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GoldenOak

GoldenOak’s music is rooted in the natural landscape- their songs move like a stream, meandering and weaving in an original yet grounding direction. Fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall GoldenOak’s music calmly excites its listeners while nestled in rich folk-influenced sibling harmony. The Maine-based band has built a steady and growing fan base with this kind of energetic intimacy. This is perfectly represented in the group's latest album “Room to Grow”- A 10-song reflection of the emotional and physical impacts of the climate crisis. The band is rounded out by up-right bassist Mike Knowles and Drummer Jackson Cromwell.

Tall Heights

Boston's Tall Heights thinks the sound of togetherness is profound right now. Childhood friends Paul Wright and Tim Harrington (cello/guitar harmony duo), once street performed 100 days straight to fund their earliest recordings. In the time since, Tall Heights has released 3 studio albums to critical acclaim and major streaming success (400 million streams to date). They appeared on Conan O'Brien, CBS This Morning, and their songs have been featured on Grey's Anatomy, American Idol, and many more. Most recently, after opening a tour for Ben Folds, Folds invited Tall Heights to stay on the road with him as his backing band. After a few momentous tours as such, Folds invited them to Nashville in 2022. There they apprenticed under a master, helping Ben Folds write and record his new album, 'What Matters Most' (New West, 2023). On the back of such years honing their craft on the road and in the studio, Tall Heights enters 2024 with their 4th studio LP in hand. The album, to be released this fall, debuts an ambitious living snapshot of 1 week in an open room in western Massachusetts. It is the sound of an old and deep friendship breathing together in a place in time.

Lizzie No

Lizzie No is a folk rock band, a singer-songwriter, and a revolutionary artist in the Black Womanist tradition. Their acclaimed genre-defying third studio album, 'Halfsies,' was released in 2024. Rolling Stone named Lizzie one of their "Future 25" artists of the year, and country ballad "The Heartbreak Store" was nominated for International Song of the Year at the Americana UK awards. The 'Halfsies' tour made stops all across the United States and Europe, including shows with Iron & Wine and Dispatch. In January 2025 they released the electrifying live album 'Commie Country.'

As cohost of the Basic Folk podcast and contributing writer at the Bluegrass Situation, Lizzie has interviewed luminaries from across the roots music universe, including Ben Harper, Molly Tuttle, Swamp Dogg, and Billy Bragg.

Lizzie was born in the Bronx, raised in New Jersey, and now resides in North Nashville when off the road. They are funding their artistic pursuits via OnlyFans under the username handsomelizzie. No is a graduate of Stanford University, a dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Berlin's mom. Berlin is a dog and a wizard.

Louisa Stancioff

Born and raised in rural Maine, Stancioff has emerged as a gifted writer with a cinematic eye for richly detailed, emotionally-charged character studies. A nomadic soul who spent stints living in Alaska, California, New York, and North Carolina before returning home to Maine, Stancioff grew up learning traditional Bulgarian music from her paternal grandfather’s side of the family and reveled in singing American folk and roots tunes with her friends. Now settled in Warren, Maine, Stancioff released her debut album "When We Were Looking" in April 2024 with Yep Roc Records. She has toured it extensively through the US, opening for renown bands such as Darlingside, Blitzen Trapper and Pokey Lafarge.

Ben Cosgrove

Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as “a sonic plein-air painter… [using] his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has performed in every U.S. state except for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. 

Ben's music has been called "beautiful and fascinating" (The Maine Edge), "deeply impressive" (Independent Clauses), and "immediately evocative and fully arresting... brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital" (Seven Days). His latest record, Bearings, a collection of improvisation-based music that reflects upon the relationship between movement and place, was named one of the top albums of 2023 by Sound of Boston, who in their review described Ben as "a master of painting sonic portraits of curious, unexpected places."

Cilla Bonnie

Cilla Bonnie is a bassist, singer and songwriter whose groovy, edgy music creates a space for introspection and chill. Over the past 15+ years she’s performed, toured and recorded in numerous projects across the country. In 2020 she released her fourth recording project, ‘August’ and is currently working on a full length album to drop in 2025. In addition to her solo project, Cilla currently plays bass for the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest Winner, Alisa Amador, Portland-based Katie Matzell and Boston-based soul artist Ali McGuirk.

Splendid Torch

Massachusetts-based band Splendid Torch dwells in spontaneity and synthesis, conjuring an unexpectedly broad sound. Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Lily Sexton (lead vocals, fiddle, guitar), Sean Davis (acoustic & electric guitar, vocals), Karl Helander (percussion) and Josh Ballard (bass), Splendid Torch calls on textured lyricism, collective rhythmic feel, & poignant vocal performances that evoke their varied influences, ranging from George Harrison to Emmylou Harris, The Band to John Hartford. Their debut album ICON will be released in the spring of 2025.

Midnight Breakfast

Midnight Breakfast is an indie-soul sextet based in Portland, Maine. Originating from Orono, Midnight Breakfast began as spontaneous late-night gatherings among college friends. From these humble beginnings, the group has become a dynamic musical ensemble. Current members include Jennifer Shevlin-Fernandes (vocals), Reggie Kollman (drums), Benjamin Flanagan(bass), Loren Pinkham (saxophone), Evan Dickson (guitar), and Myles Kelley(keys).

Initially covering pop standards and funk tunes, they recorded their self-titled debut album during quarantine and released it in January 2021. In 2023, the band returned with their EP Bleeding Red, an exploration of grappling with life’s complexities and the quest for clarity amidst uncertainty.

Over the past four years, the group has traveled across the East Coast and provided support for notable artists such as Sammy Rae & The Friends, Upstate, Stolen Gin, and Bermuda Search Party.

With their unique blend of groovy melodies, kaleidoscopic improvisation, and blissfully jazz-kissed vocals, Midnight Breakfast delves into themes of love, self-discovery, and the universal search for meaning.

Chase Winn

Chase Winn is a songwriter and performer from Western, Maine. Chase’s style blends folk, country, and blues influences to create an americana sound reflective of the rugged, rural foothills and rivers where he resides. He has honed in his chops performing with The Chicken Street Band while being featured on 207 Maine, and as an opening act for The Mallett Brothers band and Griffin William Sherry. Chase is currently working on a self-produced recording project, scheduled for release in 2025.