James Wallace, affectionately known as Jimmy-apolis is one of the few remaining true portraits of jazz as it was in its inception. With a lifestyle and sound that captures both the grit of reality and the elequence of artistry he has an old world sound coupled with excellent scence of energy and authenticity.

Ashley Gold is a versatile singer/songwriter whose style ranges from spoken word to neo-soul. Her work is based on everyday struggles and triumphs, and has a universal appeal, with a voice and style that come off as nonchalant yet intentional at the same time. Ashley has worked with local heavyweights, Desdamona, Carnage, and Truthmaze. She is an artist and activist, and has donated her talents to various causes including Take Back the Night, The Great American Sleep Out, and B-Girl Be. She believes that all artists have a social responsibility to engage community and inspire people to create change.

Village Industry is a duo with a subtle layered sound split by multi-tasking drummer, Joshua Perez using every limb to incorporate backing keyboards, auxiliary percussion, and a glockenspiel. Fronted by Josiah Quick sewing his melodies between the guitar and keyboard, ushering in with a rise and fall his soft impassioned vocal, finished off by provoking lyrics. The overall approach is one of a chameleon blanketing not just one niche sound but stretching their boundaries song to song.

They started to spread a rumor ten years ago that there was a kid from St. Paul that shook his head so hard when he played his bass that for a moment you could take your eyes off of Slug, Jessy Greene, Felix, Sage Francis or whoever the Heiruspecs band was backing up that night. Did he really eat a 72 ounce steak in Amarillo, TX? Did he try to fit the entire Rapper's Delight bassline into 2 quarter notes in Omaha? Did he not know that butter was a dairy product until he was 20? Did he traipse around his house in nothing but a blanket for a cape and demand to be called King Fred as a child? Yes, depending upon what age someone stops being a child. But now it's time for Twinkie to ask some questions: will white girls dance to anything but Hey Ya? Does anyone appreciate a song about love disguised in an allegory about star-crossed fast food franchises? Can you explain away your misspent 20s by misspending your 30s? The answer might be in the record Sean 'Twinkie Jiggles' McPherson is making with his Broken Orchestra this summer. At least that's the rumor.