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The Alison Brown Quartet is bluegrass plus. Their sound has been likened to a combination of bluegrass, country, and jazz.

Grammy nominee and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Jorma Kaukonen will turn the white tent blue with his own interpretations of American roots music, blues, and Americana.

The House Jacks is “the original rock band without instruments” (SF Chronicle). The band’s pioneering innovations laid the groundwork for the current a cappella renaissance.

Featured wines at this performanceCombining strength and purity of voice, enchanting and subtle song writing, and superb musicianship, the Claire Lynch Band takes bluegrass to new heights. The band is ...

The Coast is home to several excellent small a cappella groups, all singing for the pure love of it while holding down their day jobs.  Men’s Acafellas, women’s In the ...

Featured wines at this performance. Chris Hillman, formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, teams up with his buddy Herb Pedersen from the Desert Rose Band to play ...

Featured wines at this performance One of the first and longest-lasting country-rock groups, POCO will perform an encore concert on the stage of the Mendocino Music Festival.  Rusty Young has ...

Featured wines at this perfprmance The California Honeydrops don’t just play music - they throw parties, and have taken the party all over the world. From European tours to featured ...

Featuring Acafellas, In the Mix, River, Cor Unum, Mendonoma Chamber Chorus Is it something in the bracing coastal air? Or is it a kind of fever? It seems this sparsely ...

Featured wines at this performanceBlame Sally, formed in 2000, doesn’t fall into the usual “girl group” category.  Each of the members - Pam Delgado (percussion and vocals), Renee Harcourt (guitar, ...

Featured wines at this performanceMatt Andersen’s narrative driven writing cuts through the soul, blending blues and folk, delivered in total honesty. He takes listeners on a ride with his diverse ...

Hip. Imaginative. Fun. Fresh. Funky Fresh. Side Note is a group of seven twentysomethings, from wildly different musical backgrounds, who draw their diversity to create an all-new sound. It's contemporary a cappella - pushed to the limits of pop, R&B, funk, rock, musical theater and jazz. Get ready for some buzzin' beats, rockin' riffs and ...

Hailing from Pennsylvania and flying high since the 2012 release of their critically acclaimed self-titled album, The Stray Birds is a genre-melding acoustic trio of classically trained musicians who have been making music of all kinds since childhood. The band - multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Maya de Vitry, Oliver Craven and Charlie Muench - has received ...

American singer/songwriter Nora Jane Struthers, a former Brooklyn high school English teacher, grew up singing and playing music with her father, a bluegrass musician. Making a major life and career change during a visit to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in the early 2000's, she made the decision to move to Nashville and went on to ...

Featured wines at this event Jack Broadbent started his career with humble beginnings busking, and has since been leaving audiences spellbound with his live shows and unique style of slide guitar. Raised in rural England and with a musician father, Jack was brought up on a diet of music that could later be described as his ...

Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil have claimed their undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet take the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of Zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry ...

Gwyneth Moreland’s gift for open-hearted storytelling is perfectly suited to the modern art of folk music. No wonder, then, that “Slaughterhouse Gulch,” the first single from her latest album, landed her on the Folk Airplay charts. Gwyneth’s songs flow with a graceful simplicity infused with the ambience of her home perched in the majestic redwoods ...

Featured wines at this performance Describing themselves as a “rock band without instruments,” The House Jacks have been leaders in the contemporary a cappella world for 25 years. Their arrangements ...

Hip. Imaginative. Fun. Funky. Fresh. Side Note is a group of seven twenty-somethings, each from a wildly different musical background, who draw on their diversity to create an all-new sound. ...

A key figure in bluegrass, traditional and folk music circles, Berkeley’s Laurie Lewis has established herself as one of the finest and most diverse talents in music today. A winner ...

“Smart, alluring and evocative” (Washington Post), Kathleen Grace has traveled the world sharing her country, folk and jazz inspired music with audiences from New York to Peru. Her latest release, No ...

Featured wines at this performanceThe term "Americana" was practically invented to describe the Band of Heathens' sound, rich with lyrical content and supported by soaring guitar work and a rock-solid ...

Formed in 2012, vocal band Business Casual is rapidly becoming a fixture in the Bay Area vocal music scene. The group explores a wide range of genres including funk, folk, ...

Event Sponsor Violinist Lucia Micarelli journeys through many musical influences from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle music and Americana, all bound together by her trademark vulnerability and technical wizardry. ...

With a career spanning five decades, three dozen albums, countless radio & television appearances, and concerts all over the globe, Eric Bibb is one of the leading bluesmen of his ...

Heartfelt, energetic, and down home, The Barefoot Movement has been heralded by CMT Edge as “one of the most promising new bands on the bluegrass scene.” Selected as showcase artists ...

With a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds, this eight-piece group “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans' French Quarter,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Their sonic explorations exemplify everything shows should be: hot, spontaneous, engaging and, best of all, a pleasure to hear.” The ...