Kristin Andreassen is a singer, songwriter & percussive dancer whose music honors both the playful & the profound. She's toured with some of the most respected acoustic groups around: the stringband Uncle Earl, the "folk noir” singing trio Sometymes Why,  the Appalachian clogging troupe Footworks, and NYC's "anti-folk" superhero Jeffrey Lewis. Her originals range from the infectious rhythms of her #1 kids' hit "Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for Your Eyes” to the emotive soundscape in this shadow art video made with beloved MoM instructor Anna Roberts-Gevalt. 2018 promises a new trio album with drummer Shane Leonard & Punch Brother Chris Eldridge as well as an album of children's songs about emotions, co-created with Brooklyn psychiatrist Dr. Kari Groff for the Smithsonian Folkways label.  An experienced teacher & square dance caller, Kristin is a true believer in the transformative power of music camps for all ages. After studying creative writing, history and community development at Montreal’s McGill University, she is as surprised as her parents to have found a career where she employs all three of those skills in balance. www.kristinandreassen.com

Laura Cortese has built a distinguished career as an Americana fiddler, songwriter and vocalist. She is now one of the most in-demand musical collaborators on the folk circuit. She grew up in San Francisco, CA and moved to Boston, MA to study at Berklee College of Music, immersing herself in the city's vibrant indie music scene and enjoying a busy touring-and-studio career which included appearances with Band of Horses at Carnegie Hall and Pete Seeger at Newport Folk Festival. She tours internationally with her band, the Dance Cards. The group is bold and elegant, schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternatively inspire Cajun two-stepping and rock ’n’ roll hip swagger. Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards have appeared at venues and festivals throughout the US, UK, Sweden, Canada, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Estonia, Montenegro, Greece and Bangladesh pairing sophisticated string arrangements (two fiddles, cello & bass) and rich vocal harmonies with poignant and powerful singing. www.thisislauracortese.com

Lauren Balthrop is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter born and raised in Alabama where her family gatherings always included sing-alongs of the Everly Brothers, the Andrew Sisters, the Louvin Brothers, and the Beatles. After 10 years making her way in NYC, she heard the siren call of Nashville where she now calls home. Lauren has one solo album released with another one due out this year. This year, she partnered with NYC’s Blue Balloon Songwriting School to open her own music school in Nashville where she teaches the young ones to express themselves through songwriting. Her big folk-rock band and "small town" with her brother called Balthrop, Alabama toured all across the states to a cultish following. Her 60's inspired girl group, The Bandana Splits, has released two records with songs landing on shows such as HBO's 'Bored to Death'. She's also toured extensively as a multi-instrumentalist for Elizabeth & the Catapult and Ximena Sariñana. Lauren is a knitter and tap dancer too! www.laurenbalthrop.com

Zachariah Hickman is a double bassist, multi-instrumentalist and producer based out of Boston, MA. Originally from Lynchburg, VA, he received his formal training in jazz performance and composition from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. For most of his adult life he has toured with singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, traveling all over the world and recording 7 full-length albums. Currently, he is performing as bassist and musical director for Ray Lamontagne. He has performed at many notable venues and festivals, including Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks, Bonnaroo, Dublin Castle, The Fillmore, and the Royal Albert Hall. With Josh Ritter, he has also performed with the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall, the New York Pops in Central Park, and many other orchestras in Europe and the United States. Television appearances include five David Letterman appearances, Conan O’Brien, Ellen Degeneres, and Late Night with Jools Holland for the BBC. As a producer, Zachariah as made records with a number of talented singers, including Rose Cousins (for which he won a Canadian JUNO award), Mark Erelli, Laura Cortese, Miss Tess, and his own bluegrass band Barnstar! He has also produced and ring-mastered his own circus, released his own brand of mustache wax, and runs a vaudeville style variety show, Zack Hickman’s House of Ill Repute. www.wearebarnstar.com

Olivia Hally + Pepita Emmerichs are Oh Pep!. They met at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School as classical musicians when Liv moved from the island to the city as a 16yo kid. Since then they have studied at the University of Melbourne (Liv as a classical guitarist, Pep as a jazz violinist) and taken on the world as a pop duo. They have also spent time learning Appalachian Mountain Music from the greats in Tennessee, North Carolina and West Virginia and perform this music as Fat Cousin Skinny. They've joined a pop punk group with Angie McMahon called Good Option and performed their original music all over the world as Oh Pep!. They’ve been on tour with the Mountain Goats, Billy Bragg, Valerie June, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats, Lord Huron, Martha Wainwright, Lake Street Dive + some more. They've written with Ron Sexsmith, Valerie June, Joel Quartermain + some more. Liv is currently writing music for a play in NYC and Pepi sessions for various groups. They’ve got a supportive team around them of booking agents, record labels, management and a worldwide publishing deal with Sony ATV. In 2016 they released their debut album, Stadium Cake, and highly regarded tastemakers like NPR, The New York Time and Rolling Stone, all said nice things about them. They have facilitated songwriting and music business workshops with Woodford Folk Festival, the National Folk Festival and state government initiative, FReeZA. Liv is currently secretary of Folk Alliance Australia and focuses her time on their national youth development program. They each teach individually and like learning new things themselves. www.ohpep.com

