Interesting things from trip part 1:
John Butler Trio:
http://www.myspace.com/johnbutlertrio
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...tler+trio&aq=f
Never heard of the them before.
The April Uprising album is quite cool. It is not folk music, but folk music is at its core: Wikipedia lists them as a Roots Rock/Jam Band; there are echoes (either conscious or unconscious) of Blues, Reggae, Ska, The Police, Midnight Oil, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc. They are kind of like a younger and hipper version of the Vancouver area group, Spirit of the West.