Dawes is part of the Laurel Canyon sound, whose influences include Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Neil Young, among others. The band recorded their debut album, North Hills, in Laurel Canyon in a live setting, resulting in a sound that Rolling Stone magazine called "authentically vintage".

Elizabeth & The Catapult is a Brooklyn-based pop/rock trio consisting of musicians Elizabeth Ziman, Dan Molad, and Pete Lalish. Having been popular for years on New York's Lower East Side, the band achieved national notice in the spring of 2009 with their first album under Verve, Taller Children.

Bekka Brammlet is former member of the band Fleetwood Mac. Bekka has also sang backup for many other artists including Kenny Rogers, Rita Coolidge, Bad Company, Richie Sambora, Billy Joel, Vince Gill, and Jonny Lang. Her 2003 solo CD called “What’s In It For Me”. was privately pressed.

Michael Kaeshammer is a Canadian boogie-woogie pianist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. After studying classical piano for seven years in his German homeland, a 13-year-old Kaeshammer discovered boogie-woogie and stride piano as played by Albert Ammons and Fats Waller.

Unlike most manufactured mainstream acts, singing and songwriting sensation Hugo exudes a rarely found brand of effortless cool. Whenever discussing his first US release Old Tyme Religion, Hugo is instantly at home thanks to his brilliant debut’s mix of rock, soul and Mekong Delta Blues.

Mia Borders has captured the attention of both local and national audiences with her energetic blend of funk, soul, and contemporary songwriting. The April 2010 release of the band’s second full-length album, "Magnolia Blue,” earned them a nomination for Best Emerging Artist at the Big Easy Music Awards.

The Black Lillies were founded in early 2009 by Cruz Contreras. Their first album, Whiskey Angel, resonated strongly with listeners, and the band was selected to play the Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival within weeks of its release.

Free Energy is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The members include Scott Wells, Paul Sprangers, Evan Wells, Geoff Bucknum, and Nick Shuminksy. Critics have compared Free Energy's sound to 70's rock acts like Journey and The Cars.

The WTM Blues Band was this year's winner of the first ever McKay's Road to Nightfall competition. This year's contest was held at Rhythm & Brews and included over 20 local musical acts from the Chattanooga area. Chattanooga voted and they voted WTM Blues Band! You won't want to miss them!

With a sound dancing between gutbucket soul, N'awlins grit-down funk and horn-fueled Motown pop, Mingo Fishtrap is an anomaly in the contemporary music scene. With each album, the group gravitates closer to the classic sounds that inspired them to learn their craft.

Initial comparisons to Little Richard are not completely out of line, and when presented with the semblance, McPherson is quick to give kudos to Mr. Penniman and Mr. Brown, “Little Richard has one of the greatest recorded voices in Rock N' Roll, and James Brown's work in the sixties was beyond reproach.” McPherson traveled from his home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to record Signs & Signifiers in Hi-Style’s Chicago based studio. Hi-Style is home to a vanishing and now unique recording technique: 100% analog. It’s this “old school” approach to recording and his deep understanding of the pioneers before him that has culminated in a raw, emotional sound that straddles the fence between classic and modern.

Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Michael “Iron Man” Burks stands tall as a major contemporary blues figure. With a nickname earned by his hours-long, intensely physical performances, fearsome guitar attack, tough, smoky vocals and the thousands of miles logged behind the wheel of his touring van, Burks is a modern blues hero.

Locos Por Juana is a bilingual Latin band most notably recognized by their energetic live performances and their unique fusion of Latin styles and influences. The group's sound is a distinct one, drawing not only from the members' own diverse backgrounds, but from other countries' musical styles as well.

Francis McPeake first brought the band together for a stage show based on the Titanic, that he co-wrote in 2003. Since then they have worked with many prominent Irish artists including Brian Kennedy, Finbar Furey, Kieran Goss, Juliet Turner, and Ralph McTell.

Ollabelle is a New York based folk music group named after the influential Appalachian songwriter Ola Belle Reed. The group is composed of five singing multi-instrumentalists hailing from disparate parts of the United States, Canada and Australia.