News and events: Northwest Women's Music Celebration, April 25-27 New CD! Coming Home- released November, 2007 Now sound clips are available for some of Motherlode's songs; on the Discography page. Order CDs and other-lode items

Motherlode, a dynamic group of four women from Bellingham, Washington and Portland, Oregon, have been performing together for 26 years.

Motherlode has six albums to their credit: Dance the Afternoon Away, Everything Possible, Heartline, Precious Stone, Circle on the Sand, and Motherlode Live and Laughing.

The group regularly plays to enthusiastic audiences from Vancouver, B.C. to Los Angeles, California, including venues such as the Seattle Folklife Festival, the McCall Music Festival (Idaho), the Corvallis Fall Festival, the Seattle Museum of History and Industry, Berkeley's Freight and Salvage, and colleges and universities throughout the northwest and California. They have shared stages with such nationally known artists as Ronnie Gilbert, Tom Paxton, Theresa Trull, Judy Small, and songwriter Betsy Rose, who describes Motherlode as "packing a lot of energy, humor and heart into their music."

The four artists write much of their own material, encompassing love songs, political satire, traditional ballads, and songs addressing contemporary issues while emphasizing positive solutions. They are known for their warmth, spontaneity and rapport with their audiences, which invariably sing along at the invitation of the artists.

Nan, Kathleen, Marie and Janet play a total of fifteen different instruments in the course of their concerts, including acoustic guitars, 'cello, bass, dobro, flute, French horn, mandolin, harmonica, trumpet, and a variety of percussion instruments.