The Head and The Heart – Dawes – Bon Iver – Feist – Andrew Bird – Laura Marling – Other Lives – honeyhoney – The Sheepdogs – Feist – Cat Power – Jeff Mangum – First Aid Kit – Lissie – Other Lives – M. Ward – Fanfarlo – The Growlers
Folk- Rock/Acoustic Spotify Playlist (click to play):
This year’s lineup includes a range of folk based acts. Featuring one of this year’s most prolific female vocalists, Feist, along with other female-driven groups such as First Aid Kit, Cat Power and Lissie. Bon Iver comes into Coachella with a ton of notoriety after a very successful year with their self titled album.
Follow the Wilbur- Dawes
The complete antithesis to their hometown culture, this Los Angeles based band has been receiving tons of accolades for their grassroots folk rock. Their Album Nothing Is Wrong has been voted one of this year’s top albums by independent radio stations across the country land this band has been touring with the likes of Mumford and Sons and Blitzen Trapper.
Watch- When My Time Comes
The Head and The Heart, another band signed to Sub Pop Records, is one of many leading folk based bands coming from Seattle. Best seen up close and personal.
Listen To: “Down in the Valley”
G's Guide to Coachella 2012 
Comments on: "Folk/Folk Rock/Acoustic" (2)
I’m excited to see Bon Iver, who are supposed to put on an emotionally charged show with amazing vocals.
Check out “Skinny Love,” for an example of the first album’s acoustic singalong feel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMmr1oMPGA
“Holocene” provides an example of the more electronic-based sound of Bon Iver’s eponymous album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWcyIpul8OE
Great stuff Scott, thanks. I’m hoping that they play on a smaller, enclosed stage so that the acoustics are tight.