With roots in the Mississippi Delta, Chicago, and the Piedmont of Virginia, Richmond-based guitarist and songwriter Justin Golden’s origins are deeply vested in the blues. First picking up the guitar at age 19, Golden did what came naturally and let the music flow through him. With an extremely diverse musical palette, Golden aims to bring some new ideas to traditional blues forms. In addition to his work as a recording and performing artist, Golden maintains a busy teaching schedule and works with the non-profit The Rhapsody Project to provide community enrichment through anti-racist cultural heritage programs.

Born on the banks of the Shenandoah River, the Low Water Bridge Band got their start at a late-night jam. Picking tunes around the campfire, it was clear that a band was in the making. The band continues to evolve from the Watermelon Park Bluegrass Festival campsite. Adding talented band members and unforgettable original songs, Low Water Bridge Band’s sound shakes the mountains, rumbles through the holler, and fills the river bottoms.

Inspired by a mélange of influences, from New Wave and Americana to Jazz and Disco, Pink Beds comprise Aaron Aiken (Vox & Guitar), Jackson Van Horn (Keys & Guitar), Ryan Sargent (Drums & Percussion), and Logan Hall (Bass).
With their December 2020 debut LP, All I Have, Asheville, NC's Pink Beds combined their songwriting abilities and production chops to craft a lush, warm and evocative sonic environment.

"What started out as a casual jam to entertain a keg party has morphed itself into one of the most intriguing new musical acts in Western North Carolina. Aiken, A Brevard Native, now fronts an Asheville group that stands at the intersection of indie rock, psychedelic folk and cerebral pop. It's a seamless blend, more so a vibrant flow, that harkens back to the sounds of early 2000s indie icons The Strokes and Keane, with a thick thread leading to the melodic camps of Tame Impala and Snow Patrol."

Wayne Graham is a four piece folk/rock band from Whitesburg, KY. In the decade since the band’s inception, they have released seven full length records that showcase their broad range of influences as well as their outside-the-box approach as songwriters, musicians, home recordists, and human beings.

A gritty, soulful southern rocker steeped in country, Taylor Hunnicutt crosses genre lines to give audiences a unique storytelling experience. Raised in a small rural town in Southwest Alabama, Taylor has found the sweet spot in between Blues, Soul, Country & Americana. She has shared the stage with acts such as Joshua Ray Walker, Mike and the Moonpies, Jo De Messina, Jaime Wyatt, Daniel Donato, Lilly Hiatt, Early James , Aaron Lewis, Rod Gator, 49 Winchester, Them Dirty Roses, Red Clay Strays, Ward Davis and many more. “With a voice that sounds like Stevie Nicks if she had been raised in the Black Belt, Hunnicutt bends genres between country, soul, blues and rock but settles sweetly in the Americana style of Tift Merritt, Ryan Adams or Amanda Shires.” - Michael Tomberlin Alabama News Center

Hustle Souls is an Asheville, NC based groove-centric but emotionally driven soul/rock band with a lust for songwriting and fervid live performance. With years of relentless touring, sold out shows and major festival appearances, the band’s infectious modern meets vintage sound has earned them a reputation as one of the East Coast’s most promising acts.