Phoebe Hunt and Connor Forsyth have been performing together for more than six years now, first as members of the Belleville Outfit, and lately as a duo, and their original music, steeped in American roots with folk and country the predominant flavors, has an appealing freshness. Phoebe released a self-titled debut EP in 2012, and a live album – with Connor on piano – in 2013, Live at the Cactus Café. Phoebe plays fiddle and guitar, Connor plays piano, guitar, and banjo, and together they create what the Austin American-Statesman calls “musical beauty of the highest order.”

“Sound that will lift your spirits and feed your soul” – that’s how the website Indie Music Reviewer describes the music of Whetherman, the folk project of 29-year-old Nicholas Williams of Jacksonville, Florida, whose fifth and latest Whetherman album, Streams and Pastures, features catchy folk grooves and easy, inviting vocals that make you want to listen all day. Nicholas says that he’s inspired by the five N’s – nature, neighbors, nostalgia, now, and what’s next. “Songwriting is tricky,” he says. “I can’t sit down and tell myself I need to write or force something onto paper. It’s at its best when it’s unintentional, when it comes from nowhere like a breeze.”

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