Our Artists

Mark Erelli

Mark Erelli is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist known for his distinctive blend of rock, folk, and Americana. His music is known for its lyrical depth and intricate instrumentation, drawing influence from classic rock icons. Mark has collaborated with artists including Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, and Anaïs Mitchell; opened for the likes of Marc Cohn, Watchhouse, Josh Ritter, and many others; released fourteen solo albums and three albums with his bluegrass band Barnstar!; and produced two records for GRAMMY-winning artist Lori McKenna.

”One of the 10 Best Country and Americana Songs To Hear Now” -Rolling Stone on “Rose Colored Rearview”

Website: MarkErelli.com

Cosy Sheridan

Cosy Sheridan has been called one of our era’s finest and most thoughtful songwriters. She has played everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and in folk clubs across the country. Backed by the strong bass rhythms and harmonies of Charlie Koch, her concerts are a wide-ranging, entertaining, and tuneful experience.

Cosy first appeared on the national scene in 1992 when she won the songwriting contests at both The Kerrville Folk Festival and The Telluride Bluegrass Festival. With a dozen albums to her credit, Cosy also teaches workshops in songwriting, guitar, and performance all over the country, and is the founder and director of Moab Folk Camp in Moab, Utah.

“A wonderfully lively, very funny, and enormously amiable entertainer.” – Boston Globe

Website: CosySheridan.com

Alastair Moock

Alastair Moock is a Boston Music Award nominated singer-songwriter, a two-time Grammy nominated family musician, and co-founder of The Opening Doors Project, an antiracist music organization. He has toured on three continents, playing renowned events like the Newport Folk Festival and opening for acts like Arlo Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, and Greg Brown.

The Boston Globe calls him “one of the town’s best and most adventurous songwriters” and The Washington Post declares “every song a gem.”

Website: MoockMusic.com

Kemp Harris

Born in segregated Edenton, North Carolina, and transplanted to Massachusetts. Kemp Harris honed his powerful, intimate performance style in Cambridge’s coffeehouses, developing into a magnetic frontman who has shared stages with artists such as Koko Taylor, Livingston Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, Kandace Springs and Taj Mahal.

Kemp’s most recent album, “The America Chronicles” was recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. It is a reflective journey that fuses the personal and the political, the sacred and the profane, to haunting effect. Everything he makes is built on a foundation of social awareness and the desire to reflect the world as he sees and experiences it.

“Kemp Harris is a thief, a tease and a heartbreaker. He knows too much. And its all right there when he sings. Beautifully there. He’ll take your breath away.” – Tom Ashbrook, Host of NPR’s On Point

Website: kempharris.band

Les Sampou

“Les Sampou is tough. She’s also tender and smart. And funny. And she plays some very tasty guitar. And damn, can she write a song.” Elijah Wald, Author of the story behind the major motion picture A Complete Unknown. Les is an Americana singer-songwriter with a penchant for the blues. She got her start in the Boston folk scene and moved on to national prominence and acclaim.

Sampou has performed at Montreal Jazz Festival, SXSW, Toronto Blues Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival (where she won “Kerrville Folk Award”), Philadelphia Folk Festival, Winnipeg, and Falcon Ridge to name a few. Sampou has released eight albums on Rounder Records and MoNando Records. She has won numerous songwriting awards including the US Songwriting Competition for her political song Lies From Truth.

Website: LesSampouMusic.com

The Lied To’s

Americana duo The Lied To’s took their name from The Everly Brothers’ song “When Will I Be Loved.” Between them, they have been finalists at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, and the International Songwriting Competition, among others. As a duo they have released three critically acclaimed albums.

