Are you ready to storm the castle? Thousands of people are gearing up for the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY -- taking place July 13th-15th -- and we want to send you and a friend!

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A-L	M-Z
3 Penny Acre	Magic City
Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band	The Magic in Threes
An Horse	Man Man
Pete Anderson	Mariachi El Bronx
Jill Andrews	Jessica Lea Mayfield
The Antlers	Ian McFeron
Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan...	James McMurtry
Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea	Meat Puppets
Babaloo	Javier Mendoza
Band of Heathens	Mister Heavenly
Bobby Bare Jr.	Bruce Molsky
Billy Barnett Band	Whitey Morgan and the 78's
Bawn in the Mash	Morning Teleportation
David Bazan	The Mosier Brothers
Benedict Arnold	Motopony
Bhi Bhiman	Mountain Man
Bible Belt Sinners	Murder By Death
Dave Black and Bridge	Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers
The Black Angels	My Molly
Robert Sarazin Blake	Nick 13
Blame Sally	Nadastrom
Blind Boys of Alabama	Oberhofer
The Blind Eyes	Obits
Blind Pilot	of Montreal
The Blue Canyon Boys	The Okee Dokee Brothers
Bo and the Locomotive	David Olney
Jon Bonham	Orgone
The Boogers	Over the Rhine
Eric Brace and Peter Cooper	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound	Ellis Paul
Richard Buckner	Ra Ra Riot
Jerry Butler and the Blu-J's	Ransom Note
California Guitar Trio	The Raptor Project
Hayes Carll	Rat Rod Kings
Chatham County Line	Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers
Cedar Hill	The Reventones
Celia's Yuletide Express	Reverend Horton Heat
The Coal Porters	Rev. Matt
Cults	Revolver
Brian Curran	Roly
Curreykorn featuring Sadie Caroline	Caitlin Rose
Damned Holy Rollers	Matt Rowland
Billy Dechand Band	Rusty Nail
DeRobert & the Half-Truths	Brady Rymer
Devil Baby Freakshow	Sarah & the Tall Boys
Alela Diane & Wild Divine	The Scandaleros
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band	Scarlet Tanager
Luther Dickinson	Scattered Trees
DJ Mahf and MC Mathias	School of Seven Bells
Laura Doherty	Darrell Scott
Dom	So Many Dynamos
Mike Doughty	Ben Sollee
Dum Dum Girls	Ryan Spearman
Fred Eaglesmith	Spectator
Justin Townes Earle	The SteelDrivers
El Cento	STNNNG
El Ten Eleven	Strand of Oaks
Elephant Revival	Super Stolie and the Rockstars
Alejandro Escovedo	Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
Exter vs. Kimock	Thao & Mirah
The Farewell Drifters	Theodore
Felix	These United States
Fitz and the Tantrums	Adam Thompson (We Were Promised Jet...)
William Fitzsimmons	Those Darlins
The Fleshtones	Tok
The Fling	Tone Rodent
Fresh Heir	Trampled by Turtles
Kinky Friedman	Trashcan Sinatras
Frontier Ruckus	The Travelin' McCourys
Gnarwhal	Tristen
The Godfathers	Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
The Greenhornes	Trout Fishing in America
JJ Grey	Ume
Grupo Fantasma	Union Tree Review
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion	Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Ha Ha Tonka	Vanity Theft
Daryl Hance	Vetiver
Wayne "the Train" Hancock	Wack-A-Doo
Handsome Furs	Ian Walsh and Kevin Buckley
The John Hartford Stringband	The War on Drugs
Colin Hay	Dale Watson
The Head and the Heart	Mikey Wehling
Jolie Holland	The Western Satellites
Gina Holsopple	William Elliott Whitmore
Honey Island Swamp Band	Whole Earth Nuclear Ukulele Orchestra
Patterson Hood and Jay Gonzalez	The Wilders
Charlie Hope	Shannon Wurst
Charlie Hunter	Rachael Yamagata
The Infamous Stringdusters	Yellowbirds
Neil Innes	Dan Zanes
Jake's Leg	Zion and the Lion Roots Band
Sarah Jarosz
Jay Fay
Eric Johnson (of Fruit Bats)
Will Johnson (of Centro-matic)
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds
Kopecky Family Band
Bari Koral
Ben Kweller
Pokey LaFarge and Ryan Spearman
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
Langhorne Slim
Amy LaVere
Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights
Sondre Lerche
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
The Lightnin' Bottle Band
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
Lipbone Redding and the LipBone Orch...
Little Miss Ann
The Lonely Forest
Bobby Long
Lydia Loveless
The Low Anthem
David Lowery
The Lucky Old Sons

