Biography: American Cafe Orchestra, Amy & Leslie, Amy Annelle, Amy Holland, Ana Egge, Anaïs Mitchell, Andrea Zonn, Andrew Brown, Andrew Calhoun, Andrew Rowan Summers,

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American Cafe Orchestra Biography, Photos, Pictures

The folk traditions of North America are combined with the traditional music of Ireland, Scandinavia, and Hungary by the American Café Orchestra Despite this ambitious-sounding name, the group is actually a duo featuring New England-born fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and Danish guitarist Morten Alfred Høirup

Amy & Leslie Biography, Photos, Pictures

Luscious vocal harmonies made Amy Fradon and Leslie Ritter much-demanded session singers in the early 1980s Their vocals were heard on recordings by Orleans, Rick Danko, John Sebastian, the Fabulous Rhinestones and Happy & Artie Traum

Amy Annelle produces quietly beautiful music that blends Americana and sadcore styles, hushed vocals, highly poetical lyrics, and found sounds The Portland, OR, artist came to the Northwest from Chicago, hooking up with Portland “anti-rock” label Hush Records to release her debut album, Which One’s You, in 1999

Singer Amy Holland scored a Top 30 hit with her soft rock track “How Do I Survive” in 1980 The song, taken from her album Amy Holland, was produced by Doobie Brother Michael McDonald and featured several notable musicians of the time, including Mike Porcaro, Tom Scott, and Bill Payne

Ana Egge was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, and grew up in the small northwest North Dakota town of Ambrose, where her father farmed wheat The Egges, described by Ana as latter-day hippies, traveling back and forth between North Dakota and New Mexico in a ‘69 Dodge van through much of Ana’s youth until they settled in Silver City, New Mexico, to open an alternative school when Ana was 12

Anaïs Mitchell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Heavily influenced by the confessional alternative folk stylings of Ani DiFranco, Anaïs Mitchell began writing songs when she was 17 Born in Vermont, she attended Middlebury College and traveled throughout the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe studying global politics before alighting in Austin, TX, in the early 2000s

Violinst and vocalist Andrea Zonn was raised in a musical family Her father was a professor of music theory and composition; her mother, an oboist and pianist Andrea herself took up the violin, but began fiddling at age ten when she outgrew her classical training

Andrew Brown Biography, Photos, Pictures

Andrew Brown will do just about anything to liven up a reissue of classic country or rockabilly reissue, whether it is a full-length tribute to an unusual performer such as former governor Jimmie Davis or acompilation focusing on the efforts of some obscure regional label

Andrew Calhoun Biography, Photos, Pictures

Sensitive lyricism is set to gentle, acoustic melodies by Chicago-based singer/songwriter and record company owner/producer Andrew Calhoun Influenced by early John Prine, Leonard Cohen and Martin Carthy, Calhoun brings a poetic approach to his unique style of songwriting

Andrew Rowan Summers Biography, Photos, Pictures

Andrew Rowan Summers was a native Virginian, a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he took a law degree but decided to pursue a career in music in his spare time during the 1940s and 1950s

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