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    Karla Anderson

    (AB) Intimate and direct songs with understated-but-powerful instrumentation.

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    Annie Lou

    (YT)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star.  Northern solitude and grit wrapped in Southern old time string band music from songwriters Anne Louise Genest and Kim Barlow.

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    Asani

    (AB) Fresh traditional jazz and blues-influenced Aboriginal vocals, accompanied by drums and rattles.

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    Natacha Atlas

    (Belgium) Electronic beats meet North African and Arabic sounds, often in collaboration with a diversity of international artists.

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    The Avett Brothers

    (USA) Known for their rowdy, infectious stage shows, the high-flying ensemble tears through tunes with unbridled energy, popping banjo and guitar strings right and left while inciting stomping audience singalongs.

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    Axis of Conversation

    (AB) A broken-hearted dance party of strings, samples and stolen noises covered in Canadian snow.

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    Baskery

    (Sweden) Three sisters perform high voltage bluegrass with a no-holds-barred punk attitude.

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    Bette & Wallet

    (NS)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star.  Foraged fiddle tunes, unearthed melodies and repurposed lyrics that synthesize Maritime and Quebec traditions.

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    Debashish Bhattacharya

    (India)

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    Greg Brown

    (USA) A wickedly sharp observer of the human condition with a worldly hillbilly's take on the poetry of love and grooves from the Delta, plains and hills.

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    The Burning Hell

    (ON)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star.  A cinematic multi-instrumental circus built around the black wit and cracked genius of songwriter and history teacher Mathias Kom.

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    Caracol

    (QC)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. Her acoustic music is filled with raw emotion and draws from folk and Jamaican rocksteady with an indie-pop and vintage '50s feel.

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    The Cat Empire

    (Austrailia) Mash up a smorgasbord of ferocious grooves into their own funky musical hybrid.

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    Coolooloosh

    (USA/Israel) The cultures and streets of Jerusalem and Baltimore are personified in a fresh hip hop-jazz-funk mash up.

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    Delhi 2 Dublin

    (BC)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. A dubwise, Bhangra-based electro-acoustic collaboration that meshes the traditional folk melodies of North India and Ireland.

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    DJ Dolores

    (Brazil) Rooted inventive electronic beats from northern Brazilian villages that engage the mind and motivate the feet.

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    DJ Logic

    (USA) This master turntablist and collaborator mixes tablas into drum 'n' bass, reimagines jazz, co-anchors rock bands and meshes MCs with Afro-Cuban rhythms.

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    Dojo Workhorse

    (AB)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. Dan Vacon and gang create soulful, honest rock with an eclectic fusion of backing vocals and instruments.

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    e.s.l.

    (BC)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. Uniquely orchestrated songs that range from heartbreaking ballads to roaring gypsy-punk dance numbers.

     

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    El Puchero del Hortelaño

    (Spain) A quintessential Andalusian band constructs urban flamenco rock with a unique twist.

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    David Essig

    (BC) Wise songwriting from a virtuoso instrumentalist who's penned classic Canadian folk songs from Delta blues, bluegrass and country roots.

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    Etran Finatawa

    (Niger) Hypnotic nomad's desert blues unites the Wodaabe and Touareg tribes on an evolving journey built around laid-back guitars, driving rhythms and compelling voices.

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    Roberta Flack

    (USA) This musical legend has been killing us softly with her insightful and effortless soul for over 40 years.

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    Michael Franti and Spearhead

    (USA) A global troubadour who moves hearts, minds and limbs with his passionate soulful and funky protest music.

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    Fribo

    (UK) Fresh and inventive 'nu-Nordic' artists explore historical links between British, Irish and Nordic traditions.

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    Chris Gheran

    (AB) Has a working man's demons to exorcise, complaints to make and passions to turn into tunes that pulse in your right brain.

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    Ghostkeeper

    (AB)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. Idiosyncratic stories told through raw outsider blues and heartfelt pop.

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    Thea Gilmore

    (UK) Sharp, astute songs that are deceptively populist and deceitfully dark.

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    Haydamaky

    (Ukraine) Exotic, daring music that melds traditional sounds with the heavy groove of a punk rhythm section.

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    Joe Henry

    (USA) Producer extraordinaire and the creator of memorable, intelligent lullabies that detail the lives of heroes and ordinary folks.

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    Hill Country Revue

    (USA) Modern southern rock and blues that represents a return to Northern Mississippi's juke-joint one-chord trance blues.

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    Robin Holcomb

    (USA) This pianist and cultural iconoclast's adventurous compositions are elegantly simple and utterly original.

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    Honeybear

    (AB/USA) Low-key, mesmerizing and charming indie-folk songs built around the ukulele.