Sean Staples has been a presence on the vibrant Cambridge/Somerville MA music scene for over 20 years. As a member of The Resophonics, Tim Gearan Band, Todd Thibaud Band, The Benders, and Session Americana, he's performed on every big stage and dimly-lit corner pub in town. He's won three Boston Music Awards as a member of the year's Outstanding Folk Act, Americana Act, and Ongoing Live Residency. He's produced and appeared on dozens of recordings, and maintains a busy schedule playing down the street and overseas. Sean is an original member of the long-running Sub Rosa Three Mile Island songwriting retreat and, as a result, is very familiar with the culture of collaboration and encouragement that embraces you when your bags land on the dock. He's good at music, less good at self promotion and finds writing about himself in the third person a little odd. 

Dietrich Strause’s songs are a mix of timeless melody, literate lyricism, and a "virtuosic command of imagery.” (The Artery, WBUR) In less than one year, Strause released two albums -- How Cruel That Hunger Binds and Dietrich Strause & The Blue Ribbons -- proving himself to be one of the most prolific and eclectic writers and performers coming out of New England.

His blend of mid-century modern pop and atomic-age folk has drawn comparisons to M. Ward and a young Paul Simon and has garnered him invitations to support folk luminaries such as Anais Mitchell and Sarah Jarosz, to indie pop acts like Great Lake Swimmers and Lake Street Dive. This fall he spent three months living in London and touring extensively throughout the UK & Ireland by train and foot, writing material for his next release. More information can be found at www.dietrichstrause.com.

Valerie Thompson is a native of Kansas City, MO. She began classical cello studies at the age of ten, and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a B.M. in music performance. She has performed in the Czech Republic as a participant of the Ameropa Chamber Music Festival, at the Banff International Youth Symphony Festival in Alberta, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with the Berklee String Orchestra. When not freelancing or teaching cello, Valerie can be heard in any of her fine musical projects FLUTTR EFFECT, the Yurodivy Quintet, and the Ephemeral Duet. www.valeriethompson.com

Sean Trischka is a drummer and singer/songwriter living in Boston, Massachusetts. Playing a wide range of styles, from folk to pop to heavy metal, Sean tours nationally and internationally with many groups, including The Stray Birds, Oh Pep!, The Stash Band, and Lula Wiles. His own project, Corporate Punk, combines pop music with jam band sensibilities and is releasing its debut album in early 2018. www.mycorporatepunk.com

Kelley Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist and sound artist based in Memphis, Tennessee. She studied jazz guitar at the South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts & Humanities and earned a Bachelor’s in Recording Industry Management from Middle Tennessee State University. She uses her experience in sound engineering to create unique textures, incorporating those soundscapes into more traditional song structures of the American musical canon. 

Anderson founded and toured internationally with the band Those Darlins, releasing two full-length albums and several singles with the group. She later recorded and toured as the Grand Strand, releasing a 7" record on Riot House Records and securing an opening spot on a tour for Richard Lloyd of the band Television. She founded the Southern Girls Rock Camp in 2003 and Youth Empowerment through Arts & Humanities (YEAH!) in 2006 to empower more young people through music.

She has shared a stage with a who-who’s of American rock, blues, country, folk and pop legends as wide ranging as John Fogerty, Jon Spencer, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Wanda Jackson. She currently performs under the name Crystal Shrine, a project in which she uses various sounds to produce eerie, Southern gothic folk and pop songs.

