Across
- 7. Veteran Blues singer guitarist from Massachusetts who will love you like a man (5,7)
- 8. Ireland's First Lady of The Blues since 1984 (4,8)
- 10. Country Rock guitarist. The Guv'nor!
- 11. London based Mayo native (6,7)
- 14. Acclaimed Americana singer and songwriter of Mercy Now (4,8)
- 15. Acclaimed Steely Dan tribute named after their masterpiece of jazz-rock perfection (3)
- 16. Liverpool singer songwriter and Amsterdam front man (3,6)
- 17. Northern Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter who was close to Chris Rea (4,5)
Down
- 1. Hi energy Bluegrass mandolinist singer from Tennessee on Midnight Run (4,6)
- 2. Chicago based Bluegrass band (7,9)
- 3. Scottish singer from Fairground Attraction (4,6)
- 4. Irish-American folk/bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (3,6)
- 5. The Bard of Salford (4,6,5)
- 6. Rising Americana artist often associated with 9 across (6,6)
- 8. Welsh singer songwriter (6,6)
- 9. The Rising Star of the County Down. Yabadabadooda! (6,5)
- 12. Belfast born poet and singer songwriter now resident in Melbourne (4,5)
- 13. The Poet Laureate of Twitter (5,7)