Eli Fox is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Knoxville, Tennessee, now living in Nashville, Tennessee. He was inspired early on by the sound of the five-string banjo and the plainspoken poetry of Woody Guthrie. Drawing from artists like Michael Hurley, Bob Dylan, Darrell Scott, and James McMurtry, he has carved out a songwriting voice that is honest, wry, and rooted in tradition.

Shortly before starting high school, Eli started the Knoxville, TN based roots band Subtle Clutch. As teenagers they busked the streets of Knoxville, gathering lots of local attention through local gigs and their memorable all day long busking sets. They went on to play gigs constantly all over town and later secured gigs such as the Rhythm N Blooms festival and an opening slot for the Dirty Guv’nahs. The band disbanded around 2015/2016 as each member pursued different opportunities. Eli moved to Nashville, TN and has lived there since 2018.

At just 26, Eli has released two full-length albums, an EP, and a string of recent singles. In 2025, he began recording a new full-length album of original material, slated for release later this year. His single “A Pretty Woman’s Like a Rainbow Trout” has garnered attention from GemsOnVHS, DittyTV, and a growing community of listeners drawn to his offbeat charm and lyrical depth.

As a solo artist, Eli has performed at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Musicians Corner, The Bijou Theatre, and eTown Hall. He has opened for artists including Darrell Scott, Sam Bush, Emily Ann Roberts, and Boy Named Banjo. In 2024, he joined Boy Named Banjo on tour as a utility player, bringing pedal steel, fiddle, and guitar to stages across the country from Colorado to New York City and everywhere in between.

With a head full of songs and a drive to connect, Eli Fox continues to follow the road seeking out meaning, music, and kindred spirits along the way.

Kurt Lee Wheeler is a Cherokee county, Georgia-based singer/songwriter that crafts raw, vulnerable portrayals of life in the American Southeast. He is a United Stated Airforce Veteran. His musical expressions range from country, to bluegrass, to rock. You can catch Kurt playing solo, duo, trio and with his band The Lathemtown Poet’s Society. Regardless of the musical iteration the songs and stories cut to the emotional core.
Born and raised in Lathemtown, Georgia the son of a cattleman and homemaker, Wheeler taught himself to play guitar and soon began recording his own songs reel to reel, then to cassettes, then to four track-tape whenever he could catch a break from helping with the cattle and playing sports. In the mid 80s, he enlisted in the Air Force and along with his fellow airmen formed Hint of Insurgence, a band influenced by the burgeoning sounds of college radio and the classic rock he cut his teeth on growing up.

In1992, he released his first album Bama Motel, which included new, folk-tinged originals and rock-oriented songs. Shortly after its release, Kurt began teaching school and took an indefinite hiatus from music to focus on raising a family. However in the mid 2010s, Kurt began playing the North Georgia singer/songwriter scene and writing music again, taking on a more stripped down acoustic sound and approaching it with the same ethos as teaching: to help create positive change in others’ lives.