Lillian Leadbetter—creator and vocalist of Lillian and the Muses—is a singer, songwriter, multimedia artist born and raised in rural Vermont. At the end of a dirt road, her earliest musical influences emerged from the melodies of song birds, whispers in the trees and long nights singing to her father's guitar. Her music, self lends itself to Indie, Folk, Pop, American, Country and singer songwriter sensibilities. Her romantic outlook and songwriting coalesce into heartfelt lyrics and evocative melodies. Lillian has been performing and…

Wendel Werner received his Bachelor of Music in Studio Music and Jazz and his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Tennessee. While at the University, he studied with renowned jazz musicians, Donald Brown and Jerry Coker. An accomplished composer and arranger, Mr. Werner has written for the Knoxville Children's Show Choir, Knoxville Showstoppers, UT Singers, Knoxville Community Chorus, and the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association. A proponent of jazz, Mr. Werner has performed frequently for "Alive…

The Abbey Elmore Band, fronted by singer-songwriter Abbey Elmore, delivers a blend of Indie Pop and soulful Rock. Ranging from laid-back grooves to high energy jams, their repertoire consists of original music as well as progressive versions of pop songs and new takes on classics. The band released their first full-length album, Dear Darling, in 2016, with the follow up, I Know You’re Probably Sick of My Love Songs, released in 2018. The band has since been traveling the country…

Jeff Plankenhorn is a world-class songwriter and had been an accompanist to the stars and first-call session musician in Texas (Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster, Ray Wylie Hubbard, etc.) for 16 years when he decided to go solo with his critically acclaimed SoulSlide album (featuring performances by Ruthie Foster, Malford Milligan, Rami Jaffe (Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers), and The Resentments, with co-writes from Bret Dennen, Gary Nicholson, and Miles Zuniga (Fastball). He's a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who designed his own signature lap-steel…

Jake Dwyer Band is an Appalachian Blues group from Jonesborough, Tennessee. https://youtu.be/hTjvlTrTHqg Aurora Nealand strives to live at the intersection of Lunacy and Librarian. She is a sound artist and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, accordion, voice) based in New Orleans, LA . She is deeply interested in the sonification of everyday objects and knowledge-generation through the stories and history that Sound (with a capital S) contains. Nealand is the leader of The Royal Roses, the non-traditional Traditional Jazz band, which draws it's…