Bands that play two or more styles of music from at least two parts of the world.
banjo, vocal
Bands: Andy Pond and the CX-1 Blackhole Bluegrass Boys, CX-1
tenor sax
Bands: SambaDa
bass
Bands: Pele Juju
percussion
Bands: Vinyl, Solo
B-Side Playersacoustic guitar, vocal
Bands: Drinking With Clowns
Barbara plays everything from new age, folk, Celtic, bluegrass to pop/rock.
piano, violin, vocal
Bands: Solo, Montreux, Darol Anger/Barbara Higbie Quintet, Bonnie Raitt, Michael Hedges, Bobby McFerrin, Laurie Lewis, Teresa Trull, Ferron, Cris Williamson, Holly Near, Terry Riley, the Kronos Quartet, Katrina Krimsky, Henry Kaiser, Rob Wasserman, Jaron Lanier, Carlos Santana
Exceptional, classically trained acoustic guitarist who took Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Course and co-founded the California Guitar Trio.
acoustic guitar
Bands: California Guitar Trio, League of Crafty Guitarists
guitar
Bands: Vinyl
drums, tabla, percussion, vocal
Bands: Andy Pond and the CX-1 Blackhole Bluegrass Boys, Snake Oil Medicine Show, CX-1
guitar, vocal, percussion
Bands: Delta Nove
percussion
Bands: New Monsoon
keys, vocal, produced U2
Bands: Solo, Roxy Music, 801
djembe, vocal
Bands: Pele Juju
Richards (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lams (Brussels, Belgium) and Moriya (Tokyo) are incredibly talented acoustic guitarsts who met at Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Courses in 1987 and played in his League of Crafy Guitarists. They play a jaw dropping, all-instrumental mix of classical, rock, blues, jazz, world and surf music.
Paul Richards - acoustic guitar
Bert Lams - acoustic guitar
Hideyo Moriya - acoustic guitar
vocal
Bands: Solo
bass, vocal, guitar, drums, keys
Bands: Solo, JoJo Kuo & The Afro-Beat Collective
vocal, guitar, alto sax, rubboard
Bands: Mumbo Gumbo, The Websters, Solo
percussion, congas
Bands: Sol Jibe
guitar, vocal
Bands: Naomi & the Courteous Rudeboys
drums
Bands: Parallel 23
From Asheville, North Carolina, they deftly mix reggae, bluegrass, jazz, Indian, Latin, funk and klezmer, often with three genres in one song!
vocal, percussion
Bands: Pele Juju
trumpet
Bands: Chopteeth, Zeala
drums
Bands: Living Daylights
vocal, percussion
Bands: SambaDa
trumpet
Bands: Vinyl
drums
Bands: The Motet
guitar, vocal, Kona and Weissenborn Hawaiian lap steel guitar, Turkish saz and chumbus, Middle Eastern oud, Irish bouzouki, banjo, violin
Bands: Solo, David Lindley & El Rayo-X, Wally Ingram, Jackson Browne, the Kaleidoscope, Ry Cooder, Henry Kaiser, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby & Nash, Warren Zevon, Hani Naser
drums
Bands: Pele Juju
vocal, dance, percussion
Bands: Hamsa Lila
Rob Covacevich - tenor sax, vocal, percussion, clarinet, flute
Bobby Easton - guitar, vocal, percussion, whistle
Matt "Viking" Welch - bass, percussion, vocal
Dominic Feedham - drums, percussion, vocal
John Harrington - trumpet (ex-member)
Heath Bennett - percussion, vibes, steel drum (ex-member)
drums, percussion, vocal
Bands: Delta Nove
tenor sax
Bands: The Motet
tenor sax, flute
Bands: Vinyl
Baldo Bobadilla - acoustic guitar, vocal
Marrio Williams - drums, percussion, vocal
Kris Trujillo - drums, percussion, vocal
Martin Arroyo - bass
alto sax
Bands: Pele Juju
Mishmash of rock, blues, ska, jazz, Brazilian, funk, calypso and Afrobeat.
