Artists currently confirmed for Maverick 2010
THE TOADLICKERS FEATURING THOMAS DOLBY
Local Suffolk resident and legendary musician Thomas Dolby will be making a truly unique contribution to this year's festival with his specially assembled band of Toadlickers!
DANNY AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
www.myspace.com/dannyandthechampionsoftheworld1
Fronted by Danny George Wilson, former singer-guitarist with Americana addicts "Grand Drive" and slotting right in between Dylan and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, these guys play a sepia-toned timeless collection of songs steeped in soulful nostalgia.
"The real thing - they ARE the champions" **** Q
STOMPIN' DAVE ALLEN
www.stompindave.com
Outrageous banjo picking and sublime fiddling by an artist who has the jaw-dropping talent of being able to play, tap dance and sing at the same time!
KIM RICHEY
www.kimrichey.com
Nashville tunesmith with four acclaimed albums to her credit and songs covered by the likes of Trisha Yearwood and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
THE ORBITSUNS
www.orbitsuns.com
Riding their tired old horses out of Detroit, come the Motor City’s finest purveyors of lowdown and dirty outlaw country.
BRIGITTE DEMEYER
www.brigittedemeyer.com
Back by popular demand, with her Southern feel and churchy soulfulness ready to give Bonnie Raitt a run for her money.
STEPHANIE LAMBRING
www.myspace.com/stephanielambring
An award-winning singer/songwriter based in Nashville, her songs and intimate performances reflect a world-weariness and awareness beyond her years.
CHRIS COOK
www.chriscookmusic.com
Superb musicianship tempered by a dash of Texan r&b, lightly simmered over a rock-country flame.
HUNGRYTOWN
www.hungrytown.net
With their deceptively simple compositions rooted firmly in the folk tradition, they create a magical aura of authenticity. Think Gillian Welch only younger!
DAYNA KURTZ
www.danakurtz.com
From Brooklyn, New York, Richie Havens favourite, an alt. country Nina Simone who plays banjo and lap steel.
CHRIS SCRUGGS & His Band
www.chrisscruggs.com
The former teenage front-man for Americana music pioneers, BR549 and son of Nashville trail-blazer Gail Davies, brings shades of the British Invasion to soundscapes one would usually find in southern dance halls.
"Part John Lennon pop and part Milton Brown western swing with a bit of White Stripes edginess." THE WASHINGTON POST
DREW NELSON
www.drewnelson.net
Back by popular demand from the Great Lakes of the mid west, with his powerful songs filled with discovery, revelation, and hope.
HANK WANGFORD
www.hankwangford.co.uk
Gram Parsons introduced him to the country scene and if you don't know him already, we are pleased to introduce Suffolk's very own alt.country pioneer to you.
LAST TRAIN HOME
www.redbeetrecords.com
These veteran Nashville musicians bring us their scintillating mix of 80s power pop, cowboy music, border radio and Brazilian jazz.
"One of the country's most formidable roots-rock bands."
THE TENESSEANN
ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER
ww.myspace.com/ericbraceandpetercooper
Residing in the space between folk and country, their soulful, friendly vibe and bittersweet, melancholy look at life is truly engaging.
PHIL LEE
www.phillee1.com
Skillfully skirting the genre boundaries between rock, soul and country, his music and lyrics knock right through the walls of taste, decency and political correctness.
AMANDA SHIRES
www.amandashires.net
Her haunting and deceptively beautiful songs glitter with the Western Swing she honed playing alongside the legendary Texas Playboys.
ROD PICOTT
www.rodpicott.com
Understated, lyrically and musically intelligent, he sets the standard for the Americana, singer-songwriter genre.
SUZI RAGSDALE
www.suziragsdale.com
Her singing career began in the kiddie's chorus with Ray Stevens, progressed through Guy Clark and Suzy Bogguss before making music that Rodney Crowell describes as "just the right mix of whimsy, wisdom and white wine".
CHRIS DIFFORD
www.chrisdifford.com
This double Ivor Novello Award-winning singer/songwriter has been writing lyrics for over twenty five years, most notably with Squeeze. He joins the show to introduce his film documentary about songwriting, to judge our very own song contest and perform his cult hit “Cowboys Are My Weakness”.
THE GOOD INTENTIONS
www.myspace.com/thegoodintentions
Last year's "Going for a Song" contest winners take us back in time with their gorgeous harmonies and heartfelt songs.
POLICE DOG HOGAN
www.myspace.com/policedoghogan
London's own urban bluegrass pioneers venture out into the country.
RAYBURN ANTHONY
www.rayburnanthony.com
The original Sun Records recording artist who played with Carl Perkins, Bobby Bare and Carl Mann and whose songs have been covered by the likes of Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride and Jerry Lee Lewis. Need we say more?
NORTON MONEY
www.myspace.com/nortonmoney
Driven by the guitars and warm harmonies of San Franciscans Dan and Jeremy, the bands' energetic, pounding two-step beats and catchy melodies are perfect for a barnyard hoedown.
THE RAGGED STRING BAND
www.jakemurrells.com
If you like the Old Crow Medicine Show, these old-timey banjo pickin' Essex boys will blow you away
AARON JONAH LEWIS
www.aaronjonahlewis.com
Aaron Jonah Lewis is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, educator and performer who plays fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass. Look out for him on stage with Thomas Dolby as well as conducting fiddle and banjo workshops.
THE VAGABAND
www.myspace.com/thevagaband
These guys play honest, good time, rock’n’rollin’ countrybilly of the highest order. The mood is joyous, the songs are colourful and the dance floor will be bouncing.
ROOSEVELT BANDWAGON
www.myspace.com/rooseveltbandwagon
Music that makes no concession to commerce but is instead creates a timeless, back porch soundtrack to the old, weird America.
