So what kind of music will you hear by attending LEAF? Check out some of our previous artists and you'll see the answer just might be "Anything and Everything! LEAF seeks to introduce you to lots of music you may not be familiar with while taking you through many global cultures.
· Angelique Kidjo - Africa's "Diva"
· Sweet Honey in the Rock - African-American A Cappella tradition
· Maceo Parker - Funk & James Brown 1st Band Leader
· Galactic - New Orleans Jazz/Funk/Jam
· Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Country & Bluegrass
· Doc Watson, Richard Watson & David Holt - Folk
· Leo Kottke - Guitar Virtuoso
· Wanda Jackson - "The Queen of Rockabilly"
· Michael Franti solo – Hip-Hop & Pop Folk
· Arlo Guthrie - The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour - Folk Legend
· Indigo Girls - Female Pop-Folk
· 7 Walkers - Swampadelic Rock
· Ozomatli - Latin
· Zap Mama - World Beat
· Abigail Washburn - Appalachian Roots
· Blind Boys of Alabama - Gospel
· Squirrel Nut Zippers
· Arrested Development - Hip-Hop
· Cowboy Junkies - Canadian Songwriters
· Les Nubians - Afro-Beat
· Baaba Maal – Senegal
· The Duhks - Soul-Grass
· Grupo Fantasma - Latin
· Spam All-Stars – Latin Funk
· Carolina Chocolate Drops - Americana
· Playing for Change
· Boukman Eksperymans - Haiti
· Toubab Krewe - West African Rock Fusion
· The Infamous Stringdusters - Newgrass
· Voices of the Wetlands Allstars feat. Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny Vidacovich, Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
· Bassekou Kouyate - Malian Ngoni Maestro
· Las Eréndiras de San Antonio - All Female Mariachi
· Perpetual eMotion - Contra
· Natalie MacMaster - Cape Breton
· The Original Wailers - Reggae
· The Traveling McCourys & The Lee Boys – Americana meets Gospel
· John Doyle – Celtic
· The Mighty Diamonds – Roots Reggae
· David Wax Museum – American Folk with Mexican Roots
· ArtOfficial – Jazz-Hop
· Danny Ellis - Celtic
· Pimps of Joytime - Funk
· Jai Uttal - World Music & Indian
· Red Clay Ramblers - Folk
· Leon Redbone - Blues
· Vishten - Acadian/Celtic
· Be Good Tanyas – Canadian Singer/Songwriters
· April Verch - Canadian Fiddler & Step Dancer
· Olu Dara - Jazz & Funk
· Chatham County Line - Bluegrass
· The Chairmen of the Board - Beach Music
· Bonerama - New Orleans Brass
· Fishbone – Funk
· The Primate Fiasco – Brass Band
· Snake Oil Medicine Show - Worldgrass
· Jabali African Acrobats - Kenya
· Bio Ritmo - latin
· Henry Butler - Blues
· Liz Carroll and John Doyle - Celtic
· Mizero Childrens Troupe of Rwanda
· Oliver Rajamani - India
· The Wilders - Old Time
· Tony Trischka - Bluegrass
· Hassan Hakmoun - Morocco
· Mac Arnold & Plate Full O'Blues - blues
· Pine Leaf Boys – Cajun
· The Legendary JCs – Funk & Soul
· John Boutte - New Orleans
· Frigg - Nordic Folk
· Gokh-Bi System - Senegal
· Jean Paul Samputu - Rwanda
· Madison Elites - Gospel Shout Band
· Malcolm Holcombe - Singer Songwriter
· Menage - Folk & Swing
· Llan De Cubel - Spain
· Los Amigos Invisibles - Venezuela
· Los Hombres Calientes – New Orleans
· Los Munequitos de Mantanzas - Cuba
· Havana Select - Cuba
· Inlakesh – Australia
· David Wilcox - Folk
· Inner Visions Reggae -Virgin Islands
· Jamuna - Russia
· Katuah Capoeira Angola – Brazil
· The Legendary Singing Stars - Gospel
· Kruger Brothers - Switzerland
· Mamadou Diabate Trio - Mali
· Mambo Brothers - Latin
· Marcia Ball – Louisiana R& B
· Dervish – Ireland
· New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
· Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
· Tim O’Brien - Folk
· The Holmes Brothers - Soul
· Gokh-Bi System – Senegal
· The subdudes – New Orleans
· Le Vent du Nord – Canada
· Wild Magnolias – New Orleans
