Friday 10th of july

BLUEGRASS D'OC sur MySpace

BLUEGRASS D'OC ( Bluegrass) France

The Bluegrass D'oc come from the Nimes area. Defending bluegrass as "not being country" they started playing together in 2007. Since then they build up a repertoire of classic bluegrass songs and tunes. Being around the festival last year we asked them to open this years edition for us. Not becuase they're a local, cheap, amateur band. But because they'll set the pace for this years edition. Americana iniit's most partylike form.. Bring out the beer and lets dance....

GATTS sur MySpace

GUSTAV AND THE SEASICK SAILORS (indie/folk/americana) Suède

Gustav and the Seasick Sailors are a collective of musicians run by the singer and songwriter Gustav Haggren from Helsingborg, Sweden. GATSS was formed in 2004 when the album Vagabonds Polka was released on the record label Marilyn Records. The singles Nightlife and Vagabonds Polka was aired on MTV and the Swedish media announced Gustav to one of Sweden's most promising singer/songwriters. The award-winning photographer Paul Hansen joined the band on tour and published a 5-page article in Sweden's largest newspaper Dagens Nyheter. In 2006 their second album Sirkus was released and Groove Magazine wrote: "Even if you are a tango-dancer, indie girl or you just have a thing for singer/songwriters - Gustav & the Seasick Sailors is a band that works. At least I'm having a hard time holding my crush back". Today Gustav and the Seasick Sailors are back with their third album Brilliant Hands. The sound of the album is bright and folky, somewhat resembling the approach of his debut. But Brilliant Hands, also produced by Gustav himself, clearly displays a more serious and mature songwriter; one who can unravel the finer nuances of heartache as well as expressing the simple joy of being alive. By fully trusting the strength of his material and effectively stripping the arrangements, he manages to let the songs speak for themselves. And thus the album recounts the different handshakes, voices, smells and people that Gustav has ecountered during his travels.

THE PEDRO DELGADOS on MySpace

THE PERDO DELGADOS ( Red/White and Bluetrash) Pays Bas

The Pedro Delgados are bringing you rocking red white and bluetrash from - believe it or not - the heart of Amsterdam. Pedro Calvito, Pedro Rocko and Pedro Alejandro started out jamming on a monday, that was february 13th 2006, played for 40 people in de Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam and 3 days later folks, they supported Voicst and zZz at the Vera club Groningen on thursday february 16th. They can now probably call themselves the fastest booming band in history.

Not only booming in popularity but also booming in band members! After a well deserved sabbatical of half a year, the Pedro's recorded their first live session called "Silveredsteel Nickelwound" at the Cuyp Studio's in september '06. Since then the band has more than doubled in size. Adding two bass players (you never know), Pedro el Rey and Pedro Conejo, a real saz player, Pedro Doner, an accordionist, Pedro Arnoldo, playing nearly everything from mouth harp to spoons, Pedro Hueso and recently playing anything with strings, Pedro Barba!
With these new Perico's the Pedro Delgados recorded their second EP 'Tremendous Rambling' (february 2007) which has been sold out ever since...

ROCKRIDGE BROTHERS on MySpace

ROCK RIDGE BROTHERS (Punk-bluegrass-Costard Cravatte) Suède

In 2002 four musicians got together in Stockholm, Sweden, to make a
bluegrass soundtrack for an animated movie. Right away they felt the need to
make something more out of this newly formed combo. Pooling their different
musical experiences, ranging from country to punk, they found common
ground in old time string music, feeding their own high-energy interpretations
right back into that tradition.

Since that time the Rockridge Brothers have been touring Europe and USA,
bringing the very best of hillbilly style mountain music to everybody and
anybody they meet.

Maison Dixon on MySpace

MAISON DIXON (american roots music) France

Raised in the heartland of Minnesota, Jesse fell under the influence of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan at the age of 14. Soon after he got his own guitar and, four years later in 1989, left his home and country for France where he began his formative years on the road. Jesse explains: "I would play wherever I could, pass the hat, sleep where I could and try to keep on. I felt I was following in the footsteps of my heros. I met Joe on the street in Montpellier around 1991. We started playing and singing together immediately...our guitars took us everywhere.''

