XFS - the Xtreme Folk Scene because FOLK MUSIC should Kick your ASS !.

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*** WINERIES***  County Creek Winery - The official Wine supplier to the XFS.

***ARTISTS***

Psych-a-Billy - Breathtaking-in-it's-primative splendor, hillbilly band.

Boris Garcia - Easy to Like. Hard to Define. Doo-wop, Philly soul. Jamgrass?

Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams -punk-classical-hillbilly-Floyd

Full Frontal Folk - Four fabulous female voices, redefining folk music in all the right ways!

Something Black - an amazing repertoire spanning 5 decades of music.

Groovelily - Awesome energy, electric folk rock, a must see.

Electric Man - Steve Perlsweig, one of a kind electronic folk wonder

Stephen Marmel - A one man sound sensation

The Kennedys - XFS poster children.

Adam Brodsky - A great remedy for so much of today's "folk" music.

Mark Furman Band

Andy and Denise The dynamic duo of pholk, check out their fantastic debut CD, "Sunshine in Goodbye". Definitely stuff to keep you from jumping off the bridge.

Eddie From Ohio - Amazing folk quartet out of Virginia. Their latest album, "Looking Out The Fishbowl" was in my CD player for weeks straight.

Rusty: Singer/ Songerwriter

Erik Balkey - Thoughtful lyrics accompanied by sparse and deliberate acoustic guitarwork.

Broadside Electric - Everything you wanted to know about Broadside Electric is just a hyperlink away.

Eric Schwartz - His humor and talent ring loud and clear.

All About Buford - All About Buford is a pop-funk vocal band formed April of 2000. Their varied individual musical influences shape their repertoire, so you'll hear pop, jazz, r&b, world music, and contemporary acoustic sounds.

 

***ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES***

Philadelphia Folksong Society

Antifolk.net   - we love the folks at AntiFolk.Net

North American Folk Alliance

Susquehanna Folk Music Society 

AcousticMusicScene.com - News and Commentary for the Folk, Roots and Singer-Songwriter Communities. 

FolkMusic.org

WXPN

www.hober.com - Acoustic Folk Internet Radio

The Ark - A 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to presenting a wide spectrum of music genres

***On Line Music***

Wumb Radio Boston - Where Musical roots are still growing

Folk Alley - Folk Alley strives to bring folk music to the world via the Internet

BBC on Demand Folk Programs

Mike Harding BBC 2 National Folk Show

Folkwaves - Folkwaves is Derbyshire's, and the East Midlands', premier folk programme.

Celtic Heartbeat - Frank Hennessy with the best in folk-roots and acoustic music from the Celtic nations and the world. From BBC Wales.

Folk Club - Colum Sands presents a weekly feast of the best traditional and contemporary folk music and song. From BBC Ulster.

BBC Full Folk Listing - The list of all folk programs from the BBC.

 

What We Do

The XFS is a music organization created through its founders' faith in the excitement of originality in folk music.

The XFS is dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of folk music, with a determined emphasis on that which is original, daring and extreme. 

The XFS defines extreme as exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected.

The XFS is dedicated to giving a voice to original folk musicians especially those based in the Greater Delaware Valley.

The XFS is dedicated to presenting original folk music from around the world to audiences in the Greater Delaware Valley. 

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About Us

The XFS is a 501c3 registered non profit corporation in the State of Pennsylvania

EMail us at xfsinfo@xfsmusic.org

 

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