Annie Hartnett is the author of novels Rabbit Cake (Tin House Books, 2017) and Unlikely Animals (Ballantine/Random House, 2022). She has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Associates of the Boston Public Library. When she began writing Unlikely Animals, she was living in the groundskeeper’s house in a cemetery. She now lives in Lakeville, Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and darling border collie. 

*photo by Merissa Conley

FauxMenco are Catherine Capozzi and Rafi Sofer, who adapt a loud, adventurous, and experimental electric guitar language to a nylon-string, guitar-duo setting. Drawing from rock, surf, gypsy, and of course flamenco, FauxMenco’s music is propulsive and timeless. Selected by Brian May to win his famed “Red Special” electric guitar, Catherine is a genre bending and award-winning film composer and producer. Born and raised in Israel, but now an honorary townie, Rafi is a recording engineer and photographer by day. 

*photo by Chris Barrett 

Music City Roots describes Kerri Powers as “a fascinating, strong voice, rich with barbs and prickles” atop “some of the finest country blues fingerstyle guitar we’ve had on our stage. It was shades of Rory Block, Chris Smither and, all the way back, Blind Blake and Gary Davis.” Powers has toured throughout the US, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK. Her 2014 self-titled release was #1 on Roots Music Reports’ Top 50 Folk Albums of the year, and her music has been featured in movies and TV.

*photo by Paul van Beek