Martha Spencer

Martha Spencer is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and learned to play several instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, mandolin) and flatfoot/clog at a young age. She performs and has recorded with various groups and has been involved with several roots music projects. She has played shows, festivals and led workshops across the US, Australia, UK, and Europe. Martha’s first solo album has been featured in articles in Rolling Stone Country, No Depression, Wide Open Country, Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, PopMatters and more. She also has been included in articles in the NY Times, Austin Chronicle and Billboard and was a part of the Fiddlin’ documentary movie.

Lucas Pasley

Lucas Pasley is an oldtime fiddler / banjoist  and singer-songwriter from Sparta, NC in the heart of the southern Appalachian mountains.  Lucas’s great uncle was the fiddler for the early country band The Red Fox Chasers, and Lucas has been devoted to the honoring and preserving the traditional music of his region.  He is also a songwriter and pulls lyrics from his family’s writing in addition to his own.  Lucas has released several albums of both his songs and traditional music with his local band Gap Civil.  

Jake Dwyer

Hailing from East Tennessee, Jake Dwyer plays percussion and dances in the Wonderland Band in addition to his solo projects as a songwriter and guitarist for the Jake Dwyer Band. Jake sings heartfelt and soulful songs rooted in vintage blues rock tunes.