SAM BAKER
Bob Harris’ favourite Texan son, Sam Baker returns to the UK, and for the first time, brings his US band!
www.sambakermusic.com

MARK OLSON (ex Jayhawks)
Former founder and principle singer/songwriter of seminal Alt. Country band The Jayhawks, Mark Olson arrives on our shores at the start of his first solo tour.
www.myspace.com/markolsonmusic

DEVON SPROULE
following a successful appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival, returns from the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia with her band to conjure up vintage country, tinged with jazzy sophistication.
www.devonsproule.com

REDLANDS PALOMINO COMPANY
Hailing from this side of the Atlantic, but delivering authentic West Coast country rock.
www.redlands.moonfruit.com

EILEN JEWELL
Carves an irrepressible groove with her swinging band,singing melodic originals and country classics in her heartbreakingly hushed style.
www.eilenjewell.com

THE STORYS
feature four singer-songwriters taking turns on lead vocals, with a sound both fragile and intense that flips from tender country-tinged ballad one minute, to wide-as-the ocean stomp the next.
www.thestorys.co.uk

ELIZABETH COOK
adds her smart attitude, classic tradition and genuine hillbilly passion to the mix, with self-penned songs like her new feminist anthem, “Sometimes It Takes Balls to be a Woman”.
www.elizabeth-cook.com

WINTER
Scandinavian country rockers’ soul-warming style guarantees to melt the ice.
www.winternet.nu

SPECIAL ED & SHORTBUS
are anarchic bluegrass punks from Virginia making their UK debut.
www.specialedshortbus.com

WILLIAM TOPLEY
Former “Blessing” front-man and the only Englishman to make an album for the renowned US label Lost Highway, makes a rare “unplugged” appearance with his acoustic trio.
www.williamtopley.com

SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION
explode out of London with their own unique brand of Old-Time, Bluegrass, Gospel and Celtic Folk.
www.southerntenantfolkunion.com

LOS PISTOLEROS
feature the blistering steel guitar of BJ Cole, and produce their own blend of western swing, rhythm & blues, honkytonk and cajun.
www.bjcole.co.uk/los_pistoleros.html

THE HALEY SISTERS
multiple award-winning trio bring their sweet sounds South.
www.cometrecords.net/html/home2.html

LONESOME ROADRUNNERS
East Anglia’s own sweetheart of the rodeo, Barbara Ann Spencer fronts these local favourites.

TWO FINGERS OF FIREWATER
south coast favourites revisit the Byrds by way of Brighton.
www.myspace.com/twofingersoffirewater