MEMPHIS, TN (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Folk Alliance International has announced a deadline extension for conference registration until January 19th for the 23rd annual Folk Alliance Conference.
The conference will be held February 16th-20th at the Downtown Memphis Marriott.
The Alliance will welcome the PBS television music series Jammin at Hippie Jack’s to the conference.
Jammin at Hippie Jack’s will be taping various performances for their upcoming season while at the conference including artists such as The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Paul Thorn and conference Keynote Speaker, Dave Bromberg.
Sirius XM Radio will once again be broadcasting live from Folk Alliance featuring performances by Over The Rhine, Sam Baker, Abigail Washburn, and Suzy Bogguss among others.
XM 15, The Village, will also cover the annual awards and lifetime achievement presentation show that helps to kick of the conference each year.
NPR radio show Beale Street Caravan will be capturing the Blues and Sacred Steel shows all conference weekend long at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, adjacent to the Downtown Memphis Marriott.
For questions regarding the Folk Alliance 2011 conference, the recent registration deadline extension, hotel reservations, Jammin at Hippie Jack’s, the Folk Alliance Sirius XM broadcast or information on Beale Street Caravan’s Blues and Sacred Steel program capture or other inquiries, contact Alexandra Felgar at Alex@folk.org.
2011 International Folk Alliance Conference
Official Showcase Artists
The 23 String Band (Louisville, KY)
9Bach (Wales, UK)
Acoustic Cafe Evening w/Erin McKeown & Carrie
Rodriguez (various)
Eva Aine (Tokyo, Japan)
Gary Allegretto (Los Angeles, CA)
Angel Band (Wilmington, DE)
Annie Lou (Whitehorse, YK)
Lail Arad (London, UK)
Atomic Duo (Austin, TX)
Brandon O. Bailey (Memphis, TN)
Emily Baker (Brighton, UK)
Sam Baker (Austin, TX)
Mai Bloomfield (Venice, CA)
Suzy Bogguss (Nashville, TN)
Bill Bourne (Edmonton, AB)
Ange Boxall (London, UK)
Eric Brace and Peter Cooper (Nashville, TN)
David Bromberg (Wilmington, DE)
Brother Sun (New York, NY/Chicago,IL/Boston, MA)
Bua (Chicago, IL)
Ellen Bukstel (Southwest Ranches, FL)
The Burns Sisters (Ithaca, NY)
Buskin & Batteau (New York, NY)
Jonathan Byrd (Carrboro, NC)
Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble (Madison, WI)
Edie Carey (Chicago, IL)
Carolina Chocolate Drops (Durham, NC)
Carpenter & May (Nashville, TN)
Adam Carroll (Lockhart, TX)
Buzz Cason (Nashville, TN)
The Chapin Sisters (Los Angeles, CA)
Chatham County Line (Raleigh, NC)
Kim Churchill (Merimbula, NSW, Australia)
The Coal Porters (London, UK)
Dwayne Cote and Duane Andrews (St. John's, NL/Cape Breton, NS)
Rose Cousins (Halifax, NS)
Rj Cowdery (Columbus, OH)
Ronny Cox (Los Angeles, CA)
The Dardanelles (St. John's, NL)
Dolly Das (Assam, India)
David Wax Museum (Sunderland, MA)
Russell deCarle (Toronto, ON)
Decembersongs w/Amy Speace, Dan Navarro, Sally
Barris, Jon Vezner (various)
The Deep Dark Woods (Saskatoon, SK)
Dehlia Low (Asheville, NC)
Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band (Branson, MO)
Dr. Burt (Birmingham, AL)
Gareth Dunlop (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
The Dunwell Brothers Band (Leeds, UK)
The Duplets (Highlands, Scotland)
JD Edwards (Winnipeg, MB)
Ana Egge (Brooklyn, NY)
Elephant Revival (Nederland, CO)
Carrie Elkin (Austin, TX)
Elliott, Rose & da Costa (Austin, TX)
Ellis (Minneapolis, MN)
The Farewell Drifters (Nashville, TN)
Charlie Faye (Austin, TX)
Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer & Barbara Lamb (Kensington, MD/Nashville, TN)
Finnders & Youngberg (Fort Collins, CO)
Fish & Bird (Victoria, BC)
Dom Flemons (New York City, NY)
Rosie Flores (Austin, TX)
Guy Forsyth (Austin, TX)
Michael Fracasso (Austin, TX)
John Fullbright (Okemah, OK)
Galant, tu perds ton temps (Montreal, QC)
Jay Gaunt (Mahwah, NJ)
Mary Gauthier (Nashville, TN)
Vicki Genfan (Fairview, NJ)
Carly Gibson (Dahlonega, GA)
Susan Gibson (Wimberley, TX)
Rhiannon Giddens (Greensboro, NC)
Leela Gilday (Yellowknife, NT)
Eliza Gilkyson (Austin, TX)
Ariana Gillis (Vineland, ON)
Kieran Goss w/Rodney Crowell (Sligo, Ireland/Nashville, TN)
The Grass Mountain Hobos (O'Leary, PEI)
Dave Gunning (Pictou, NS)
Lisa Hake (Blackrock)
Keith Hallett (Fredericton, NB)
John Wort Hannam (Fort Macleod, AB)
