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We like to increase the Web exposure of artists associated with Americana music.
If you know the URL for a major Americana artist that we do not have linked, please send it to us. Thanks!

Performing Artists
General Americana Music Links
Backstreet Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Leftover Salmon
Libbi Bosworth Doc Watson Tim and Mollie O'Brien
Nickel Creek John Prine Blue Highway
Mike Auldridge The Burns Sisters Steve Earle
Emmylou Harris Junior Brown The Harris Brothers
Jack Lawrence Donna The Buffalo Peter Rowan
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Happy Traum Roland White
The Kruger Brothers Pete Wernick Adie Grey and Dave McKenzie
Tut Taylor John Cowan The Coffee Pickers, Kurt & Maria
Thom Bresh Asleep At The Wheel R. G. Absher
Marty Stuart Natalie MacMaster The Groovegrass Boys
Fred Eaglesmith Alternate Roots Hootie and the Blowfish
Hot Tuna and the Jorma Kaukonen Trio Dixie Dawn Julie Griffin
Rick Hubbard and his Kazoo Band Mike Cross Cherish the Ladies
Greg Parker John McEuen and the String Wizards Roy Book Binder
Larry Hosford Patrick Sweany  
The Downhill Bluegrass Band Brian Burns Laura Boosinger
Claire Lynch Buddy and Julie Miller David Childers
Jason Hausman Big Hoedown Robin & Linda Williams
  George Hamiliton V & the NashVegas Nomads Larry Keel
Bruce Stockwell Del McCoury The Lonesome River Band
The Greencards Balfa Toujours Seldom Scene
Mary Chapin Carpenter Si Kahn Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Last Train Home Earl Scruggs Ian Charles
Red Dirt Rangers Acoustic Endeavors Red Mountain White Trash
The McKrells Jubal Foster Rafe Stefanini
Dianne Hackworth David Nelson Band

General Americana Sites
Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival Old Settlers Music Festival Magnolia Fest
Suwannee Springfest IBluegrass.com Acoustic Stage
Alleghany Fiddlers Convention Lind Entertainment FestivalPreview
Bitterroot Valley Bluegrass Festival Art's Artists Folklore Productions
Old Time Herald Wintergrass Kaman Music Corporation
Acoustic Concerts Under the Stars Strawberry Music Festival Rhythm & Roots Festival of Bristol
Gibson Guitar Acoustic Guitar Magazine Banjo in the Hollow
Alabama Concertina Support Group Live Oak Music Festival The Bluegrass Connection
Southern Festivals Homespun Tapes Planet Bluegrass
Colorado Case Company Cowboy Guitars California WorldFest
Baltimore Blues Society Mike Auldridge Productions Lake Eden Arts Festival
Blue Heron Cases Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center Bluegrass in Galax
Resophonic Outfitters Clodhoppers Music TwangCast
Addicted to Songwriting CounterPoint Americana Music Group Common Ground On the Hill
Pickers Supply SWR Sound Corporation Dirty Linen
Sierra Songwriter's Festival Kinkajou Records Carolina Music Ways
Blistered Fingers SE Systems, Inc. Compass Records
Rounder Records August House Country Startpage
Guitartown Sugarhill Records Made in America Music
Jim Dirden Photography The Huck Finn Country & Bluegrass Jubilee Native Ground Music
playindies.com American Fallout Records Master Musicians Festival
Muckler Design Studios musiciansonly Americana Music Online
Sounds of Texas Music Series Crossroads Guitar Silent Planet Records
Guitar Hollow Live at the Leatherwoods Black Tie & Blue Jeans

MerleFest is held each year on the campus of
Wilkes Community College
1328 S. Collegiate Drive; Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 336-838-6100; Fax: 336-838-6277

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