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Eclectic

Portland, Oregon’s 3 Leg Torso is a fiery ensemble of violin, accordion, upright bass and percussion. Their eclectic mix of tango, klezmer, chamber and world music is a nonpareil experience!

Al Duvall retros back to a Coney Island arcade of a Tin Pan Alley, where ukulele and tenor banjo run neck and neck. Fans of Leon Redbone and Penny Dreadfuls will feel right at home.

Maryland's Big Blow and the Bushwackers take "wildly eclectic" to the next level with their one-of-a-kind blend of didjeridu, tuba, mandolin, accordion, winds/brass, and drums. They might be bigger than giants!

Bobson - Don't know where this guy comes from, but he's definitely across town from easy street. Reeking of atmosphere, unfiltered ashtrays, and a little Harry Partch.

Seattle's sonic scavengers, The Bran Flakes, are utterly one-of-a-kind. Indescribably delicious sound collages pieced together from children's records, found audio and inane loops of contemporary culture. What?!

Curtis Eller's American Circus - Curtis Eller's American Circus celebrates death-defying Big Top histories, musically, with banjo-driven angst sincerity from Hell. Or New York City.

You won't believe Edmund Welles, the world's premiere (only?) bass clarinet quartet. At once and by turns, they're dark, playful, thick and reedy, relishing odd time signatures, multiphonics and inspired otherness. The immaculate love spawn of the unholy splicing of Moondog, Nigel Tufnel and Thom Yorke! Listen now, or what's wrong with you!

Ensemble Ambrosius - Can you imagine Zappa masterworks played on Baroque instruments by a septet of Finnish early music enthusiasts? Man oh man, you've just got to hear Ensemble Ambrosius. Do it now!

The Juggernaut Jug Band - Jazzy jug band music played on washboards, washtubs, kazoos, jugs, and various other sundries.

Little Jack Melody and his Young Turks - Denton, TX, Home of Happiness, is where Little Jack Melody hangs his alt-cabaret fedora. Harmonium, tuba, tenor banjo, and trap kit set the stage for Melody's finely-honed lyrics and baritone.

Have a sonic adventure with The Lothars, a not-from-around-here experience built around three (3!) Theremins, guitar and assorted sound sources. Closer to Fripp and Eno than Good Vibrations, and worth the ride!

Manda Clair - Austin's Manda Clair covers a lot of ground- murder ballads to cabaret, western swing to blues. Fans of Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits and Roller Derby will feel right at home!

The Men of Last Call
- A Capella madness!

Mike Shapiro From sweeping main themes to energetic action pieces, Mike Shapiro's orchestral film music makes for an engaging listening experience even after the movie's over.

Piñataland
A startling alchemy of strange-but-true history, haunting instrumentation, sterling songwriting, and stories and sounds of of "the weird old world".

Randy Erwin - Internationally acclaimed yodelicious songster and trick roper with a gypsy flair.

Royer's One Man Band is simply unbelievable-- absolutely solo bluegrass raveups featuring 5-string banjo, dobro, harmonica, vocals, kazoo, and foot controlled "Guitar Machine." All that, plus Pretty Polly the dancing doll!

Take bass, drums and four accordions, shake and stir with equal parts self-deprecating humor, attitude and weirdness, and get ready for the Bay Area’s Those Darn Accordions, America’s favorite rockn’roll accordion band!

Shibboleth - Themes for Imaginary 70's Sitcoms? Shibboleth's wry sophistication is too edgy for Muzak, too droll for Lounge, too good to miss! Instrumental, essential- see you in the elevator.

Stimmhorn - Not your same old army knife, this Swiss duo amazes with yodeling and Tibetan overtone singing layered on beds of accordion, alphorn, trumpet etc. Like nothing you've ever heard!

Tropical Ensemble - steeldrum group bounces from Reggae to Calypso to R&B... pop, jazz and classical.

The Weimar Band - Throw Kurt Weill, Hans Eisler, Henry Cow, Dagmar Krause, pedal steel, bassoon, cello, drums, accordion, et ceterum into a theatrical Cuisinart, hit “blend” and you’ve got The Weimarband. Amazing stuff!