Harpeth Rising (Nashville, TN)
Michael Hearne & Shake Russell (Taos, NM/Houston, TX)
Ernie Hendrickson (Chicago, IL)
Caroline Herring (Decatur, GA)
Lara Herscovitch (Durham, CT)
The Hillbenders (Springfield, MO)
JP Hoe (Winnipeg, MB)
The Honey Dewdrops (Charlottesville, VA)
Hot Club of Cowtown (Austin, TX)
Big Ron Hunter (Greensboro, NC)
Incendio (Los Angeles, CA)
Bill & Kate Isles (Duluth, MN)
Ivan & Alyosha (Seattle, WA)
Jill Jack (Detroit, MI)
Bill Jackson w/Pete Fidler (Melbourne, Australia)
Jeffrey Gaines (Philadelphia, PA)
Sadie Jemmett (London, UK)
Hubby Jenkins (Raleigh, NC)
John Hartford String Band (Nashville, TN)
Michael Johnson (Denver, CO)
Diana Jones (Nashville, TN)
Jubal's Kin (Longwood, FL)
Valerie June (Memphis, TN)
Si Kahn (Charlotte, NC)
Kathleen Haskard (London, England, UK)
James Keelaghan (Perth, ON)
Nuala Kennedy (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Will Kevans (London, UK)
Dayna Kurtz (Brooklyn, NY)
Evie Ladin (Oakland, CA)
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three (St. Louis, MO)
Lake Street Dive (Boston, MA)
Robyn Landis (Tucson, AZ)
Treasa Levasseur (Toronto, ON)
Lil' Joe (Atlanta, GA)
Lonesome Traveler (Loveland, CO)
Amanda Lucas and Audrey Cecil (Louisville, KY)
Joel Mabus (Kalamazoo, MI)
The Magnificent Sevens (Winnipeg, MB)
Raul Malo (Nashville, TN)
MaMuse (Chico, CA)
Ashleigh Mannix (Canberra, Australia)
Carolyn Martin (Abilene, TX)
Matt the Electrician (Austin, TX)
MC Hansen & his Band (Malmo, Sweden)
The Paul McKenna Band (Glasgow, Scotland)
Sarah McQuaid (Penzance Cornwall, UK)
Linda McRae and her Two Arm Band (Kingston Springs, TN)
Jaime Michaels (Santa Fe, NM)
Chris Milam (Memphis, TN)
Lynn Miles (Ottawa, ON)
Phil Minissale (Young Fool) (Downingtown, PA)
Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade (Brooklyn, NY)
Claude "Butch" Morgan (Devine, TX)
Eliot Morris (Memphis, TN)
Zoe Muth (Seattle, WA)
David Myles (Halifax, NS)
The Nadas (Des Moines IA)
NEema (Montreal, QC)
New Country Rehab (Toronto, ON)
Davey O. (Buffalo, NY)
Mark Olson (Minneapolis, NM)
The Once (St. John's, NL)
The Outside Track (Limerick, Ireland)
Over The Rhine (Chicago, IL)
Gabrielle Papillon (Montreal, QC)
Walter Parks (Savannah, GA)
Eilidh Patterson (Derry, UK)
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus (Austin, TX)
Grace Pettis (Harrisonburg, VA)
Rod Picott (Nashville, TN)
Joel Plaskett (Halifax, NS)
Steve Poltz (San Diego, CA)
Pura Fe Trio (Seattle, WA)
Purgatory Hill (Sturgeon Bay, WI)
Jimmy Rankin (Halifax, NS)
John Rankin (New Orleans LA)
Corin Raymond and The Sundowners (Toronto, ON)
Hayley Reardon (Marblehead,MA)
Red June (Asheville, NC)
Red Molly (Jersey City, NJ)
Ben Reel (Castleblayney, Ireland)
The Refugees (Los Angeles, CA)
Robby Hecht (Nashville, TN)
Robinson (Worcester, UK)
Roosevelt Dime (Brooklyn, NY)
Kristi Rose & Fats Kaplin (Nashville, TN)
Amber Rubarth (Reno, NV)
Ruby Jane (Austin, TX)
RUNA (Philadelphia, PA)
The Scarlet Furies (Los Angeles, CA)
Eric Schwartz (Hollywood, CA)
Ron Sexsmith (Toronto, ON)
SHEL (Ft. Collins, CO)
The Shivers (Shy/vers) (Asheville, NC)
Slide to Freedom (Cumberland, BC)
Sahara Smith (Wimberley, TX)
Dylan Sneed (Hartsville, SC)
Kevin So (Nashville, TN)
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (Alexandria, VA)
Ryan Spearman (St. Louis, MO)
Amilia K. Spicer (Los Angeles, CA)
Spring Creek (Lyons, CO)
Sally Spring & Ted Lyons Experience (Winston-Salem, NC)
The Steel Wheels (Harrisonburg, VA)
The SteelDrivers (Nashville, TN)
Storyhill (Bozeman, MT)
Walter Strauss (Woodacre, CA)
Lyal Strickland (Buffalo, MO)
Oliver Swain's BIG MACHINE (Victoria, BC)
Jack Tempchin (San Diego, CA)
Paul Thorn (Tupelo, MS)
Tumbledown House (Bozeman, MT)
Matt Turk (Hudson Valley, NY)
The Twilite Broadcasters (Weaverville, NC)
The Two Man Gentlemen Band (Brooklyn, NY)
Daniel Lawrence Walker (Nashville, TN)
The Warrior Gospel Band (Austin, TX)
Abigail Washburn (Evanston, IL)
The Watchman (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Watermelon Slim (Clarksdale, MS)
Kevin Welch (Wimberley, TX)
Albert White (Atlanta, GA)
Jason White (Nashville, TN)
Whitetop Mountaineers (Mouth of Wilson, VA)
Pat Wilder (San Francisco, CA)
Webb Wilder (Hattiesburg, MS)
The Wilderness of Manitoba (Toronto, ON)
Doug & Telisha Williams (Martinsville, VA)
Tommy Womack (Nashville, TN)
The Wronglers (San Francisco, CA)
Natalia Zukerman (Brooklyn, NY)
— Crystal Lynn Huntoon
