Sampler Artists

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Artists included on previous samplers include:

• Aimee Mann
• Al Green
• Allison Krauss & Union Station
• Amos Lee
• Ani DiFranco
• Anna Nalick
• Barenaked Ladies
• Beck
• Ben Harper
• Ben Kweller
• Beth Orton
• Bob Schneider
• Bright Eyes
• Broken Social Scene
• Bruce Cockburn
• Built to Spill
• Cat Power
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• Coldplay
• Dashboard Confessional
• David Gray
• Deana Carter
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Dolly Parton
• Drive-By Truckers
• Duncan Sheik
• Echo & The Bunnymen
• Edwin McCain
• Elbow
• Elliott Smith
• Fiona Apple
• Five For Fighting
• Golden Smog
• Gomez
• Guided By Voices
• Guster
• Hem
• Howie Day
• Imogen Heap
• Indigo Girls
• Jack Johnson
• Jayhawks
• John Hiatt
• Josh Ritter
• Josh Rouse
• Kathleen Edwards
• Keane
• Linda Ronstadt with Ann Savoy
• Lisa Loeb
• Long Winters
• Lou Barlow
• Lucinda Williams
• Luna
• Matthew Ryan
• Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
• Michelle Shocked
• Midlake
• Mindy Smith
• My Brightest Diamond
• My Morning Jacket
• N. Mississippi Allstars
• Nada Surf
• Natalie Merchant
• Neko Case
• Nick Cave
• Nickel Creek
• Norah Jones
• Of Montreal
• Old 97s
• Paul Westerberg
• Pedro the Lion
• Pernice Brothers
• Polyphonic Spree
• Portastatic
• Rachel Yamagata
• Ray Davies
• Rhett Miller
• Rilo Kiley
• Robert Earl Keen
• Ron Sexsmith
• Rufus Wainwright
• Ryan Adams
• Shawn Colvin
• Sinead O'Connor
• Son Volt
• Sparklehorse
• Spoon
• Starsailor
• String Cheese Incident
• Sufjan Stevens
• Sun Kil Moon
• Switchfoot
• The Arcade Fire
• The Blind Boys of Alabama
• The Cardigans
• The Decemberists
• The Doves
• The Flaming Lips
• The Frames
• The Shins
• Uncle Tupelo
• Van Morrison
• Wilco
• Yonder Mountain String Band
• Yusuf / Cat Stevens

More artists on previous Paste sampler CDs...

• A Shoreline Dream
• Aaron Sprinkle
• Abra Moore
• Adam Richman
• AJ Roach
• Alejandro Escoveda
• Alex Woodard
• Allison Moorer
• Amadou & Mariam
• American Music Club
• Amy LaVere
• Amy Millan
• Amy Rigby
• Amy Speace
• Ana Egge
• Andrew Bird
• Ane Brun
• Angela McCluskey
• Anne McCue
• Annie Quick
• Aqualung
• Aqueduct
• Ari Hest
• Augie March
• Autolux
• Avett Brothers
• Azure Ray
• Backyard Tire Fire
• Barton Carroll
• Be Good Tanyas
• Ben Arthur
• Ben Lee
• Bernard Fanning
• Bert Jansch
• Bethany Yarrow
• Bettye LaVette
• Beulah
• Bill Mallonee
• Billy Joe Shaver
• Bittersweets
• Black Keys
• Blackalicious
• Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
• Blind Boys of Alabama
• Bobby Bare Jr.
• BoDeans
• Born Again Floozies
• Brandi Carlile
• Brenda Weiler
• Brett Dennen
• Brian Houston
• Brindley Brothers
• Brisa Roche
• Brooks Williams
• Buckwheat Zydeco
• Buddy Miller
• C Rayz Walz
• Caleb Engstrom
• Camper Van Beethoven
• Caroline Herring
• Carrie Newcomer
• Cary Brothers
• Cassandra Wilson
• Castanets
• Cerys Matthews
• Charlie Sexton
• Charlotte Martin
• Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
• Chocolate Genius
• Chris Pureka
• Chris Robinson
• Chris Thile
• Christopher Williams
• Chuck Prophet
• Cindy Bullens
• Claire Holley
• Clem Snide
• Colin Herring
• Colour Revolt
• Commuter
• Copeland
• Cory Branan
• Costello/Toussaint
• Cowboy Junkies
• Damien Jurado
• Damnwells
• Dan Bern
• Dana Falconberry
• Dangerdoom
• Daniel Lanois
• Dapp Theory
• Dar Williams feat. John Popper
• Dave Baerwald
• Dave Barnes
• David Ford
• David Mead
• David Poe
• David Wilcox
• Dawn Kinnard
• Deerhoof
• Denison Witmer
• Derrick Harris
• Detholz!
• Diego Sandrin
• Donal Hinely
• Donald Fagen
• Donavon Frankenreider
• Dr. John
• Dungen
• Earlimart
• Eastmountainsouth
• Edgar Meyer
• Edie Brickell
• Eighteenth Day of May
• Eisley
• Elf Power
• Ellery
• Emiliana Torriani
• Emma Gibbs Band
• Erik Brandt & UHQ
• Erin McKeown
• Eve Selis
• Exit Clov
• Fastball
• Faultine with Flaming Lips
• Favourite Sons
• Feathermerchants
• FEEL
• Feist
• Flatlanders
• Frank Black
• Frank Lenz
• Fret Not
• Frog Holler

