The Price Sisters
The Price Sisters 5-piece band showcases a traditional yet fresh and creative bluegrass sound
featuring twin-sister harmony.
The band collectively has been nominated for the IBMA's Momentum Band of the Year,
while Lauren has received nominations for Momentum Vocalist
and Instrumentalist of the Year and Leanna for Momentum Vocalist.
The Price Sisters have garnered popularity with full-time touring across the US
as well as trips to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Canada,
appearing at festivals and leading workshops.
Presently the Price Sisters have signed on to McCoury Music and are anticipating
their first album release for the label, produced by Ronnie McCoury, in early 2024.
Jerron Paxton
Jerron Paxton (born January 26, 1989) is an American multi-instrumentalist
blues musician and vocalist from Los Angeles.
He plays banjo, piano and violin and his musical influences are mainly rooted in the early blues
from the 1920s and 30s.
Jerron's family, originally from Louisiana, moved to LA in the 50s where he grew up
before moving to New York city in 2007, where he currently resides.
With a strong interest in blues and jazz music before World War II, Paxton's sound is influenced
by the likes of Fats Waller and “Blind” Lemon Jefferson.
According to Will Friedwald in the Wall Street Journal, Paxton is “virtually the only music-maker
of his generation playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements
to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and '30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and Lonnie Johnson.”
Sean "Mack" McDonald
At 22 years old, Sean "Mack" McDonald is one of the younger faces of the blues.
He grew up in Augusta, Georgia, where he was introduced to various forms of music
through church, relatives, and family friends.
After starting out on drums at age 2, he started playing piano at 3 after hearing Ray Charles.
4 years later, he started teaching himself guitar.
His influences range from popular musicians such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Louis Jordan
to more obscure ones like Bill Jennings, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, and many others.
Michael Winograd
Clarinetist Michael Winograd is one of the most celebrated performers of Klezmer music today.
He plays with his band, The Honorable Mentshn, and co-leads Sandaraa with Pakistani vocalist Zeb Bangash.
Michael has shared the stage with many of the world's premier Jewish
music makers including Itzhak Perlamn, Frank London and Adreinne Cooper.
He's a member of Yiddishe Pirat, and is a featured soloist on Vulfpeck's albums The Beautiful Game
and Live at Madison Square Garden.
Joining Michael is accordionist Will Holshouser.
Will has worked in a variety of genres, and is one of the busiest box-squeezers in New York City.
Will has performed with Regina Carter, David Krakauer, Eric Vloeimans, Suzanne Vega, Anthony and the Johnsons,
Guy Kucevsek and many more.
Chicago Arabic Music Ensemble
Arabic music is thought to be exotic, foreign to the ear, yet it is one of the roots of the Western tradition,
distinct yet inseparable from the music of Europe and the New World.
The Chicago Arabic Music Ensemble
explores the songs, the instruments, the styles, and most importantly, the people who
make the beautiful sounds of the Arabic world to reveal the shared musical history of East and West.
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