Kalimba, melodica, keyboard, jaw harp, percussion
Bands: Hamsa Lila
bass
Bands: The Motet
drums
Bands: SambaDa
bass
Bands: Vinyl
bass, guitar, vocal
Bands: Andy Pond and the CX-1 Blackhole Bluegrass Boys, Snake Oil Medicine Show, CX-1
keys
Bands: The Motet
Nikila Badua - vocal, dance, percussion
Deja Solis - vocal, dance, percussion
M.J. Greenmountain - vocal, congas, djembe, talking drum, percussion
Ian "Inkx" Herman - drums, samples
Vir McCoy-Sintir - bass
Evan Fraser - Kalimba, melodica, keyboard, jaw harp, percussion
percussion, vibes, steel drum
Bands: Delta Nove
drums, samples
Bands: Hamsa Lila
dulcimer, percussion
Bands: Zilla, Hanuman, Solo
keys
Bands: Parallel 23
bass, guitar, vocal
Bands: Andy Pond and the CX-1 Blackhole Bluegrass Boys, Acoustic Syndicate, CX-1
sax
Bands: Pele Juju
vocal, piano, guitar, percussion
Bands: Entrain
bass, vocal, guitar
Bands: The Jeff Pershing Band, The Dana Hubbard Band
vocal
Bands: The Duhks
trumpet, vocal, percussion
Bands: Delta Nove
keys, organ
Bands: Vinyl
guitar, percussion
Bands: Entrain
guitar, vocal
Bands: The Duhks
bass
Bands: Naomi & the Courteous Rudeboys
drums, turntable, guitar, vocal
Bands: Sol Jibe, Keyser Soze, Sly Buford, Sonic Nation (formerly The Electrosonics), Mr. Beegle, Jambalaya Blue
bass
Bands: SambaDa
drums, percussion, vocal
Bands: Drinking With Clowns
bass, percussion, vocal
Bands: Entrain
banjo, violin, vocal
Bands: The Duhks
Bill McKay - organ, keys, vocal
Drew Emmitt - mandolin, violin, guitar, vocal
Greg Garrison - bass
Jose Martinez - drums
Mark Vann - banjo
Noam Pikelny - banjo
Vince Herman - guitar, vocal
Jeff Sipe - drums
vocal, congas, djembe, talking drum, percussion
Bands: Hamsa Lila
percussion
Bands: SambaDa
tenor sax
Bands: Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra, Dub is a Weapon, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Schmendricks, The Woes, The Chris Conly Trio+1, The Medicine Women Roots Ensemble, The Monster Zero Orchestra, The Ideas, Benny Reitveld, Thought, HiLoFi, Kyle Jason and the Soul Power Movement, Soul Be It, Fire of Space, Eagle Ager, The Dirty Gauchos, Kiss Kiss, TV on the Radio, Irv Irving, The Pimps of Joytime
guitar
Bands: The Motet
drums, percussion, vocal
Bands: Drinking With Clowns
bass
Bands: Drinking With Clowns
drums
Bands: New Monsoon, Blue Man Group
percussion
Bands: Parallel 23
bass, vocal, percussion
Bands: Delta Nove
percussion, guitar, drums, flute
Bands: Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, Jamiroquai, James Taylor Quartet, Jesus Alemani, Snowboy, Alex Wilson, Tumbaito, Herman Oliveira, Paul McCartney, Paul Young, Dennis Rollins, Kaidi Tatham, Dego McFarland, Afroshock, Ezzthetic, F-Ire Collective, Meta Meta, Fire Large Ensemble, Oren Marshall
vocal, guitar
Bands: Michael Franti & Spearhead
Mix of Hip Hop, Reggae, Afrobeat, Latin and Funk.
bass
Bands: Mumbo Gumbo
vocal, guitar
Bands: Solo
acoustic guitar, vocal
Bands: Sol Jibe
guitar, vocal
Bands: Pele Juju
Michael Palmer - bass
Chris Webster - vocal, alto sax, percussion, acoustic guitar, rubboard
Tracy Walton - guitar, vocal
Reggie Marks - tenor sax, vocal, percussion
Steve Stizzo - keys, accordion
Russell Kreitman - keys, vocal
Naomi Gongola - vocal, acoustic guitar
Justin Degenhardt - bass
Cole deFaymoreau - guitar, vocal
Johnny B - drums
vocal, acoustic guitar
Bands: Naomi & the Courteous Rudeboys
vocal, dance, percussion
Bands: Hamsa Lila
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal, percussion
Bands: SambaDa
Matt Lucas - percussion
Jacob Moen - keys
Colin Douglas - drums
Sam Bevan - bass
guitar, vocal
Bands: Simon & Garfunkel, Solo
bass
Bands: JoJo Kuo & The Afro-Beat Collective, Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra, The Torsos, Etta James, Eric Bolivar, Chris Berry
Molly Higbie - guitar, vocal
Annie Steinhardt - bass, violin
Dana Hutson - vocal, percussion
Brindle - djembe, vocal
Deb Lane - drums
Jayn Pettingill - sax
Shelley Doty - guitar
Afia Walking Tree - percussion
Trace Ashleigh - percussion, vocal (ex-member)
Elaine Beggelman - alto sax (ex-member)
sax, percussion, vocal
Bands: Entrain
tabla, percussion
Bands: New Monsoon
tenor sax, vocal, percussion
Bands: Mumbo Gumbo
bass, vocal
Bands: Solo, ATN Stadwijk, Vinnie Colauita, Susheela Raman, Djavan, Mike Stern, Gil Goldstein, John Legend, Didier Lockwood, Eric Lelann Marc Fosset, André Ceccarelli, Manu Dibango, Salif Keita, Joe Zawinul, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Chaka Khan, Harry Belafonte, Tito Puente, Bob James, Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Steve Gadd, Joni Mitchell, Harry Connick Jr., Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Queen Latifah, Jacky Terrasson, Bobby McFerrin, David Sandborn, Joe Sample, Chick Corea, George Benson
tenor sax, flute, clarinet, vocal, percussion
Bands: Delta Nove
Excellent all-instrumental, acoustic guitarists from Mexico.