Born and raised in southwest Virginia, Sam Gleaves performs innovative mountain music with a sense of history.  Sam carries on the ballads and dance music he learned from numerous mentors in the Appalachian tradition including multi-instrumentalist Jim Lloyd and ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams. In 2015, Sam collaborated with producer Cathy Fink and released a debut record of original songs, titled Ain’t We Brothers, which has been featured by The Old Time Herald, the Guardian, National Public Radio, No Depression, and The Bluegrass Situation. In 2016, Sam toured in the UK supporting Peggy Seeger and in the US opening for John McCutcheon.  Sam tours extensively in the U.S. performing with fellow Southwest Virginia musician Tyler Hughes. The duo released a self-titled record in 2017 and their recording of Hughes' original song "When We Love" was featured by the Huffington Post.  Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Sam perform as Fink, Marxer and Gleaves and in 2017, the trio performed at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Appalachian novelist Lee Smith has heralded Sam as “the best young songwriter around . . courageous as hell and country to the bone.”  Sam teaches individual lessons in clawhammer banjo, guitar, dulcimer and fiddle and he has taught at many music camps, including the Augusta Heritage Center Vocal Week in Elkins, WV, Common Ground on the Hill Tradition Week at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD and Mountain Music School at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, VA. In 2016, author Silas House and Sam collaborated in writing the folk opera IN THESE FIELDS, commissioned by the Southern Foodways Alliance.  As a songwriter, Sam draws on his love of traditional music to tell stories from contemporary Appalachia and give voice to social issues through song.  

Originally from the North of England, Joy Askew has made New York City her home for over 30 years. In the 80s and 90s Joy led her own band as lead vocalist/keyboardist developing her songwriting to become a writer for Quincy Jones Music Publishing. During this time she also played and toured in the bands of such luminary artists as Joe Jackson, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Rodney Crowell and Jack Bruce and appeared in Laurie Anderson's quintessential movie “Home Of The Brave”.

In the last few years Joy has focused on her own records and inspired by memories of growing up in Newcastle, Joy recorded her latest album, “Queen Victoria” in Yorkshire England with The Brighouse & Rastrick Band, the most famous traditional British Brass Band. It was released in 2017.

Joy teaches voice at Stevens Institute of technology and has coached many artists in the recording studio and in preparation for tours & recording.

The Foghorn Stringband is the present day gold standard for real-deal hard-hitting genuine old-time American stringband music, with eight albums, thousands of shows, over 15 years of touring under their belts, and an entirely new generation of roots musicians following their lead. American roots music is a diverse and never-ending well of inspiration, and Foghorn Stringband continually and obsessively draws from old-time, bluegrass, classic country, and Cajun music traditions in an ongoing quest to present a broad span of American music with an unparalleled youthful energy, joy, and virtuosity.

The Foghorn Stringband is comprised four master performers: Caleb Klauder (vocals, mandolin, fiddle) from Orcas Island, Washington, Reeb Willms (vocals, guitar) from rural Farmer, Washington, Nadine Landry (vocals, upright bass) from the Gaspé Coast, Quebec and Stephen ‘Sammy’ Lind (vocals, fiddle, banjo) from Burnsville, Minnesota.

In performance, Foghorn gather around one microphone, balancing their music on the fly, and playing with an intense, fiery abandon. To the band, this music is as relevant today as it was at it’s birth a century ago. They see themselves not only as cultural revivalists, but also as historians and fans of this music. Their performances and recordings are a joyful celebration of music from a bygone era that still holds the power to delight audiences worldwide. www.foghornstringband.com

Sharon Leahy has spent a lifetime creating dance and theater for the stage, working with traditional forms to express/impress contemporary themes. As a choreographer she has been commissioned to create work by Jacob's Pillow, the National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project, and many others. She was an artist in residence at the University of Dayton and has taught master classes at colleges across the country. As Artistic Director of Rhythm in Shoes, she led an ensemble of dancers and musicians, touring nationally and internationally, presenting original performance art that was both surprising and familiar. Carry it on…Sharon's first dance for camera and has been seen at numerous dance film festivals including Dance on Camera at Lincoln Center, The International ScreenDance Festival at the American Dance Festival and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She has won the Blue Ribbon in the clogging contest at both the National Folk Festival at Wolftrap in Virginia and the Appalachian String Band Festival in West Virginia.

Rick Good is a founding member of the Hotmud Family, a twenty-four year veteran of Rhythm in Shoes and an Ohio Heritage Fellow. Rick is recognized and respected for his driving banjo, swinging guitar, heartfelt singing and crafty songwriting. With his wife and long-time collaborator, Sharon Leahy, Rick has made a life of creating critically-acclaimed performance art, rooted in American traditions. He’s written original music for dance, film and theater productions and his discography currently includes fifteen recordings made from 1974 to 2012, (Hotmud Family, Rhythm in Shoes, Sharon Leahy, ShoeFly, Red Clay Ramblers, and two solo ventures). Rick currently plays regularly with two fine bands: Good & Young and the Elements.