Still more artists on previous Paste sampler CDs...

• Garageland
• Garrison Starr
• Gasoline Heart
• Gillian Welch
• Glen Phillips
• Glenn Tillbrook
• Gran Bel Fisher
• Grand Drive
• Grandpaboy
• Greencards
• Greg Graffin
• Greg Laswell
• Grey DeLisle
• Gus Black
• Hacienda Brothers
• Half-Handed Cloud
• Hammock
• Hayden
• Hayes Carll
• High Llamas
• Holly Williams
• Hymns
• Ian North
• Inara George
• I-Nine - Elizabethtown
• Irma Thomas
• Ivy
• Jackie Greene
• Jamie Cullum
• Jan Krist
• Janove Otteson
• Jason Collett
• Jason Darling
• Jay Bennett
• Jay Farrar
• Jeffrey Foucault
• Jem
• Jennifer Daniels
• Jerry Douglas
• Jesse Harris
• Jesse Sykes
• Jets Overhead
• Jim Boggia
• JJ Cale
• Joan Osborne
• Joe Henry
• Joe Strummer
• John Austin
• John Brannen
• John Davis
• John Prine
• John Vanderslice
• Jolie Holland
• Jonah Smith
• Jonatha Brooke
• Jonathan Rundman
• Jose Gonzalez
• Joseph Arthur
• Josh Cole
• Josh Joplin
• Julie Lee
• Julie Moffitt
• June Carter Cash
• Junior Brown
• Karrin Allyson
• Kate Campbell
• Katharine Whalen
• Keb Mo
• Keller Williams
• Keren Ann
• Kerosene Bros.
• Kevin Devine
• Kieran McGee
• King Straggler
• Kristin Mooney
• K's Choice
• Kyle Riabko
• La Rocca
• Laura Veirs
• Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
• Lewis Taylor
• Linda Thompson
• Little Willies
• Lizzie West
• Lori McKenna
• Los Lobos
• Lost Dogs
• Lost Trailers
• Lotus
• Lovedrug
• Low
• Low Millions
• Lowen & Navarro
• Lucy Kaplanksy
• Luke Doucet
• Lylas
• Lynn Miles
• M Ward
• Madeleine Peyroux
• Manchester Orchestra
• Mando Saenz
• Margot & The Nuclear So & So's
• Marjorie Fair
• Mark Geary
• Mark Heard
• Mark Lemhouse
• Martina Topley Bird
• Marty Lloyd
• Martyn Joseph
• Mary Gauthier
• Mason Jennings
• Mates of State
• Matisyahu
• Matt Mays & El Torpedo
• Melissa Ferrick
• Mellowdrone
• Melody Gardot
• Metric
• Michael Franti
• Michael McDermott
• Milton Mapes
• Minnie Driver
• Missy Higgins
• Modern Skirts
• Moonlight Towers
• Moses Leroy
• Mugison
• Mute Math

More artists on previous Paste sampler CDs...

