Aengus Finnan is a Canadian folk musician and arts organiser. He is currently the Executive Director of Folk Alliance International.

Faintheart is an American indie rock band hailing from Manhattan, Kansas. Faintheart is set to release their new record, "The Overview Effect" March 30th 2018.

Sawyer Fredericks is an American singer–songwriter who won the eighth season of The Voice in 2015. Hailing from his family's farm in upstate New York, he is fast establishing himself as an authentic, original, Americana artist with deep, beyond-his-years lyrics and melodies, raw, soulful vocals, & powerful live performances.

This nomadic husband and wife duo was just named Artist of the Year at the 2018 International Folk Music Awards. Ordinary Elephant captivates listeners with their well-honed combination of insightful writing, effortless harmonies and intertwined clawhammer banjo and guitar.

Gayle Skidmore is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California living in the Netherlands.

Jessica Cole is the owner/mastermind of Lyric House • a full service music licensing & publishing company based out of Los Angeles.

Emily Capshaw is a sound engineer and an actress from Los Angles, California. We caught up with Emily as she was passing through Kansas City as part of the mixing crew on Kendrick Lamar's "The DAMN. Tour."