Toward the end of the 90's Jesse went back to America where he discovered the bluegrass festival circuit and got connected to his roots. ''Bluegrass is a singer's medium. The old time music - the old tones - really set me free.'' With a repertoire now ranging from folk and country-blues to bluegrass and gospel, Jesse became a fixture at various festivals as well as in the local blues scene centered around the bars on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
Returning to France in 2003, Jesse formed Maison Dixon with his old travelling partner Joe Wigfall, working towards a sound based on the great singing ''brother acts'' from another era. ''Joe is blood. Singing together is effortless, a once in a lifetime singing experience. It can't be bought. You can't get it out of a book.''
The addition of Jack Bernard, a studied and experienced jazz and rock musician, delivered a whole new edge to Maison Dixon's music and live shows. ''Jack holds the experience together, gives it depth and pacing. Before him, we were good. With him, Maison Dixon was born.''

Kc McKanzie on MySpace

KC MCKANZIE (Folk/Americana/Roots ) Allemagne

Diving into silence, pure unprettified longing, baneful and melancholy, K.C. McKanzie has an appreciation for the macabre, the offensive and the unusual.
None of the heroes of her songs is without a secret; not a single chord that couldn't be bent into soft dissonances. It's a hard but honest tone in K.C. McKanzie's compositions. Her soft and clear voice floats wistful-folky on top of the music, and shows the way through the musical landscapes that K.C. McKanzie (banjo, guitar, vocals,) creates with her partner Joe "Budi" Budinsky (bass, banjo). They play without palliation – reducing their songs to the essential substance of rhythm, melody and story.

The Press places K.C. McKanzie as "Neo-Traditional", deeply rooted in Folk and Roots-Music while emphasizing that it is music that stands out from the masses. K.C. McKanzie places herself somewhere between the English Folk of the 60s and 70s and the Americana acoustic sound of today. Listening to K.C. McKanzie, one is reminded of Sandy Denny, Joni Mitchell
and Gillian Welch.

The duo captures the audience live with their charming ways of dry humour and obvious enjoyment in the music. K.C. McKanzie pays respect to her folk heroes hitting that everlasting nail of John Henry into the rough, brittle wood.

PRISON LOVE on MySpace

PRISON LOVE( Roots/Cajun/Bluegrass ) Irlande

Prison Love formed late one night round a campfire in a field just the other side of Dunmore East back in '01. Their passion for bluegrass, old-time, gospel and Cajun music has been enjoyed at major roots/bluegrass festivals all across the country, Europe and in the US Expect the fast pace and dynamism of El Nino's mandolin, Will N. Dowd's flat-picking guitar and banjo, Dancing Pete's squeeze-box, Beau Braker's fiddle and X-Kon's dog-house bass. Sweet vocal harmonies from Soapy Mahoney and Hurricane Barry complete the line-up.The result is the finest musical-moonshine this side of the Mason/Dixon Line. This is a band that delivers great tunes and fun in equal doses so get your dancin' rags on, lick your lips and take a swig of all that's good about traditional American music.

EILEEN ROSE on MySpace

EILEEN ROSE & THE HOLY WRECK (americana) USA

Eileen Rose released her fourth album At Our Tables through Evangeline Records March 10, 2008. Opening a new chapter in her already impressive career, she has now taken her music to Detroit, tracking down the city's deep-rooted musical Soul and making it all her own. Aided by seasoned producers Al Sutton (Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Detroit Cobras, Electric Six), and Eric Hoegemeyer (Charm Farm, Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker), plus members of Sponge, Detroit Cobras, and her own Holy Wreck(ing) crew, Eileen has recorded her most accomplished record, yet. A joyous celebration of the accidents of Life, Love, and Human Nature. Come the Storm- the homecoming album - saw her moving her away from her Alt Country roots, and exploring new roads into the great wide-open. Intense and emotional, it showed a songwriter growing up in public. Every song a sharp and colourful observation on loss, love and the highs and lows in life. Needless to say, it met with excellent reviews.

The same voice of experience haunts the songs on the new Eileen Rose album At our Tables. This new album shows Eileen at the top of her game, more than ever interacting with the studio musicians in bringing the songs to life. “As a solo artist I play with many different musicians, then gather a group when it comes time to hit the studio. But for At our Tables, my live band - the Holy Wreck - were the core players in the studio. It’s one of the things that makes this album the most well-realized of all my records”.