· Lonesome River Band - Bluegrass
· Richie Havens – Folk Icon
· Samba Ngo - Senegal
· Samite of Uganda
· Shringara- Nepal
· Solazo – South America
· Tony Trischka Band - Bluegrass
· Viva Quetzel – South America
· Wild Asparagus – Contra & Celtic
· Wild Mango - Latin
· Xumantra – Tibetan
· Lloyd Cannady & The Flying Clouds
· Foundation Stone - Reggae
· Freddie Branch and the Singing Stars
· Fuego Del Almo – Columbia
· New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
· Red Stick Ramblers- New Orleans
· Zulu Connection
· The Mahotella Queens – South Africa
· Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited – Zimbabwe
· Yerba Buena - Cuba
· Emeline Michele – Haiti
· Beausoleil - Louisiana
· Alex Torres y Orquesta Los Reyes Latinos – South America
· Maria Muldaur & Blusiana Band - Folk
· Samputu & Ingeli - Rwanda
· Odetta – Folk Icon
· Rebirth Brass Band – New Orleans
· Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul - Celtic
· Michael Franti – Hip Hop
· Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loco – Congo/Cuba
· Buckwheat Zydeco
· Duckbutter w/ Sam Bush & John Cowan
· Billy Jonas - Folk
· Bernie Worrell & The Woo Warriors
· Carnavalito – Puerto Rico & El Salvador
· Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group
· Linda Thompson - England
· Corey Harris - Blues
· Fairport Convention - England
· Chuck Beattie & Blues By Design
· Chuck Brodsky - Folk
· Enter The Haggis- Celtic
· The Ghillies - Scotland
· Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Blues
· Cutumba - Cuba
· Dan Electro & the Silvertones
· Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
· David Holt Band
· The Dead Poets
· Donna the Buffalo
· File' – Louisiana
· Aaran Bebe Sukura – Ghana
· Deer Clan Singers w/ Pura Fe – Native American
· Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk- New Orleans
· Cyrill Neville’s Tribe 13- New Orleans
· Martha Redbone
· Bohola- Irish
· The Greencards- Bluegrass
· Angelique Kidjo - Africa's "Diva"
· Sweet Honey in the Rock - African-American A Cappella tradition
· Maceo Parker - Funk & James Brown 1st Band Leader
· Galactic - New Orleans Jazz/Funk/Jam
· Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Country & Bluegrass
· Doc Watson, Richard Watson & David Holt - Folk
· Leo Kottke - Guitar Virtuoso
· Wanda Jackson - "The Queen of Rockabilly"
· Michael Franti solo – Hip-Hop & Pop Folk
· Arlo Guthrie - The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour - Folk Legend
· Indigo Girls - Female Pop-Folk
· 7 Walkers - Swampadelic Rock
· Ozomatli - Latin
· Zap Mama - World Beat
· Abigail Washburn - Appalachian Roots
· Blind Boys of Alabama - Gospel
· Squirrel Nut Zippers
· Arrested Development - Hip-Hop
· Cowboy Junkies - Canadian Songwriters
· Les Nubians - Afro-Beat
· Baaba Maal – Senegal
· The Duhks - Soul-Grass
· Grupo Fantasma - Latin
· Spam All-Stars – Latin Funk
· Carolina Chocolate Drops - Americana
· Playing for Change
· Boukman Eksperymans - Haiti
· Toubab Krewe - West African Rock Fusion
· The Infamous Stringdusters - Newgrass
· Voices of the Wetlands Allstars feat. Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny Vidacovich, Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
· Bassekou Kouyate - Malian Ngoni Maestro
· Las Eréndiras de San Antonio - All Female Mariachi
· Perpetual eMotion - Contra
· Natalie MacMaster - Cape Breton
· The Original Wailers - Reggae
· The Traveling McCourys & The Lee Boys – Americana meets Gospel
· John Doyle – Celtic
· The Mighty Diamonds – Roots Reggae
· David Wax Museum – American Folk with Mexican Roots
· ArtOfficial – Jazz-Hop
· Danny Ellis - Celtic
· Pimps of Joytime - Funk
· Jai Uttal - World Music & Indian
