So long, RVA!
Bring on the blues with Phil Wiggins and Corey Harris from Takoma Park, Maryland and Charlottesville, Virginia. It’s a blues lovers dream to have these two amazing bluesmen sharing the stage, joining harmonica, guitar and passionate singing to present acoustic blues from the Piedmont to the Mississippi Delta.
Debashish Bhattacharya, a virtuoso and innovator of Indian slide guitar playing, performs deeply meditative ragas as well as lighting-fast, intricate slide work on his hand crafted 22-stringed guitars.
Don Roy has been called “the dean of Franco-American fiddling in Maine,” a title which reflects both his skilled playing and his dedication to sharing his musical heritage.
Sophia Bilides has been called the foremost practitioner of Smyrneika, a cabaret tradition born of Asia Minor Greek refugees in the 1930s-40s.
Going strong for nearly a century, for ninety-nine years to be exact, the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band is one of the New Orleans’s most beloved institutions.
Ropin’, wranglin’, writin’, recordin’. They go hand-in-hand for Gustafson, leader of the acclaimed Wylie & the Wild West. Billboard declared “When Wylie & the Wild West play, folks get up and dance!” From nightclubs to state fairs, bars to barns, it rings true. Wylie’s infectious western music gets the crowd moving every time.
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill have created one of the most memorable musical partnerships of our era. Based in West Hartford, Connecticut and Chicago, Illinois, this spellbinding Irish fiddle and guitar duo weaves music that slowly smolders before exploding with exhilarating energy.
Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga brings African dance rhythms to this year’s line-up. Now making his home in the U.S., this dynamic singer’s unique blend of Congolese rumba infused with the flavors of Kenya has made him an undisputed star of East African music.
Featuring the masterful accordion and singing of front man Jeffrey Broussard, Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys is making waves on the Southwest Louisiana zydeco scene, delivering pack-the-floor renditions of Creole classics as well as its own brand of contemporary zydeco.
One of Washington, DC’s most influential go-go bands, Trouble Funk will rock the Festival dance stage with the percussion-heavy funk groove that has been driving crowds crazy for three decades.
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