Three-time winner: Canadian Smooth Jazz Guitarist of the Year.

It’s been more than 25 years since guitarist Jesse Cook first stepped onto the scene with his now-iconic release, Tempest. In the time since, he has come to hold 10 Gold and Platinum studio albums with a combined sales of 2+ million copies, five concert DVDs and live discs, five PBS specials, and multiple awards— including a Juno and an Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice Silver Award. His latest album, Libre, was chosen as JazzTrax’s 2021 Album of the year and also earned a feature in Guitar Player Magazine.

Singer/pianist/composer/bandleader with three Grammy awards and 13 nominations.

Bruce Hornsby has built one of the most diverse and adventurous careers in contemporary music. Since his debut with The Range on their multi-platinum 1986 album The Way It Is, he has steered his way through a stint on keyboards for the Grateful Dead; writing music for Spike Lee’s films; and collaborations with Bon Iver, Ricky Skaggs, James Mercer, and many more.

Neo-acoustic super group of well established Colorado musicians.

What began as an all-female festival collab quickly morphed into a serious passion project driven by sisterhood, harmony, and humor— along with the shared desire to rage fiddle tunes and smash the patriarchy. Formed in late 2021, Big Richard gained immediate notoriety for their charismatic stage presence and their vocal/instrumental prowess. After selling out all of their club shows, Big Richard quickly started confirming festival appearances across America.

Bonnie Sims, mandolin
Joy Adams, cello
Emma Rose, bass and guitar
Eve Panning, fiddle

West African drummer and dancer is a keeper of the history, the music, and the dance in his culture.

Born in Guinea, West Africa, Fara spent his youth in the village of Kissidugu and Guinea’s capital city, Conakry. Playing djembe since the age of nine, he has traveled extensively performing and teaching both drumming and dance. Fara spent nine years as the lead drummer for Les Merveilles de Guinea (The Wonders of Guinea) under the tutelage of West Africa’s most influential director and choreographer, Kemoko Sano.

Fara has performed with many of the world’s premier musicians including Mamady Keita, Burning Spear, Neil Young, Sekouba Bambino, Otis Taylor, Joe Cocker, Youssou N’Dour, Salif Keita, Habibe Koite, B.B. King, Oumou Sangare, and many more. His performance style has been described as mystical as he dazzles audiences around the world.

“The most gifted vocalist of her generation” -AllMusic.com.

Since she broke through 25 years ago with the multi-platinum album Relish and its touchstone mega-smash hit “One of Us,” the seven-time Grammy nominee has never played it safe. Joan Osborne has followed her restless musical heart, exploring a diverse range of genres: pop rock, soul, R&B, blues, roots rock, gospel, funk, and country— all of which can be heard on her tenth studio album, Trouble and Strife.

She has performed alongside the likes of Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Luciano Pavarotti, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, and Mavis Staples, to name a few. She has amassed a loyal fan base as she’s continuously traveled the country.

Scottish singer-songwriter known for platinum-selling albums and radio hits.

Since scoring a worldwide smash with her debut album Eye to the Telescope in 2004, which went on to sell over 5 million copies, KT Tunstall has remained at the forefront of U.K. Singer-Songwriter talent. Since then, five further critically acclaimed albums have followed, keeping the platinum sales rolling and cementing her reputation as a major recording talent, as well as a mesmerizing live artist. You’ll recognize her biggest hits “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See.”