“Singer-songwriter-guitarist Susan Levine and singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Doug Kwartler have teamed up to create one of the finest contemporary guy/gal duos on the scene today.” – Metronome Magazine

Website: LiedToMusic.com

Tom Smith

Tom Smith grew up in rural Pennsylvania and earned his old-school folk music chops in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Frequently described as a cross between Pete Seeger and David Mallett, his award-winning songs are in turns humorous, touching, thought provoking and inspiring. Now a folk veteran of five decades with five albums to his credit, Tom has appeared with notable artists including David Mallett, Jean Ritchie, Garnet Rogers, James Keelaghan, Geoff Muldaur, Brooks Williams, Cosy Sheridan, Bill Staines, and others.

In the words of WUMB Boston Folk Radio host Dave Palmater, “Tom Smith writes songs that seem like they have always been there – a true folksinger.”

Website: TomSmithMusic.com

Sol y Canto

Sol y Canto is the award winning Pan-Latin ensemble led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and percussionist Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist, singer and composer Brian Amador. Featuring Rosi’s crystalline voice and Brian’s lush Spanish guitar and inventive compositions, Sol y Canto is known for making their music accessible to Spanish- and non-Spanish speaking audiences of all ages.

The Boston Globe hailed Sol y Canto as “sublime ambassadors of the Pan-Latin tradition.” Social justice and inclusion have always pulsed through their music. Now, as the country lurches toward white nationalist fascism, Brian Amador has sharpened that mission, answering the moment with songs that fuse solidarity, outrage, and hope into something urgent and alive.

Website: solycanto.com

Reggie Harris

UPDATE: For health reasons, Reggie Harris in unable to join us.

Reggie Harris is an innovative guitarist, a fearlessly creative vocalist, and an engaging storyteller whose concert performances are infused with joy. It’s clear to all that he deeply loves singing and that it is more than his work. But that’s not all.
Uniquely committed to “music as a community building vehicle,” Reggie’s music shares insightful perspectives on issues of life, history, education and human rights. In the spirit of his mentors, Pete Seeger and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, (founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock), Reggie is a master songleader who loves to help people discover that they can make a difference at any age, wherever they may live.

Website: reggieharrismusic.com

Chris and Meredith Thompson

Chris & Meredith Thompson are “powerful performers with a natural warmth for the live concert stage” writes Tom Lounges in The Beat, (Valparaiso Indiana). The sisters achieve a vocal harmony known uniquely to siblings. At times, their voices effortlessly combine in harmony as if they were two parts of one whole. Then, just as effortlessly, the individual voices will emerge, creating a vocal sound that has become their trademark. Chris plays percussive, riff-driven guitar. Meredith plays congas and flute. “It is their mix of intriguing stories of people’s hopes and histories that makes the Thompsons music so compelling” writes MaryAnn Robertson in Spotlight (Portsmouth, NH). The Thompsons have performed in venues across the US and released seven albums.

Website: cmthompson.com

Eric Kilburn

Eric Kilburn’s songs run the gamut from poignant to hilarious, from the personal to the political. He’s got a knack for simple insights that sneak up on you. Eric’s been writing and performing music since college, but he got serious in 1981, when Pete Seeger heard his music and encouraged him to create more songs.

Over the past forty‑five years he’s toured extensively around the eastern U.S., released seven critically acclaimed albums, and co- parented two beautiful sons. His latest album Passages, (released in February 2026), reflects on people and cultures going through changes and has generated rave reviews and extensive folk radio airplay.

Website: erickilburn.com

Danielle Miraglia

Danielle Miraglia comes armed with a strong steady thumb on an old Gibson and an infectious stomp-box rhythm with tunes ranging from heart-felt to socially conscious that will move both your heart and hips. Her latest “Bright Shining Stars” debuted at #15 on the Billboard Blues Charts. Cascade Blues Association calls it “… tough as rawhide, but smooth as blended whiskey.”
Danielle has toured and played major venues across the United States and beyond, shining in both the Folk and Blues circuits including New York State Blues Festival, New Bedford Summerfest, The Narrows Center for the Arts, and the list goes on. As a solo act, she has shared stages with Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, John Hammond Jr., Joan Osborne, John Mayall, George Thorogood, Taj Mahal, Rodney Crowell, the Indigo Girls and many more.

Website: daniellem.com