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SHIFT
The SHIFT Folk-tronic sound is a mix of sticky melodies, epic lyrics, acoustic strings, and vintage synthesizers.

Gail Swanson
Award winning, singer and songwriter, Gail Swanson is known for her soulful voice and indie acoustic rock. Willie Nelson has recorded two of Gail's songs.
Bryan Gorsira
An acoustic based collection of songs with a central theme about searching for and finding love, and the wonder family.
Buffalo Alice
Buffalo Alice's mix of musical styles is an unconventional, organic sound that stands in stark contrast to mainstream music, yet maintains mass appeal. The lyrics have been described as a stinging rebuke of society and our perception of reality.
Ché Aimee
With gorgeous alt-rock melodies and heart-felt lyrics, this spirited musician recalls the simple elegance of iconic vocalists like Fiona Apple and Chan Marshall.
Alternate Route
Down to the Islands or back to the trailer park for a cold beer. Acoustic music from Southeast Texas with a redneck attitude.
Jered Tanner 4 President
The Jered Tanner 4 President Project started almost ten years ago when a fresh young voice emerged from the San Diego folk scene. A blend of Rock and Roll and Folk pop, combined with theatrical and poetic roots.
John Morrison
Singer, Songwriter.
Kyota Sugai
"Kyota Sugai" was born by the Japanese beach side on May 21, 1981.
He does the work of the mason in the daytime and makes graves, and his music that nobody knows, is born at night."
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Mark Trozzi
A very relaxing collection of songs and music in to emo/folk tradition.
LivePianoMan
Piano based pop with harmonica, rich harmonies and uncompromising lyrics. Ranges from simple folky sounds to spaced out electronic instrumentals uniquely tied together with piano.
Eleven, Eleven and Char Butler
Awe-inspiring vocals that drizzle over melancholy lyrics, acoustic guitar and penny whistle, this mother-daughter duo deserves more than a casual listen.
James Christensen
Acoustic guitar based folk-pop-rock with a focus on lyrics.
Oliver Benjamin Thayer
Hip-Hop, P-Funk, Bob Dylan, Country Western.
Chris Capaldi
Chris Capaldi evokes a lush and relaxing energy from his music. His folk stylings fuse mournful cello sounds with thoughtful harmonies that ride over landscape poetry.
Pete Teo
Folk. Rock. World. Lyrical. Intense. Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen's bastard Asian child. Not party music.
diegopoet
I am a spoken word aritst who writes and performs about my life. love, the world and the healing that words bring me, the music is integral to the smooth sound of jazz flute sax world keyboards and eclectic rhythms, each songs is a soundscape.
Ken Peel
Ambient, groovy electronica as featured on cutting-edge music shows around the world.
Rich Reich
Singer-song writer who's music combines elements of rock, blues, country, jazz, folk, funk, and punk into a style that's difficult to define.
Ray McAdaragh
Single song writer-musician-vocalist on multitrack recordings.
Wilson Noble
Single song writer-musician-vocalist on multitrack recordings.
Casey Frazier
Acoustic-Pop-Folk Rock
Stephen Lyrical
Stephen performs both acoustically and with full rock n roll band "Red Grenade". Recordings for Stephen Lyrical are often acoustic with musical elements from varity of influences and can be very raw to capture the immediacy of a live performance.

Adrienne Hamilton
Fresh. Quirky-pop-lament meets antifolk-femme. Atypical singer-songwriter. Songs crafted with both intellectual and emotional punch.

Rachael Sage
2005 Independent Music Award Winner Rachael Sage writes what THE VILLAGE VOICE calls "lovely and literate folk-pop-rock. An innovative, improvisational keyboardist.
Dan Pokorni
Guitar instrumental with elements of rock, folk and jazz.
Paul Hickey
Enter the Coolhouse after a long hot day, grab yourself a longneck from the ice bucket and wait for our lover to arrive.
Mike Rolland
Singer Songwriter from Northern England. Powerful and heartfelt music for the soul.
Heidi Jantz
Singer-songwriter from Spokane, WA. Songs about daily experiences of living that invite the listener to participate. Gravitating towards acoustic sounds, mainly using the guitar, violin and piano.
Lauren Fincham
Lauren began in music as a member of several regional alt-folk bands such as The Savants, The Soul Guardians, Selling Your Relatives, and sharing the stage with such diverse notables as Gamble Rogers, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Christine Kane.
Max Loh
Upbeat Emo. The best of alternative, jazz, and theatrical music all rolled into an original blend of heartfelt emoness.
True Margrit
Though reminiscent of other smart indie piano-pop like Ben Folds, The Decemberists, Fiona Apple, and Aimee Mann, True Margrit's piano-driven songs are singularly surreal, hummable, sweet, raw, literate, and thoroughly addictive.
Rick Denzien
Denzien's music has an eclectic alternative rock style a mix between Richard Marx and Pearl Jam. Sounds strange, I know, but if Richard Marx had Stone Gossard on guitar and didn't sing so mellow , you would have something quite like Rick Denzien.
Ben Green
Ben Green's music falls in with other thoughtful singer-songwriters such as Jack Johnson, Marc Cohn, and Ben Folds.
The Diamond Platinum Rings
It's the Mekons and The Damned, The Louvins and Nick Cave, huddled in a Nashville basement waiting for the rain to let up.
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