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2003 Pickathon is a live compilation of artists from the Portland, Oregon based 5th Annual Pickathon, which occurred in August of 2003. The artists included on 2003 Pickathon represent a cutting edge collection of roots music. Portland has been leading the country in reinvigorating traditional styles of music, and the results vary from somewhat familiar to a sound that is totally new. Driven by a youth culture that gravitates towards hearing, playing, and dancing to music that is often not popular with the same generation in those places where the music actually comes from. On any given night in Portland you can go out and hear the best in Irish, Bluegrass, Country, Swing, Blues, Old-Time, Roots Rock, and more. The live Pickathon recordings capture this vast dynamic unique to the Northwest. This is the fourth in the series of live Pickathon recordings.