• Naked Blue
• Nanci Griffith
• Neilson Hubbard
• Nellie McKay
• New Buffalo
• Nicolai Dunger
• Now It's Overhead
• Old Crow Medicine Show
• Ollabelle
• One Thousand Pictures
• Over the Rhine
• Ozomatli
• Paco
• Paolo Nutini
• Patrick Davis
• Patty Griffin
• Patty Larkin
• Paul Brill
• Paul Melancon
• Peter Case
• Peter Mulvey
• Peter Stuart
• Pierce Pettis
• Pinetop Seven
• Poncho Sanchez w/Ray Charles
• Preservation Hall Hot 4 Featuring Duke Dejan
• Proclaimers
• Pushcart Wagon
• Quetzal
• Rachael Sage
• Ralston
• Randall Bramblett
• Reckless Kelly
• Reid Jamieson
• Richard Buckner
• Richard Julian
• Richard Shindell
• Richie Havens
• Robert Bradley & Macy Gray
• Robert Cray
• Robert Deeble
• RobinElla
• Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
• Rollyn Zoubek
• Roman Candle
• Rosanne Cash
• Rosavelt
• Rosie Thomas
• Rubyhorse
• Rusty Truck
• Sam Ashworth
• Sam Phillips
• Sam Roberts
• Sam Shaber
• Sandra McCracken
• Sara Cox
• Sara Groves
• Sarah Bettens
• Sarah Harmer
• Say ZuZu
• Screen Door
• Sean Watkins
• Shane Nicholson
• Shannon McNally
• Shawn Amos
• Shawn Mullins
• Shel Silverstein
• Shelby Lynne
• Shemekia Copeland
• Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars
• Slow Motion Reign
• Slow Runner
• Sojorn
• Solomon Burke
• Some Girls
• Sondre Lerche
• Sonia Dada
• Sonya Kitchell
• Southern Bitch
• Speech
• Spottiswoode and His Enemies
• Sputnik
• Starflyer59
• Stephen Clair
• Stephen Delopolous
• Steve Baskin
• Steve Earle
• Steve Forbert
• Steven Jackson
• Stockholm Syndrome
• Stoll Vaughan
• Stone Jack Jones
• Subdudes
• Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
• Suit of Lights
• Summer Hymns
• Sunday Runners
• Susan Enan
• Swan Dive
• Syd Matters
• Taylor
• Teddy Thompson
• Terry Taylor
• Tess Wiley
• The Bees (U.S.)
• The Believers
• The Bird & The Bee
• The Black Keys
• The Broken West
• The Brunettes
• The Changes
• The Chieftains
• The Choir
• The Comas
• The Comfies
• The Coming Grass
• The Concretes
• The Dears
• The Ditty Bops
• The Drams
• The Duhks
• The Elders
• The Golden Dogs
• The Hold Steady
• the innocence mission
• The John Butler Trio
• The Last Town Chorus
• The Like
• The Muckrakers
• The Orange Peels
• The Redwalls
• The Rewinds
• The Scourge Of the Sea
• The Thorns
• The Thrills
• The Waifs
• The Weepies
• The Wood Brothers
• The Zutons
• They Might Be Giants
• Tift Merritt
• Tim Easton
• Tim Miser
• Tim O'Reagan
• Tin Cup Prophette
• Tom Langford
• Tom Wilson
• Townes Van Zandt
• Tracey Grammer
• Tracy Bonham
• Tracy Spuehler
• Trashcan Sinatras
• TremulousMonk
• Trent Dabbs
• Tywanna Jo Baskette
• Umphrey's McGee
• Vic Chesnutt
• Victoria Williams
• Vienna Teng
• Volebeats
• Wanda Jackson
• Warren Zanes
• Weakerthans
• Wide Awake
• Willard Grant Conspiracy
• Wilshire
• Winterpills
• World Party
• Wovenhand
• Wrinkle Neck Mules
• Zak Morgan