Street musicians connect with their audience where it counts the most, their everyday lives. In this piece, I document nine performers in action, live from the sidewalks you walk on.

The Black Angels made their mark at The Old Rock House Friday night with Suuns and Tone Rodent to back them up and rock it hard.

All Photos by Nate Burrell. See more at my Flickr Stream.

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A-J	K-Z
3 Penny Acre	Aaron Kamm and the One Drops
Alabaster Brown	Fats Kaplin and Kristi Rose
Terry Allen	Tim Kasher
American Aquarium	Jenny and John Kavanaugh
Jill Andrews	Robert Earl Keen
Adam Arcuragi	Richie Kihlken
Armitage Shanks	Bassekou Kouyate
Merrick Astroth	Dylan LeBlanc
Band of Heathens	Jamie Lidell
Bobby Bare Jr. and Blue Giant	Scott Lucas and the Married Men
Bettie Serveert	Lucero
Big Smith	Lucky Dan and Naked Mike
The Black Heart Procession	The Mad Titans
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Magic Kids
Leo Blais	Magnolia Mountain
The Blind Eyes	Bob Malone
Blonde Redhead	Maps & Atlases
Beth Bombara	Jimbo Mathus
Box of Nerves	May Day Orchestra
Justin Branam	Shannon McNally
Brave Combo	Medical Tourists
Britches	Melodies of the Kabbalah
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound	Menomena
Brothers Lazaroff	Messy Jiverson
Brown Bottle Fever	Midlake
Bumpus	Kate Miller-Heidke
Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm	Miniature Tigers
Sam Bush	Minus the Bear
Butcher Holler	The Misfits
Caddywhompus	Katy Moffatt and Andrew Hardin
Cadillac Sky	Mondo Drag
Felix Cartel	John Mooney
Monica Casey	Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine
Celia	The Most Serene Republic
Cheer-Accident	The Mother Hips
John Chiecsek	Mount Righteous
City Center	Nash Street
Phoebe Claggett and Preston Clarke	New World Spirits
Mike Compton and Joe Newberry	The Nields
The Conformists	Nneka
Elizabeth Cook	Danbert Nobacon
Jim Cosgrove	Northbrook Garage
Samantha Crain	The Northwoods
Cronus	The Notable Haberdashers
Brian Curran	Old Lights
David Davis and the Warrior River Boys	Mark Olson
Steve Dawson	Ozomatli
Dead Confederate	Paleface
Everett Dean	Ellis Paul
Delta Spirit	Phaseone
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe	The Pinstripes
The Disappeared	Po' Girl
The Drastics	Dan Potthast
Chainsaw Dupont	Teddy Presberg
The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker	Pretty Little Empire
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart	The Red-Headed Strangers
Stace England and the Salt Kings	Redhead Express
Cowboy Randy Erwin	Adam Reichmann
Ethical Culture Band	Retribution Gospel Choir
Exercise	Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Fat Tramp Food Stamp	The Right Now
Fattback	Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Felons	Rusty Nail
Female Demand	The Saw Is Family
Fishtank Ensemble	Martin Sexton
Matt Flinner Trio	Mikal Shapiro
Denice Franke	Suzi Shelton
Free Energy	Greg Silsby and Jason Scroggins
Freelance Whales	Terrance Simien
Free the Robots	Dave Simon and the KidzRock Band
Frightened Rabbit	Sins of the Pioneers
Frontier Ruckus	Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor
Futurebirds	The Skekses
Beppe Gambetta	Sleepy Sun
Garage a Trois	Watermelon Slim
Jane Godfrey and Gloria Attoun	Kira Small and Bryan Beller
Gogol Bordello	Ryan Spearman
The Gordons	Spelling Bee
The Griddle Kids	Steep Canyon Rangers
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion	Joe Stickley and Sean Canan
Andrew Hardin	Brian Sullivan Trio
John Henry	Switchback
Zach Hill	Syna So Pro
The HillBenders	T-Bone
Will Hoge	Team Relevance
Horse Feathers	Theodore
Ray Wylie Hubbard	Verlon Thompson
The Humanoids	Paul Thorn
Huntergatherer	Trout Fishing in America
The Incurables	TSIGOTI
The Molly Irene Band	Uncle Lucius
Tom Irwin	Uncle Skunkle & the Scarecrow Family
Michele Isam	Laura Veirs
Islands	Rocky Votolato
Javelin	Wack-A-Doo
Freedy Johnston	The Walkmen
Jónsi	The Watson Twins
Jukebox the Ghost	The Whigs
Jumbling Towers	Whole Earth Nuclear Ukulele Orchestra
The Jump Starts	Yard Dogs Road Show
	Yonder Mountain String Band
	Zevious
	Zion and the Lion Roots Band

