North Carolina's Sarah Shook sings with a conviction and hard honesty sorely lacking in much of today’s Americana landscape. Always passionate, at times profane, Sarah stalks/walks the line between vulnerable and menacing, their voice strong and uneasy, country classic but with contemporary, earthy tension. You can hear in their voice what they've seen; world weary, lessons learned—or not—but always defiant. They level-steady mean what they say. Writing with a blunt urgency—so refreshing these days it's almost startling—Sarah's lyrics are in turn smart, funny, mean, and above all, uncompromising. The Disarmers hit all the sweet spots from Nashville’s Lower Broad to Bakersfield and take Sarah's unflinching tales out for some late-night kicks. At times, it’s as simple and muscular as Luther Perkins’ boom-chicka-boom, or as downtown as Johnny Thunders. The Disarmers keep in the pocket, tight and tough. The Disarmers line-up is currently Jack Foster on drums, Blake Tallent on guitar, Andrew Lambie on bass, and Nick Larimore on pedal steel.

The Goldenrods are a fresh take on “country and midwestern” with a master’s touch on all the traditional instrumentation you’d expect to hear.  They will waltz you to tears and two step you to a joyous grin.  The Goldenrods are fronted by Ryan Koenig singing and playing octave mandolin, fiddle, banjo and guitar.  The band is completed with Jess Adkins singing and playing accordion and guitar, as well as Kellie Everett singing and playing upright bass.