· Red Clay Ramblers - Folk
· Leon Redbone - Blues
· Vishten - Acadian/Celtic
· Be Good Tanyas – Canadian Singer/Songwriters
· April Verch - Canadian Fiddler & Step Dancer
· Olu Dara - Jazz & Funk
· Chatham County Line - Bluegrass
· The Chairmen of the Board - Beach Music
· Bonerama - New Orleans Brass
· Fishbone – Funk
· The Primate Fiasco – Brass Band
· Snake Oil Medicine Show - Worldgrass
· Jabali African Acrobats - Kenya
· Bio Ritmo - latin
· Henry Butler - Blues
· Liz Carroll and John Doyle - Celtic
· Mizero Childrens Troupe of Rwanda
· Oliver Rajamani - India
· The Wilders - Old Time
· Tony Trischka - Bluegrass
· Hassan Hakmoun - Morocco
· Mac Arnold & Plate Full O'Blues - blues
· Pine Leaf Boys – Cajun
· The Legendary JCs – Funk & Soul
· John Boutte - New Orleans
· Frigg - Nordic Folk
· Gokh-Bi System - Senegal
· Jean Paul Samputu - Rwanda
· Madison Elites - Gospel Shout Band
· Malcolm Holcombe - Singer Songwriter
· Menage - Folk & Swing
· Llan De Cubel - Spain
· Los Amigos Invisibles - Venezuela
· Los Hombres Calientes – New Orleans
· Los Munequitos de Mantanzas - Cuba
· Havana Select - Cuba
· Inlakesh – Australia
· David Wilcox - Folk
· Inner Visions Reggae -Virgin Islands
· Jamuna - Russia
· Katuah Capoeira Angola – Brazil
· The Legendary Singing Stars - Gospel
· Kruger Brothers - Switzerland
· Mamadou Diabate Trio - Mali
· Mambo Brothers - Latin
· Marcia Ball – Louisiana R& B
· Dervish – Ireland
· New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
· Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
· Tim O’Brien - Folk
· The Holmes Brothers - Soul
· Gokh-Bi System – Senegal
· The subdudes – New Orleans
· Le Vent du Nord – Canada
· Wild Magnolias – New Orleans
· Lonesome River Band - Bluegrass
· Richie Havens – Folk Icon
· Samba Ngo - Senegal
· Samite of Uganda
· Shringara- Nepal
· Solazo – South America
· Tony Trischka Band - Bluegrass
· Viva Quetzel – South America
· Wild Asparagus – Contra & Celtic
· Wild Mango - Latin
· Xumantra – Tibetan
· Lloyd Cannady & The Flying Clouds
· Foundation Stone - Reggae
· Freddie Branch and the Singing Stars
· Fuego Del Almo – Columbia
· New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
· Red Stick Ramblers- New Orleans
· Zulu Connection
· The Mahotella Queens – South Africa
· Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited – Zimbabwe
· Yerba Buena - Cuba
· Emeline Michele – Haiti
· Beausoleil - Louisiana
· Alex Torres y Orquesta Los Reyes Latinos – South America
· Maria Muldaur & Blusiana Band - Folk
· Samputu & Ingeli - Rwanda
· Odetta – Folk Icon
· Rebirth Brass Band – New Orleans
· Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul - Celtic
· Michael Franti – Hip Hop
· Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loco – Congo/Cuba
· Buckwheat Zydeco
· Duckbutter w/ Sam Bush & John Cowan
· Billy Jonas - Folk
· Bernie Worrell & The Woo Warriors
· Carnavalito – Puerto Rico & El Salvador
· Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group
· Linda Thompson - England
· Corey Harris - Blues
· Fairport Convention - England
· Chuck Beattie & Blues By Design
· Chuck Brodsky - Folk
· Enter The Haggis- Celtic
· The Ghillies - Scotland
· Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Blues
· Cutumba - Cuba
· Dan Electro & the Silvertones
· Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
· David Holt Band
· The Dead Poets
· Donna the Buffalo
· File' – Louisiana
· Aaran Bebe Sukura – Ghana
· Deer Clan Singers w/ Pura Fe – Native American
· Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk- New Orleans
· Cyrill Neville’s Tribe 13- New Orleans
· Martha Redbone
· Bohola- Irish
· The Greencards- Bluegrass
And many more have graced the LEAF stages over the years...
