TRAY WELLINGTON
International Bluegrass Music Association Award winner

Banjo player Tray Wellington’s approach to the quintessential American instrument is all about looking forward.

An International Bluegrass Music Association Award winner, Wellington is critically acclaimed not only for his technical prowess, but also for leveraging his unique point of view to craft a one-of-a-kind voice on the instrument.

It’s a feat that’s all too rare in these roots genres that seem to value emulation and regurgitation over all else. Instead, Wellington has time and time again reasserted that his playing style, and all of the many varied and disparate parts that combine within it, is wholly his own – and it’s unconcerned with tradition.

Chloe Kimes is a Michigan born singer, songwriter and bandleader currently based in Nashville, TN. In 2022 Kimes independently released her self titled debut album — voted "Listener's Choice Album of the Year" by WYCE Radio as well as landing her a spot on NPR Music's Top Ten Nashville Artists on the Rise.

 

In 2024 she released her latest single "Coors Light" following its immense viral popularity, and spent the year touring a fresh batch of originals on the shoulders of her well loved debut, "it’s the early marks of a great Americana storyteller-in-the-making, cut from a cloth reminiscent of contemporary roots heroes like Lucinda Williams." (Johnathan Frahm, For Folk’s Sake)

 

A songwriting troubadour with new music pointing towards a courageous sophomore release, she fronts a spirited alt-country outfit. Kimes and her band offer a striking live show with a timeless sound, her tireless voice leading the way, her sentiments forging their own new space in the country americana scene.