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Music...

The Waifs: Western Australia's heavy hitting, Bob Dylan touring, roots-ifying rock band. They bring fantastic songwriting, rippin guitar, smokin blues harp, to all of their high energy live shows at venues all over the world. Go see them!
Josh Dion Band: Man this band is good. Soul-based funktasticness out of NYC.
Cheryl B. Engelhardt: Great singer/songwriter/pianist out of NYC. Check it!
Stonefed: All the way in Moab, UT there lives a band. A band of SMOKIN' players. SMOKIN'!!! Give them a listen, go to a show... You will enjoy it.
American Dumpster: Self-described trash rock form Charlottesville, VA. GREAT band...
Hop-Frog: Experimental, mind expanding, eclectic, tasty...
Dash Eight: Dash Eight is a Maryland based, roots rock band. Think Wilco, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Kashmir all having a musical orgy... Very cool. Comprised of some of Nate's oldest friends and musical cohorts, several of them have recorded and performed with him on current and past projects. Good kids... great music.
Xavier Rudd: Aussie roots man. If you haven't seen him or heard his music you should as soon as you are done reading this - seriously
Virginia Coalition: Friends, cohorts, home grown Virginia boys. Great band.
The Extraordinaires: Great band from Charlottesville. Their current project is a folk/rock opera of sorts. A style of creation long since dissapeared. Entitled "Ribbons of War", they are on tour in a town near you. Check it out for yourself. Great stuff.
Shane Gamble: From Frederick, MD Shane plays original music all over the place. He's a great songwriter so go check it out.
Rex McGee: Quite possibly the baddest bluegrass instrumentalist you can find. No banjo, fiddle, or guitar is safe from being smoked to death by this guy. You can see him on the road with many of the best roots performers in the USA... like Tony Rice.
Mike Anthenelli: Mike Anthenelli
One of Nate's old buddies from Salisbury, you can find Mike playing your favorite tunes at venues in the DC/MD area.
David Via: One of the best bluegrass songwriters around. Dave hails from the great state of North Carolina. Oh buddy...
Larry Keel: Formerly of McGraw Gap, Natural Bridge, and many other great bands, Larry is an award winning Virginia flatpicker. He brings you great, great roots music.

Photographers

Rick Maloof Photography: One of my favorite photographers by far. Also happens to be a great freind...
Megan Crist Photography: Charlottesville area music photographer extraordinaire...
Sam Friedman Photography: Live Concert Photography - house man at the 8x10 in Baltimore...

Artisans, Painters, and Designers

DOBs Media: David O'Brien. Really in depth, really abstract, and really, really good. Mainly large-scale, organic media, drawings. Delicious...
Kevin Adams Tattoos, Charleston, WV: Need some ink when you're in the Mountain State? Head on down to the Capitol and get yourself done...

Organizations...

Live Music For Life: Non-Profit organization to benefit Multiple Sclerosis... They hold an annual concert on the Eastern Shore of Maryland featuring local and regional talent...
Triassic Stone, Moab, UT: Couple of good, honest kids making beautiful, hand crafted stuff.
Appalachian South Folklife Center: Beautiful sight to see. ASFC is the venue for the "Earthday Festival" and "CultureFest" in the heart of the WV mountains and hosts other events throughout the year. Having been in operation since the early 1900's, many folks have walked the grounds overlooking beautiful mountain tops and valleys. Pete Seeger even played there. If you can get the chance, go...
Just Garments: A coalition of El Salvadorian garment factory workers that have banded together to make their own products in a much safer and "just" environment.

Music Tech Stuff

Taylor Guitar Company: Lovely people, lovely intstruments...
Music Technologies: Music Technology is
THE BEST place to get anything musical fixed in the DC/VA/MD area.
Summer Haus Studios: Summer Haus is a recording studio based in College Park, MD. Run by one of Nate's old friend's, Kyle Downs, its a great deal for recording a project in the DC area.
Llynium Presents: Llynium Entertainment:
Great people, West Virginia based, and cool as hell. They sponsor functions throughout the year promoting, unity, social justice, and just plain good times.