3 Boxes A trio, all featured in Hugh Gregory’s book ‘1,000 Great Guitarists’		Altan One of the most important live acts to play traditional Irish music in Ireland and on the World stage
	Amy Wadge and Pete Riley after many years as solo artists or as members of various bands they decided to collaborate		Brian Kennedy “Performing live is what it’s all about”
	Bruce Cockburn As a songwriter Cockburn is revered by fans and musicians alike		Carmel It was an interesting time, punk had lost steam, and change was in the wind
	Charlie Dore ‘Cheapskate Lullabyes’ was released on June 13th 2011 and won ‘excellent reviews across the board’.		David Bromberg A strikingly gifted multi-instrumentalist with an intuitive understanding of American roots music styles
	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys David Thomas and two pale boys is avant-garde traditional blues from the future		Gretchen Peters Peters arrived in Nashville in the late ‘80s, a singing, songwriting product of New York
	Joanne Louise Parker “a voice that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck”		Lynne Hanson Porch music with a little Texas Red Dirt
	Maika Makovski Singer, songwriter, musician, actress and visual artist		Matraca Berg It all starts with a low tremolo guitar, resonating and rumbling in a way that pulls at unspoken places.
	Max Gilkes His work has been broadcast around the world with syncs from Greys Anatomy to Gardeners World(!).		Pere Ubu Pere Ubu burst upon the scene in 1975 and changed the face of music
	Rocket from The Tombs “The darkest, most desperately unforgiving sound.”		Shane MacGowen Poet. Entertainer. Pub philosopher. Drunk.
	Sidestepper Sidestepper takes Latin rhythms to a unique encounter with dub and electronic music		Steve Forbert ** Singer-songwriter Steve Forbert had his first major hit in 1979 when he was only 25 years old
	Suzy Bogguss “You can’t deal me the aces and think I wouldn’t play”		The Nightingales a retrospective CD released by NY label Acute Records to all round glowing reviews from Rolling Stone to webzines
	Wine Women & Song What happens when you put three women – three critically acclaimed, award-winning singer-songwriters, three old friends, three artists with three unique voices – on a stage together with some guitars and a bottle of good cabernet?