The Directory

Award-winning Twin Cities bluegrass band.

Minneapolis folk-punk and worldbeat band founded in 1983, billed as the longest-running Celtic punk band in America.

Minneapolis

Duluth alt-country band playing what it calls Great Lakes country, led by Breanne Tepler.

Duluth

Local trio playing mostly songs from Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.

Minneapolis

Twin Ports banjo-and-fiddle duo playing old-time and Americana music for listening and dancing.

Duluth singer and violinist who won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016.

Duluth

Americana singer-songwriter and fiddler from the Lowland Lakers.

Moorhead-based string band.

Moorhead

Twin Cities bluegrass group mixing bluegrass with blues, swing, Americana, country and old-time music.

Acoustic guitar and violin duo of Eric Carlson and Erika Mork.

Minnesota Music Hall of Fame bluegrass quintet mixing traditional and gospel bluegrass.

Duluth and Minneapolis band drawing on Nordic music and folk traditions with layered guitars, strings and synths.

Duluth

Minnesota singer-songwriter playing alt-country and bluesy Americana with a backing band.

Old-time and bluegrass trio from Duluth.

Duluth

Minneapolis old-time and bluegrass string band fronted by fiddler AJ Srubas and guitarist Rina Rossi.

Minneapolis

Duluth chamber-folk group led by Laura Sellner, now a five-piece.

Duluth

Duluth-based four-piece folk band with country and bluegrass leanings.

Duluth

Five-piece Minneapolis string band playing bluegrass with folk and experimental influences.

Minneapolis