Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980
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About the artists
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Amy Rigby was born on 25 January 1959. -
Art Ensemble Of Chicago formed in 1965. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, jazz, modern creative.
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BECK was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 8 July 1970. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, anti-folk, chamber folk, electronic, electronica, experimental hip hop, experimental rock.
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Ben Lee was born on 11 September 1978. Plays indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Bhundu Boys formed in 1983, and split up in 2000, after 17 years. Plays chimurenga, jit.
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Blues Traveler formed in Princeton, United States, in 1987. Plays blues rock, jam band, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Built to Spill formed in Boise, United States, in 1992. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Cake formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, funk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Chris Smither was born in Miami, United States, on 11 November 1944. Plays acoustic blues, blues, contemporary folk, folk.
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Cindy Lee Berryhill was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 12 June 1965.
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Cornershop formed in 1991. Plays dance.
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David Byrne was born in Dumbarton, United States, on 14 May 1952. Plays art pop, art rock, crossover prog, experimental rock, pop rock, post-punk, rock.
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David Cross was born in Atlanta, United States, on 4 April 1964. Plays comedy.
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Dick Dale was born in Boston, United States, on 4 May 1937, and died on 16 March 2019, aged 81. Plays instrumental rock, rock and roll, surf, surf rock.
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El Vez was born in Chula Vista, United States, in 1960. Plays punk rock, rock and roll.
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Elliott Smith was born in Omaha, United States, on 6 August 1969, and died on 21 October 2003, aged 34. Plays acoustic rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Galactic formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1994. Plays acid jazz, funk, jam band, jazz-funk, rock.
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Goodness formed in 1994, and split up in 2005, after 11 years.
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James Cotton was born in Tunica, United States, on 1 July 1935, and died on 16 March 2017, aged 81. Plays blues, chicago blues.
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Jane Siberry was born in Toronto, Canada, on 12 October 1955. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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Jim White was born in California, United States, on 10 March 1957. Plays alternative country, americana.
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Jimmy Thackery was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 19 May 1953. Plays blues, blues rock, electric blues, rock.
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Joan Osborne was born in Anchorage, United States, on 8 July 1963. Plays blues rock, country rock, folk, pop, rock.
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King Chango formed in New York, United States, in 1995. Plays latin, reggae, ska.
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Kristin Hersh was born in Atlanta, United States, on 7 August 1966.
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L7 formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1985. Plays grunge, punk.
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Let's Go Bowling formed in Fresno, United States, in 1986. Plays ska, ska punk, third wave ska.
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Los Lobos formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1973. Plays blues, bolero, country, cumbia, folk, latin, norteño, rock.
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Margaret Cho was born in San Francisco, United States, on 5 December 1968.
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Mark O'Connor was born in Seattle, United States, on 5 August 1961. Plays bluegrass, country, folk.
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Mary Lou Lord was born in Salem, United States, on 1 March 1965. Plays indie folk.
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Medeski, Martin & Wood formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1991. Plays acid jazz, avant-garde jazz, contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion.
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Michael Franti & Spearhead formed in San Francisco, United States, on 21 April 1994.
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Michael Penn was born in Greenwich Village, United States, on 1 August 1958. Plays pop, rock, soft rock.
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MxPx formed in Bremerton, United States, on 30 June 1992. Plays christian rock, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock, skate punk.
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Peter Buck was born on 6 December 1956. Plays alternative rock, pop, rock.
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Pond formed in Perth, Australia, in 2008. Plays glam rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, synth-pop.
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Quasi formed in Portland, United States, in 1993. Plays indie rock.
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Reel Big Fish formed in Huntington Beach, United States, in 1992. Plays punk, ska, ska punk, third wave ska.
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Robyn Hitchcock was born in London, United Kingdom, on 3 March 1953. Plays country, folk, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women formed in 1987.
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Scott McCaughey was born in 1954.
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Shawn Colvin was born in Vermillion, United States, on 10 January 1956. Plays contemporary folk, folk, rock.
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Sheryl Crow was born in Kennett, United States, on 11 February 1962. Plays alternative rock, americana, country rock, pop, rock.
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Shooglenifty formed in 1990. Plays celtic, folk.
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Sleater-Kinney formed in Olympia, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, punk rock, riot grrrl, rock.
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Smash Mouth formed in San Jose, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, cocktail nation, dance-pop, neo-psychedelia, pop punk, pop rock, power pop, psychedelic pop.
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Sneaker Pimps formed in Hartlepool, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays downtempo, electronic, trip hop.
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Sonic Youth formed in New York, United States, in 1981, and split up on 14 November 2011, after 30 years. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, grunge, indie rock, no wave, noise, noise rock.
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Soul Coughing formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1992, and split up on 20 March 2000, after 8 years. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, alternative rock, beat poetry, jazz, jazz poetry, jazz rap, rock.
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Spiritualized formed in Rugby, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays art rock, chamber pop, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, psychedelic rock, shoegaze.
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Steve Forbert was born in Meridian, United States, on 13 December 1954. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, pop rock, singer-songwriter.
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Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys formed in Mamou, United States, in 1988. Plays folk.
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Sugar Ray formed in Newport Beach, United States, in 1986. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, chillout, funk metal, hardcore punk, lounge, nu metal, pop.
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Super Deluxe formed in Seattle, United States, in 1995.
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Tarnation formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1992, and split up in 1997, after 5 years. Plays alternative country.
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Tenacious D formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1994. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, comedy, comedy rock, hard rock, rock, rock musical.
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Terrance Simien was born in St. Landry Parish, United States, on 3 September 1965.
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The Blind Boys of Alabama formed in Talladega, United States, in 1939. Plays gospel.
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The Neville Brothers formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1977.
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The Skatalites formed in Kingston, Jamaica, in May 1964. Plays ska.
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The Toasters formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays 2 tone, ska, ska punk.
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Tuatara formed in Seattle, United States, in 1996.
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Wilco formed in Chicago, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Zap Mama formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1990.
A guest 60% for Built to Spill at Bumbershoot 1997 festival, Seattle on Fri, 29 Aug 1997
Don’t remember much but that I was excited to see them for the first time. I was not disappointed. They sounded great!
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