Pat Moran

Wielding his guitar like a weapon, Chris Pierce sings truth to power on his eighth album, American Silence. Though he never loses his identity, Pierce’s voice becomes multitudes on this collection, attempting to speak out for those unheard in 21st century America.

On his second solo album Egan adds classical, pop and progressive rock influences.

Before beginning live-on-the floor sessions for The Django Experiment V, Stephane Wrembel recorded Django L’Impressionniste, an album-length interpretation of 17 little-known Django Reinhardt solo pieces.

Gunn draws on jazz, flamenco, and Travis-style fingerpicking to tell a series of impressionist stories

The Honey Dewdrops show that you can be downhome and in the thick of it at the same time, as long as you’re flexible and go with the flow.

This Smithsonian Folkways production is a benchmark for folk compilations to come