2012 Northwest Folklife Festival: Full Schedule

4:45pm PDT

Accordions Anonymous

12 Steps to Accordion Awarenes

Friday May 25, 2012 4:45pm - 5:15pm PDT
Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW 47.62170, -122.35049

Music Performance, (if applicable)

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Biography Accordions Anonymous is the Northwest's first and foremost 12-step group for accordion awareness. They have been facing the music one note at a time since 1998, bringing their quirky brand of musicality and eclectic mix of dance tunes to accordion lovers everywhere.

7:00pm PDT

Bash Brothers

100% natural

Friday May 25, 2012 7:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain 47.61938, -122.34979

Music Performance, Playing with Matches: K

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Biography Bash Brothers wanna toss a soup can on the campfire in your belly, float a burning log out into the lagoon. Top notch buddy comedy since 1997.

2:00pm PDT

Coty Hogue

Haunting Folk/Roots Music

Saturday May 26, 2012 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM 47.62109, -122.35258

Music Performance, KBCS Showcase

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Biography Coty Hogue grew up in Montana, but started playing out in Bellingham where she went to Western Washington Univesrity. She plays music based in the roots/folk genre that features guitar, banjo and fiddle and voice. Be prepared for a mix of traditional, contemporary and original tunes included unaccompanied vocals.

7:00pm PDT

More of Anything

MoA

Sunday May 27, 2012 7:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Vera Project/Gallery 47.62309, -122.35359

Music Performance, (if applicable)

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Biography MoeBetta is an MC who truly believes it is his duty to not just rhyme to beats but to actually "move the crowd". He believes that by making his stage show the central piece of his musical artistry and incorporating elements and ideas not usually associated with hip hop in to his live performance he can take the observer on a journey to the essence of his message; "Music Is Everything!"

7:00pm PDT

Tito Ramsey

Pop, Dance, Soul

Sunday May 27, 2012 7:00pm - 7:35pm PDT
Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain 47.61938, -122.34979

Music Performance, Ball of Wax Show

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Biography Tito Ramsey’s creations are a synergy of aggressive pop, electronica, and soul, often drawing comparisons to Jeff Buckley and Little Richard. His solo show features guitar, keys, vocals, live beat sequencing, recordings of found sounds and spontaneous bodily eruptions. Tito has played shows in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and in many cities around the US. He has shared the stage with various well-known musicians, from The Head and the Heart to jazz great Yusef Lateef. Tito is set to release his third album, Hi Lo EP, in January 2012. Named at birth Erin Ramsey, a family friend from Spain called him “Erintito” (little Erin) and “Tito” stuck. Tito’s parents educated him through an exploratory method of home-schooling, allowing him to learn the piano on his own through improvisation and not forcing him to wear clothing until a very late age. Tito’s family comes from a religious background, as both of his grandfathers were preachers and both of his grandmothers toured the country singing gospel music, but Tito took his own route allowing music to guide his pursuits. In college Tito studied modern jazz and composition, allowing him the opportunity to study with Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, most well-known for writing string arrangements for Marvin Gaye. Since then, he has collaborated with hordes of talented musicians writing music for film and theater, rock bands and a string quartet. But, in 2007, the loss of a dear friend left Tito searching. He focused his energy on exploring new ways to make music, collecting electronic instruments, and honing a new sound. He has seamlessly blended this new obsession with electronica and his older soulful writing. And now he can’t stop dancing.

8:35pm PDT

Master Musicians of Bukkake

No Age Music

Sunday May 27, 2012 8:35pm - 9:10pm PDT
Vera Project/Gallery 47.62309, -122.35359

Music Performance, (if applicable)

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Biography This is the first sound of NO-AGE. Vibrating stones transmitting the last echos of electrified psychic attacks. Now the NO-AGE has begun a void time..... Master Musicians Of Bukkake’s newest record and part of a Northwest trilogy, Marks an evolution from their first record 'Visible Sign Of the Invisible order' (Abduction records 2005). MMOB has now solidified into a 7 piece cosmic psyche force. Like a reverse dark side of the New Age sound, on the Totem series Master Musicians of Bukkake perform ritualistic electric excursions into the outer and inner reaches. Relying more on the electric power of psyched guitars, analog synth chants, and exotic heavy percussion. Totem one echos with the delusions of a West Coast Death cult. Outer spaced Gamelan, dusty fuzz rock from celestial deserts, meditations of a deranged Krishna gathering, and the Blurry acoustic guitar majesty of The Cascade mountains all reveal themselves here in epic form On Totem One. Every sound and note played put to tape by a group with a singular purging purpose....

11:00am PDT

The Bow Pullers

Five fabulous young fiddlers!

Monday May 28, 2012 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Northwest Court Stage 47.62285, -122.35476

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre NT -- New Traditions
Biography The Bow Pullers are a group of fantastic young fiddlers who play everything from traditional old-time to new, genre-pushing fiddle tunes. The future of traditional music looks bright!

6:25pm PDT

The Jocelyn Pettit Band

Donate Now!

Blazing New-Trad Celtic Fiddle

Monday May 28, 2012 6:25pm - 7:00pm PDT
Northwest Court Stage 47.62285, -122.35476

Music Performance, (if applicable)

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Biography JOCELYN PETTIT is an exceptional young fiddle player, stepdancer, singer, guitar player, and composer, from the West Coast of Canada. With her 4-musician band, she performs NEW-TRAD Celtic music - from high-energy dance tunes to lyrical airs. This uplifting music is based on Canadian Maritime, French-Canadian, Scottish and Irish traditions, and original influences inspired from living in the British Columbia Coastal Mountains. A highly successful debut CD was released in 2010, and received honourable recognition nationally and internationally. In the words of Europe's Folkworld Magazine, Jocelyn is "a top-notch musician, and major emerging talent". With grace and passion, her dynamic, feel-good performances have ignited stages and delighted audiences across Canada, the USA, Scotland, and Malaysia.