RYAN LEE CROSBY is based in Rhode Island, but his musical heart is in Mississippi. He has released numerous albums, toured internationally and is a leading practitioner of the Bentonia School of rural Delta blues, as well as a world music explorer. Smithsonian Magazine praised his ability to "bring influences from Africa and India to the Bentonia sound."

JAGTIME MILLIONAIRE is Raymond Morin, a guitarist, luthier and songwriter with a deep appreciation of British and American fingerpicking folk styles (think: Bert Jansch, John James, John Renbourn and Martin Carthy). He is a member of the long-running Pittsburgh duo Pairdown, and also the co-founder of Pleinview Guitars, a line of made-to-order custom steel-string guitars.