Art installations usuallly privilege sight over the other senses, but with sound waves, sights and sounds come together in surprising ways.

The International Documentary Challenge 2010 Best Film was awarded to Legend: A Film about Greg Garing at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The film by team Kamikaze Chickadee also won the Best Use of Character Study Genre award at the festival. 

Simon and Garfunkel were one of the most significant pop acts of the '60s, but their influence has waned. Enter the Northwoods, who seem to have an unwritten mission to update the sweet and sensitive pop style.  

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A-K	L-Z
.e(r!c)hall	Pokey LaFarge
A Place to Bury Strangers	Lightnin' Bottle Band
The Action Design	The Linemen
The Afromotive	Lipbone Redding
Devon Allman	Lipbone Redding
Dave Alvin & Christy McWilson	Pat Liston
The Antlers	L.O.V.E.
Ashaka & Ram Jam Reggae	Lucky Old Sons
Asobi Seksu	Mad Max and the Wild Ones
Asylum Street Spankers	Mahjongg
Audra Angelique	May Day Orchestra
Audrey Auld	Jessica Lea Mayfield
The Bankester Family	The Meat Puppets
Lou Barlow	Mellified Man
Bible Belt Sinners	Messy Jiverson
Bikini Acid	Michael Jonas Band
Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses	Michael Jonas Band
Scott H. Biram	Scottie Miller
Diane Birch	Scottie Miller & the Re-Uptake Inhibitors
Birdleg	Monahans
Bird Names	Whitey Morgan & the 78s
The Blind Eyes	Mountains
Blind Pilot	My Name Is Nobody
The Boorays	N. Nomurai
A.A. Bondy	Melissa Neels
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles	New Dad
The Bottle Rockets	The New Familiars
Bottom's Up Blues Gang	New Rising Sun
Brave Combo	Ninja Academy
Brookville	Darren O'Brien & Mike Apirion
Brothers Lazaroff	Angel Olsen
Richard Buckner	Mark Olson and Gary Louris
The Builders and the Butchers	The Ottomen
Carolina Chocolate Drops	Paper Dolls
Bob Case	Anders Parker
Cave	Mario Pascal
Celia	Pat Sajak Assassins
Celia	Ellis Paul
Eugene Chadbourne	Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Cheap Date Knights	Person X
Choro Guys	Dan Potthast
Cloud Mouth	Teddy Presberg & the Red Note Revivalists
Commichung	Pterodactyl
Cornmeal	Joe Pug
Cotton Jones	Ram Rockers
Cougar Den	Red Collar
The Counterlife	Redhead Express
Cracker	The Red-Headed Strangers
Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers	Red Mouth
Marshall Crenshaw	Denney Renner
Christabel and the Jons	The Reventones
Cursive	The River City Buskers
Cut Off Your Hands	River Rats
Don Curtis and Paul Jarvis	Gino Robair
DADDY	Roman Candle
The Dandy Warhols	The Rosewood Thieves
Dark Dark Dark	Rough Shop
Darker My Love	Rum Drum Ramblers
Davina and the Vagabonds	Tom Russell
Davina and the Vagabonds	Rachael Sage
The Dead Trees	Salt of the Earth
Descending New Angels	Phillip Saylor Wisor
The Dive Poets	Michael Schaerer
Julie Doiron	Tex Schroeder and Bobby Caldwell
Mike Doughty	Chris Scruggs
Dr. Dog	Sea Wolf
Drink Up Buttercup	Steve Shaffer and Mark Berry