Few are more conscious in their journey through Appalachian histories and the Canadian musical landscape than Kaïa Kater. Born in Montreal, Kaïa has lived Winnipeg, Wakefield and, most recently, West Virginia. She now resides in Toronto. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as Rolling Stone, CBC Music and The Roots Music Report. Often praised for her capacity to sound new and old at once, Kaïa anchors her music the space where tradition and innovation intersect. www.kaiakater.com

Maya de Vitry is a Pennsylvania-raised, Nashville-based songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. She grew up calling many musical settings home, from old-time music festivals to symphony orchestras. She was formally educated by stints at UNC-Asheville and Berklee College of Music, and informally transformed by the months she spent busking around North America and Europe. She has spent the last six years touring the United States, Canada, and Europe with celebrated Americana band The Stray Birds. In 2017 she also spent a month in Cuba studying language and music, visited Morocco, and toured Jordan with Della Mae. In the midst of this motion, she adores the stillness, slowness, and deep presence and attention that is possible during this weeklong communion on Three Mile Island, and is thrilled to spend time with you this June!

Rennie Elliot is a singer, banjo player and drummer who spends her time between Brooklyn, Nashville & Austin.  She loves to play everything from old time, country, cajun, mariachi, punk, & viper jazz in such bands as Woody Pines, Kings County Queens, Wild Angles &  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She also works professionally in video production, tv commercials and film, as well as puts on camps and festivals. Rennie would love to help you get you started on drums, banjo, singing or video making. www.rennieelliot.com

“The Chris Miller” - as he is affectionately referred to - could not imagine his life without Miles of Music Camp. Chris plays a variety of instruments (banjo, clarinet, dobro, flute, t’fer), but it’s his captivating saxophone style that has brought him around the world and recently earned him a GRAMMY nomination with his band The Revelers (2016 Best Regional Roots Music). His versatility and sunny disposition have also earned him gigs with A.C Newman, Doug Wamble, The Mike & Ruthy Band, and as a mainstay addition to the Great Bear Trio. He splits his time between Brooklyn, NY, Lafayette, LA and The Road. www.chrismillersax.com

Having played and studied many instruments with many people in many places for many years, Charlie Rose has accumulated a cache of musicianship to share with students of all levels. He keeps pretty busy touring with Elephant Revival and Barnstar! as well as recording, writing, and producing. A long-standing regular in the Sub Rosa 3 Mile Island songwriting community and guest artist/sailing enthusiast at Miles of Music, Charlie is excited to officially be teaching at camp this year! www.charlierosemusic.com

Lula Wiles is a Boston-based roots trio and the first-ever Miles of Music Band-In-Residence. The band members (Isa Burke, Ellie Buckland, and Mali Obomsawin) met and started playing music together at a fiddle camp in their home state of Maine, and they honed their skills and their band's sound attending MoM as campers, so they're firm believers in the power of music camps. They count MoM as one of their most formative experiences as a band and as individual musicians. Their original songs blend country, old-time, and folk-rock sounds, all anchored by rich vocal harmonies and dynamic instrumental work on fiddle, guitar, and bass. They are deeply rooted in a variety of music traditions, but equally deep is their devotion to modern songcraft and lyrics that are fiercely honest, littered with reinvented folk tropes and evocative images. Comprised of three multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and singers, Lula Wiles brings a diverse range of musical passions and skills to their work. All three are alumnae of Berklee College of Music, and they have taught (individually and together) at Maine Fiddle Camp, Ossipee Valley String Camp, Miles of Music House Camp, and the Passim School of Music. www.lulawiles.com

Thomas Brown is a mixed media artist and an occasional songbird. Originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama and raised up in Louisville, Kentucky, he has now been based in New York City since 2008 working as an ice sculptor. In addition to ice sculptures, Thomas creates environmental art installations, and has collaborated on music videos with Anna and Elizabeth, Cuddle Magic, and Star Rover.  Through his collaboration with his mentor, Takeo Okamoto, and Okamoto Studio, Thomas had had the opportunity to show his work in many of the great venues of NYC, including the MET, the MoMA, Guggenheim, Lincoln Center,  MSG, Central Park, Columbus Circle, WTC, Rockefeller Center, NY Botanical Gardens, the House of Love, and many more. Sculpture has also given him the opportunity to travel to Japan, and the Middle East, and around the U.S.. He has been featured along with the studio on Iron Chef American three times. Thomas’ passion for working with ephemeral elements and for performing are exemplified during live carving exhibitions for the public to enjoy. These works invite the audience to embrace the experiential aspect of witnessing the creation of impermanent art objects and to be mindful of the moment as they change and disappear.

Brooklyn based fiddler and songster Adam Moss’ musical career can most easily be characterized by the variance of his influence. Adam loves and plays in the Klezmer, Bluegrass, Old-time and swing traditions which lends itself to a very unique and innovative style in performance setting. He is actively touring with his brother duo The Brother Brothers, but you may have seen him playing in the past with some of his favorite artists, such as Boston’s Session Americana, Brooklyns The Defibulators, Ana Egge, and Anais Mitchell’s “Hadestown,” to name a few.