keys, vocal
Bands: Naomi & the Courteous Rudeboys
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Parallel 23
percussion, trombone
Bands: Entrain
Dandha Da Hora - vocal, percussion
Gary Kehoe - drums
Kevin Dorn - bass
Marcel Menard - percussion
Anne Stafford - tenor sax
Papiba Godinho - guitar, vocal, percussion
percussion
Bands: The Motet
percussion
Bands: The Duhks
guitar
Bands: Solo
guitar
Bands: Pele Juju
keys, accordion
Bands: Mumbo Gumbo
tenor sax, alto sax, baritone sax, flute, guitar
Bands: Aphrodesia, Mitch Marcus Quintet, MMQ + 13, Amaldecor, Japonize Elephants, Immersion Composition Society
violin, vocal
Bands: The Duhks
Tania Elizabeth - violin, vocal
Scott Senior - percussion
Leonard Podolak - violin, banjo, vocal
Jordan McConnell - acoustic guitar, vocal
Sarah Dugas - vocal
Jessee Havey - vocal (ex-member)
Jeff Pershing - guitar, bass, vocal
Robert Fripp - acoustic guitar
Scott Messersmith - percussion
Dave Watts - drums
Dominic Lalli - tenor sax
Greg Raymond - keys
Garrett Sayers - bass
Mark Donovan - guitar
drums
Bands: Entrain
Utterly phenomenal Australian acoustic guitarist who picks with all ten fingers (fingerstyle) and is quite an energetic and humorous live performer. Safe as can be to say he's among the three best acoustic guitarists.
acoustic guitar, drums
Bands: Chet Atkins, Joe Walsh, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Les Paul, Tina Turner
baritone sax, tenor sax
Bands: Solo, The Tony Kofi Trio +1, Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, The Jazz Warriors, Billy Higgins, Branford Marsalis, Byron Wallen's Indigo, Claude Deppa's A.J.E. & Horns Unlimited, Cheikh Tidiane Fall Quintet, Clifford Jarvis, Courtney Pine, Digable Planets, Donald Byrd , Dr Lonnie Smith, Eddie Henderson, Gary Crosby's Nu-Troop, Jean Toussaint Big Band, Julian Arguelles, Julian Joseph Big Band, Jazz Jamaica Allstars, Queen Latifah, Ralph Moore, Salt'n'Pepper, The David Murray Big Band, US-3, The Township Express Orchestra, Tim Richards' Great Spirit, The Grand Union Orchestra, Andrew Hill's Anglo-American Big Band, Sam Rivers Rivbea Orchestra, Lucky Ranku's African Jazz Allstars
percussion, vocal
Bands: Pele Juju
guitar, vocal
Bands: Mumbo Gumbo
Geoff Vaughan - bass
Jon Korty - organ, harmonica
Billy Frates - guitar
Alex Razon - drums
Danny Cao - trumpet
Aaron Saul - alto sax
Doug Thomas - tenor sax, flute (ex-member)
Johnny Durkin - percussion (ex-member)
Sean Onorato - percussion (ex-member)
Antonio Onorato - percussion (ex-member)
bass
Bands: Hamsa Lila
vocal, guitar, percussion
Bands: Solo, Dave Matthews, Xavier Rudd, Derek Trucks, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Mink Deville, Solo