarist and Grammy® nominee

Karan Casey Grammy® winner
“a voice so beautiful... impossible to avoid falling under her spell.” — AP

The Klezmatics World-renowned, Grammy® winning superstars of the Klezmer world

Le Vent Du Nord
From Québec, hard-driving soulful music with New Orleans polyphony and R&B

Lúnasa
“Hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet” — Irish Voice

Mamak Khadem
Classically trained Persian singer who keeps Iranian music alive, vital and growing.

Martin Carthy
MBE honoree, influential British guitarist and singer

Pine Leaf Boys
Cajun Music from Louisiana

Red Stick Ramblers
Country & Cajun

Riley Baugus
Old-Time Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle & Song

Salamat Sadikova
The Voice of Kyrgyzstan

Savoy Family
Cajun Band
Honed down, hard-core Cajun music laced with an earthy sensuality

Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg:
“Saints & Tzadiks”
A Celtic-Yiddish musical conversation: ballad, lore and myth.

Sierra Maestra
Cuban son masters who were part of
the original Buena Vista Social Club.

Tcheka
Young artist from Cape Verde with a personal style based on the traditional batuque rhythm.

Waterson:Carthy
The first family of English folk music