Vocal powerhouse Rachael Price is a legend in the making. The lead singer of Lake Street Dive started her journey at a young age in international traveling choirs and jazz ensembles. While studying at New England Conservatory, Price met her fellow Lake Street Dive members. In May 2018 Lake Street Dive released the self-produced Free Yourself Up and has been busy touring in support of the album. On their rise to success over the past few years, they have sold out many of America's legendary venues, toured Europe and Australia, and made multiple national television appearances. During the band's downtime, Price is involved in a project with Vilray Bolles. With simple arrangements and only a guitar for accompaniment, Rachael & Vilray perform original works and revive forgotten gems of the jazz big bands and western swing ensembles. Their eponymous debut album, Rachael & Vilray, is out now on Nonesuch Records. Equal parts sass, gritty soul, and unfettered grace, Price has been called a “cool cannon blast of a voice” by Rolling Stone and continues to make fans from the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Mavis Staples, and Stephen Colbert.

www.lakestreetdive.com

Since his dream career of full-time musician and multi-instrumentalist in the bands the Faux Paws and the Revelers was ripped away last year, The Chris Miller has been making lots of coffee for himself. Now he’s vaccinated and is excited to make coffee for you too!

https://thefauxpaws.bandcamp.com

Celia Woodsmith is a GRAMMY Nominated performer, vocalist, and songwriter. Influenced by artists such as John Prine, Janis Joplin, Patsy Cline, and Mahalia Jackson she has molded her own vocal style that can be described as "one of a kind: gritty, muscular, folksy and intimate sometimes all at once" (Bluegrass Situation). A fixture of the New England roots scene, she has been hailed by the Boston Globe as "Unvarnished and intimate (...) but then sounds like she's about to part the Dead Sea".

In the last 10 years, Celia has released six albums with Nashville based string band Della Mae. In 2014 Della Mae was nominated for a Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY for their record "This World Oft Can Be". Their most recent album "Headlight" has been described as "...powerful writing, soaring vocals, and moving musical unity — challenge us, energize us, and touch us as they light the way. This is an album on which you can feel the emotions of the group in each song as they evoke anger, sadness, hopelessness, and joy". (No Depression)

The all-female Della Mae has performed in 19 countries with the US Department of State's cultural diplomacy program "American Music Abroad". Woodsmith spoke about her experiences with travel and music at TEDx Piscataqua River in Portsmouth, NH in a talk called "A Soft Drink and a Song in the Hills of Pakistan".

In 2016 Woodsmith took a hiatus from touring to write, listen, and reflect about her years on the road. With her husband she road-biked 1.700 miles from Geneva, Switzerland to Vlorë, Albania. In that time off she was able to write and record for her debut solo record "Cast Iron Shoes". The all original album combines raw, roots-rock with heart-searing songs like "Sicily" which paint a solemn picture of the global refugee crisis.

In March, 2020, Woodsmith found herself quarantined at her home in Kittery,ME. Off the road for the first time in 15 years, she has been focusing on writing, learning, teaching and rejuvenating her relationship with the outdoors.

As a person who grew up coming to Three Mile Island with her family in the summer time, Celia is a genuine “double agent” — equally familiar with the rhythms of the island with and without the Miles of Music people present!

www.dellamae.com

Photo credit to Amanda Kowalski

Dietrich Strause is a multi-instrumentalist from Cambridge, Massachusetts. His 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 to be one of the most prolific and eclectic writers and performers coming out of New England. He has taught songwriting at the Passim School of Music, played piano for English balladeer Sam Lee, recorded and produced an album of Chinese children’s songs, all the while touring the US and UK supporting folk luminaries such as Anais Mitchell, Sarah Jarosz, and more. Dietrich is an apprentice guitar builder at Outlier Workshop in Cambridge. More information can be found at www.dietrichstrause.com.

Elizabeth Ziman, who performs as Elizabeth and the Catapult, is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn. She's toured with the likes of Sara Bareilles and Kishi Bashi; collaborated with Esperanza Spalding, Gillian Welch, Blake Mills and Ben Folds; scored, with Paul Brill, a variety of international award-winning documentaries including "Trapped," a Peabody winner; and won an Independent Music Award for Songwriting. Her songs have been featured in national television campaigns for Google and Amazon. She recently composed for Sara Bareille’s new show, “Little Voice”. Always writing, Elizabeth has narrowed her vast collection of previously unrecorded material down to her fifth full-length studio album "Sincerely, e”, which she self-produced at home and released on Compass Records in March 2021.

https://www.elizabethandthecatapult.com

Jesse Harper is the founding member and lead singer of Acoustic Disc Recording Artists Old School Freight Train. He has toured and performed with many of his musical heroes including David Grisman, Madeleine Peyroux, Josh Ritter, Ricky Skaggs, Jason Mraz, kd lang, Bruce Hornsby, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, Phil Wiggins, Michael McDonald, Sara Bareilles, Colbie Callait, Christina Perri, Josh Groban, Jerry Douglas and many others. Jesse has released 2 records of his original songs: JH and His Best Intentions and One True Thing. Jesse Studied classical guitar and music composition at Virginia Commonwealth University and the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Jesse currently and plays in Charlottesville’s bluegrass super-group "Love Canon” The band has released 4 albums to date. Their most recent release “Cover Story” debuted at no. 1 on billboard’s bluegrass charts.

http://www.lovecanonmusic.com

Allie Chipkin is a Registered Vinyasa Yoga teacher with a variegated background in songwriting, dance, poetry, Spanish, and travel. Allie first delved into yoga for the physical benefits; however, she quickly realized how meditative movement and breathwork could calm the mind and reveal to her the joy in each passing moment.

Allie loves helping students access the power of presence during her class. She infuses poetry, music, and play into each breath of her sequences. Allie intends for her students to leave feeling inspired, spacious, and, most importantly, grateful to call their bodies “home.” Namaste!

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.

www.instagram.com/thomasbrownaffair