Hawk in the Nest is the musical project and stage name for Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter Avi Jacob, blending soulful folk, Americana, indie-pop, and R&B with honest, introspective lyrics, featuring rich instrumentation like horns and piano, and exploring themes of love, loss, and social justice, emerging from Jacob's established solo career with his acclaimed 2024 debut album, Hawk in the Nest.
Surnames is the music project of Liam Anastasia-Murphy. After cutting his teeth on the indie folk scene of Richmond, Virginia, he moved back home to Massachusetts and started Surnames out of his bedroom in 2019. Surnames released two EPs in 2020 - falling squarely into jean jacket, Fender-guitar indie rock. Three new singles were released in 2022 that, while still remaining in the indie sphere, started to showcase a burgeoning fascination with electronic production and sampling. Anastasia-Murphy strives to write music that is honest in its feeling and poetic in its delivery. His music has been streamed over a half of a million times across platforms, added to and featured on thousands of playlists (including Spotify’s “Fresh Finds Indie”), and used in a Netflix show.
Princess June is a mystic folk trio from Newport, Rhode Island composed of singer/songwriters Myah Strauser (Whitefish, MT) Griffin Keeffe (North Kingstown, RI) and Telli Quinn (Middletown, RI).
With an emphasis on rich three-part harmonies, Princess June gets a great deal of their inspiration from bands such as The Mama's and the Papa's, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, The Cowsills, Donovan, Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, and many more.