The Lineup for the National Folk Festival in Butte, Montana, July 10-12, 2009.

The following artists performed at the 71st National Folk Festival in Butte, Montana, July 10-12, 2009. Use the links for audio clips and bios to remind you of what you saw and heard or to see and hear what you missed.

 

Magic Slim & The Teardrops

Blues
Chicago, Illinois

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Sierra Hull & Highway 111

Bluegrass
Byrdstown, Tennessee

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Ethel Caffie-Austin Singers

Gospel
Charleston, West Virginia

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Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited

Zimbabwean Chimurenga
Eugene, Oregon

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Chuck & Albert

Acadian
Prince Edward Island, Canada

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BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

Lafayette, Louisiana

Cajun

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Jeff Little Trio with Wayne Henderson

Blue Ridge Piano Trio
Boone, North Carolina / Rugby, Virginia

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Massive Monkees

Breakdance

Seattle, Washington

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Otrov

Tamburitza
Pittsburgh & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Chicago, Illinois

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Pride of New York

Irish
New York and Baltimore, Maryland

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Los Macondos

Colombian Vallenato
New York / Florida

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Wilho Saari

Finnish Kantele
Naselle, Washington

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Bill Kirchen & The Hammer of the Honky-tonk gods with George Bedard

Telecaster Guitar
Dunkirk, Maryland

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Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

Mexican Mariachi
Los Angeles, California

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Garry Harrison & The New Mules

Illinois Old-Time
Bloomington, Indiana

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Melody of China

Chinese
San Francisco, California

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Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band

New Orleans jazz
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Texas Shorty

Texas Fiddle
Rockwall, Texas

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North Bear

Northern Plains drum group
Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Lame Deer, Montana

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