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    Jon and Roy

    (BC) Intoxicating new urban folk with worldly influences and sounds.

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    Jordan Klassen

    (AB)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. Quietly intricate, delicate melodies with poetic and whimsical lyrics.

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    Konono No. 1

    (Congo) Thumb-piano wizards create distortion-fuelled traditional trance music on their home-made sound system.

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    Library Voices

    (SK) Sophisticated hooks and melodies plus complex harmonies and anthemic choruses.

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    Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans

    (AB) Original, 21st century punk-influenced country music and vivid depictions of the Canadian west.

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    Madison Violet

    (ON)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star.Channel vintage music into tumbleweed pop loaded with harmonies, stringed instruments and lovely tales of heartache and loss.

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    Man Man

    (USA) Torchbearers of the unusual, these enigmatic multi-instrumental experimental rockers create strange, beautiful and profound sounds.

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    Dan Mangan

    (BC) His trademark rootsy laments use razor-sharp phrasing and sage poetry to evoke the wonder and absurdity of everyday life.

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    Laura Marling

    (UK) A Victorian ghost sent to the future, she constructs acoustically lush indie folk around her husky voice and dark insightful songs.

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    Mauvais Sort

    (QC) Reinvented Quebecois music through a global exploration of old folk rhythms.

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    Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Project

    (US/Canada) Steve Dawson and his stellar band create modernized 1930s country blues with co-conspirators Robin Holcomb, Del Rey and Geoff Muldaur.

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    Geoff Muldaur

    (USA) A singular approach to American music from a producer, composer and roots music force.

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    Ohbijou

    (ON) A seven piece pop orchestra whose tender compositions eulogize humbling encounters in a city's changing streets.

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    Ox

    (ON/BC) Textured dust bowl soundscapes make an alt-country/indie hybrid.

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    Peatbog Faeries

    (Scotland) The future of celtic dance music is an adventurous melting pot of fragmented fiddle and pipe tunes, deep dub bass lines and spacy electronics.

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    Steve Pineo

    (AB) His large bag of songs, virtuosity and versatility have made him an oft-covered songwriter.

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    Po' Girl

    (BC) Homespun urban roots music that's fluid and joyous with back-porch harmonies and a sultry ambiance.

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    Finley Quaye - CANCELLED

    (UK) This performance has been cancelled.

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    Del Rey

    (USA) Country blues, ragtime, classic jazz and hillbilly boogie through the sensibility of an autodidact trailor-park esthete.

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    Romantica

    (USA) Catchy, richly arranged pop-folk with rural influences, from Minnesota via Ireland.

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    Tom Russell

    (USA) A quintessential songwriter whose music and powerful observations help reinvent the Americana genre.

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    Shakura S'Aida

    (Switzerland / Canada) Gives life to ‘40s and ‘50s blues, performs original, funky, boundary-pushing songs and acts in films and theatre.

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    Samantha Savage-Smith

    (AB) Sparse, stripped-down accompaniments support her strong voice and lyrics inspired by a love of classic songs.

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    Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens

    (USA) Authentic, classic and rich soul music characterized by her sweet raspy tones and backed by a smooth band.

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    J.R. Shore

    (AB) At the crossroads between Texas and Alberta lives the musical soul of this storyteller, social commentator and performer.

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    St. Vincent

    (USA) After time in the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens's band, multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark's solo work is cinematic, eerie and dramatic.

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    Stars

    (QC) Loved for their knack for creating melodic, literate, sophisticated pop songs in a natural, off-the-cuff manner.

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    Sunparlour Players

    (ON) Dark-but-delicate rhythms from folk revivalists who find poetry in their own backyard.

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    The Swell Season

    (USA) At the group's core is the stars and songwriters of the sleeper hit film Once, The Frames's Glen Hansard and classically-trained Czech pianist/vocalist Marketa Irglova.

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    Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir

    (USA) The spirit, history and sounds of African America are brought to harmonic, percussive life.

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    Timber Timbre

    (ON)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star. His sound is characterized by a confident, hushed voice, understated guitar, strings, keyboard flourishes and a subtle beat.


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    Frank Turner

    (UK) Folk-punk strummery from a post-millennial troubadour who vociferously preaches the gospel of action.

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    Ian Tyson

    (AB) Has forged a distinctive trail over his long career; his new songs reflect Alberta's cultural landscape and the disappearing cowboy.

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    Ukrainia

    (ON) From the streets of Kyiv to Ottawa, they'll kick your kishka with vintage Ukrainian music, hardened by the members' rock roots.

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    United Steelworkers of Montreal

    (QC)

    Vote for this artist as Galxie Rising Star.Play a unique brand of blue-collar swing and gospel-based alt-country featuring historical ballads, dry wit and tall tales.