Egg Chef	Sheila Shahpari
Empty Slate	Sine Nomine
Cowboy Randy Erwin	Skarekrau Radio
Cowboy Randy Erwin	Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps
Everyone Needs Music	So Many Dynamos
Benjy Ferree	Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Fire Dog	The Spares
Five and Dimers	Spelling Bee
David Fiuczynski	St. Vincent
Denice Franke	STL Bandjos
Fresh Heir	STL Banjo Club
Funky Butt Brass Band	Tory Z. Starbuck
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons	Starlight Mints
Fyah Enagy	Joe Stickley & Sean Canan
Fyah Enagy	Lyal Strickland
Laura Gibson	Richard Swift
Girls	Tambersauro
Glass Teeth	Joe Jack Talcum
Glossary	Team Relevance
Gnarwhal	Joe Thebeau (of Finn's Motel)
Gods on Safari	Theodore
Gold	These United States
Tim Grimm	They Might Be Giants
Griner Brothers	Tight Pants Syndrome
Gringo Star	Titus Andronicus
Gumbi	Trashcan Sinatras
Ha Ha Tonka	Treble Clef Palette
The Hail Marys	Trigger 5
Eric Hall	The Trip Daddys
Tommy Halloran & Justin Branum	Udi and His Fellow Villagers
Wayne Hancock	The Unit Breed
Jon Hardy & the Public	Upsilon Acrux
Bill Harley	Village Green Preservation Society
Harptallica	Vitamen A
Heartless Bastards	Vitamen A
John Henry	The Void Union
John Henry and the Engine	Voluntary Mother Earth
Hollywood Holt	Matthew Von Doran
Hooten Hallers	Victoria Vox
Charlie Hunter	Wack-A-Doo
ilyAIMY	Kurt Wagner (of Lambchop)
iNFiNiEN	Sergio Wals
James Intveld	Wayne Givens Band
Jason Isbell	We're Wolf
Jake's Leg	Westbound Train
Riley James	William Elliott Whitmore
Jason and the Beast	White Rabbits
Jason and the Punknecks	Webb Wilder
Jeff & Vida	Tom Wood
Jesse Gannon Truth	Wussy
Alvin Jett & Phat NoiZ	Peter Yarrow
Eilen Jewell	Kristeen Young
Andrew John	Zeda's Beat Box
Junior Boys	Radim Zenkl and John McCuen
Junior League Band
Junk Culture
Aaron Kamm and the One Drops
Greg Koons

 

Portland, Oregon's Blind Pilot has been catching as much buzz as any neo-folk, indie band working today. Hear what you've been missing during the group's live session on Bittersweet Melody.

Since releasing his first album in 2006, Ryan Bingham's star has been rising fast in the Americana cosmos. Along with his band the Dead Horses, the New Mexico-born songwriter turned in an exclusive acoustic set on the Interstate.

Monahans summon the sounds of the not so distant past: R.E.M., the Police and U2, but they set their influences in a solitary landscape evocative of the west Texas sand hills of their name.

January 12, 2008
Down Yonder

Giving a whole new meaning to "high and lonesome," Springfield, Missouri bluegrass band the Arkamo Rangers dropped by the KDHX studios for a live session on Down Yonder.

January 10, 2008
The Underworld

Don't call it a comeback. Call it Charles Walker & the Dynamites' first appearance, ever, in Saint Louis, and first live radio set on KDHX. When Little Charles warmed up his soul wail and his larger-than-life band cooked up the funk, the Magnolia Avenue Studios shook from wall to rafter.