* APOCALYPTICA www.apocalyptica.com — four Finnish cellists who have recorded the music of Metalica.

* BEYOND THE WOOD www.beyondthewood.com - Beyond The Wood - World Music Ensemble -Acoustic / Classical / Indie

* BONFIREMADIGAN www.bonfiremadigan.com - bonfiremadigan

* BREAK OF REALITY www.breakofreality.com - Three cellists and a drummer who have stretched and broken the boundaries of classical music.

* BUDDHAKOWSKI www.buddhakowski.com — San Francisco based rock band with cellist Mica Pollock.

* CAYUGA JAZZ ENSEMBLE with Chris White - www.newdirectionscello.com/chriswhite/index.htm - original jazz, Latin jazz and world influences

* CELLORHYTHMICS www.cellorhythmics.com — British Non Classical Cello Ensemble with percussion.

* CHEYENNE BROWN AND SEYLAN BAXTER www.celloharp.com - Scottish traditional cello, song and harp duo.

* CHANNELING OWEN www.channelingowen.com — cellist Mika Larson plays in this band, which is getting some national press and spins on College radio

* CHANCE www.heartistrymusic.com - A cello and vocal duo with cellist Ed Willet and singer Cheryl Leah. Performing at the New Directions Cello Festival in 2003.

* CLOUDCULT www.cloudcult.com — is a Minneapolis based band with cello, singer/songwriter guitarist, keyboards, bass and drums combining folk and electronic music.

* CROOKED STILL www.crookedstill.com - this neo-bluegrass outfit is redefining traditional music with unusual instrumentation: cello, banjo, bass, and voice,

* ELLIE COME HOME www.elliecomehome.com - A five-piece indie/pop orchestra featuring cello, violin, piano, bass, drums and vocals.

* FAR CORNER www.far-corner.com — is a Milwaukee based band

* FIDDLESTICKS www.fiddle-sticks.com - a family group playing Celtic & American Folk Music, with New Directions cellist Liz Davis exploring the frontiers of Celtic, bluegrass and Old Time Cello fiddling

* GIANTfingers www.dustywright.com/giant.html - This chamber-art-rock collective with cellist Matt Goeke sounds like a what if David Byrne went back to his roots and only played classic music vibe.

*HAMPTON STRING QUARTET www.monalisasound.com — see Mona Lisa Sound

* INCUS www.angelfire.com/goth/incus - Boston area tribal goth band with NDCA cellist Karen Langlie

* THE JASON BLAKE BAND www.jasonblakeband.com - The Jason Blake Band is a Chicago based trio headed by a Chapman Stick player Jason Blake with cello and drums/tabla.

* MONTANTA SKIES www.montanaskiesmusic.com —The guitar and cello duo of Jonathan and Jennifer Adams

* MONA LISA SOUND www.monalisasound.com - publishes sheet music of classic rock (Led Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles, etc.) string quartet arrangements by the Hampton String Quartet

* NEPTUNE QUARTET www.neptunequartet.com - Improvisational band playing mostly originals on cello, mandolin, guitar and bass. Influences: Django, tango, Zappa and Hank Williams.

* THE NUDES www.nudesmusic.com — acoustic rock duo featuring cellist Stephanie Winters + guitar and vocals.

* ORANJ SYMPHONETTE http://www.rykodisc.com/RykoInternal/Features/255/Default.htm — Bay Area band led by cellist Matthew Brubeck.

* QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO www.quartetsanfrancisco.com A string quartet which specializes in tango, jazz, funk and pop.

* RASPUTINA www.rasputina.com — a modern post-rock trio that goes by the nickname "The Ladies' Cello Society." "The sound of the past colliding with the future"

* ROYAL GARDEN TRIO www.theroyalgardentrio.com - Michigan based group playing Django Reinhardt / Stephane Grappelli-type swing jazz with cello, clarinet & guitar

* SERA SMOLEN and TOM MANKS www.itownrecords.com/tmss - This is the website for their new CD.

* SIBIEL http://sibiel.free.fr - is an unusual French string trio featuring Jean-Philippe Feiss, cello, T. Founel, guitar & laoud and T. Girard on acoustic bass.

* STRING THING www.stringthing.de - is a string quartet based in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany which has been around for 12 years playing jazz, tango, minimal, funk, folk, even classical.

* SWINGBOOTY www.kmusic.com/swingbooty.html - Gypsy swing jazz from Knoxville.

* TANGOCEROUNO http://tango01.freeservers.com — Argentine tango duo with cellist Patricio Villarejo.

* TREADMILL TRACKSTAR http://imusic.com/showcase/modern/treadmilltrackstar.html — a rock group with cellist Heidi Brown

* THE TARAB CELLO ENSEMBLE www.tarabcello.com — is a professional octet of cellists, founded in 2000 at the Eastman School of Music dedicated to the commissioning, premiering and performing of new works for eight celli.

* TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET www.tisq.com - The world's leading improvising string quartet

* VAGABOND OPERA www.vagabondopera.com - a Portland, Oregon based ensemble featuring cellist Evalt "Skip" Von Kuske, has been entertaining audiences with their unique bohemian absurdist style for the last three years.

* VITRIOLA www.mp3.com/vitriola — a gothic/industrial group from NY, featuring vocalist/cellist Karen Mittelstadt over heavy guitars and electronics.

* WATER BEAR www.waterbearmusic.com - a string group (violins, cello and bass) based in Ithaca NY which plays original "name music," compositions based on people's names with improvisation.

* THE WINKS www.thewinks.net - are a Cello and Mandolin duo that composes their own pieces and songs

* WYNDFALL www.wyndfallrecords.com - Celtic Jazz & Folk Rock with Laurie Haines Reese, Cello, Tom Reese, Flutes & Whistle, plus guitar & flute.

* ZEN FOR PRIMATES www.bummertent.com/Zen%20Web.htm — cabaret-rock ensemble based in PA, with NCDA cellist Jodi Beder