Inara George is a Los Angeles–based singer and songwriter whose voice and musicality move easily between pop, folk, and jazz. Best known as one half of The Bird and the Beewith Grammy-winning producer Greg Kurstin, and as a member of The Living Sisters, she has built a rich and varied career that spans acclaimed solo work, collaborations with Van Dyke Parks and Michael Andrews, and performances at venues ranging from the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall to beloved Los Angeles clubs like Largo and the Troubadour.Her latest release, Songs of Douglass and Littell, revisits music written years ago by her friends and longtime collaborators Philip Littell and Eliot Douglass. Thealbum offers a fresh interpretation of their work—one that veers into new territory for George as she dives more deeply into jazz-inspired phrasing, harmony, and mood than ever before. Yet these interpretations fit seamlessly within the arc of her broadercatalog, reflecting the same warmth, wit, and melodic imagination that define her earlier work. In performance, the musicfrom Songs of Douglass and Littellfeel like a natural extension of the voice and sensibility that have long been at the heart of hersound.

The Magnolia Brothers are an Americana duo who are best known for using their unique vocal harmonies in both original music and covers. In January of 2026, they were featured as official artists for The MusicFest in Steamboat Springs. Since 2023, the duo has been heavily involved with the Karbach Kickoff Concert for the Texas Bowl, having opened for Roger Creager (2023), Tyler Farr (2024), and Mike Ryan (2025). While attending Belmont University in Nashville, the Magnolia Brothers have played multiple sets at The Stage on Broadway, as well as The Row.

Secret Service is a mystery songwriter show featuring four Austin artists whose names stay hidden until the night begins. It’s part listening room, part secret society, part “you had to be there.” Shhh. Don’t tell.  

Ben Goodman is on a journey to bring jazz to the front and center of Austin culture. As a saxophonist, composer, and arranger, he has performed all around the city to captive audiences. He's also played on records spanning pop, rock, R&B, and rap. The music of Ben Goodman is not made for musicians, rather for the sake of bringing together those from all different walks of life. You can find him on instagram @bengoodmansax and on YouTube @onewayoranotherillbethere

Michael Prysock is a singer-songwriter deeply affected by life in rural Arkansas. Through his music, Michael is a storyteller like no other, sharing the influences of his family then and now. He skips the clichéd heart songs of romance and moves purposefully to lyrics that convey the authenticity of living and raising sons of his own. Uniquely talented and masking a rare personal humility not often seen in today’s contemporary musical bravado, Michael is a spirited one-man-band, providing vocals, guitar and harmonica to a raw soundtrack of small-town life.

Michael and family call Austin, Texas home.

Guy Forsyth has played around the world, made 20 or so records, won many awards and helped define Austin music. Forsyth is simply a one-of-a-kind original. He not only writes and sings his own songs, but he enjoys telling the stories behind their inspiration. He is a modern American Songster. Not one song is the same, but they share the same care and craftsmanship. No matter the tune, no matter the rhythm, Forsyth’s music will bring a smile and make the body move. One could even argue that he was made for this lifestyle—one of endless music and lyrical storytelling.

Over the years, Forsyth’s music had been featured, both live and recorded in favored pubs and bars of Austin, to movies (Waking Life and Hands on a Hard Body, to name a couple). He has been on tour nationwide and internationally, from festivals to shared stage time with the big boys (BB King, Ray Charles, Ben Harper, and John Hammond to name a few). To top his accomplishments, he won the Austin Male Vocalist of the Year Award (2005).

Active in the Austin music scene for over 15 years, Ukemi is an Austin-based indie acoustic ensemble featuring three vocalists, violin, guitar, keys, bass, and percussion. Blending the cinematic energy of DeVotchKa and Gogol Bordello with the atmospheric depth of Lord Huron and Swell Season, Ukemi delivers a dynamic live show built on soaring harmonies and rich instrumentation. 

Evan MacGregor is an Austin-based blues guitarist and vocalist whose sound lives somewhere between Stevie Ray Vaughan's grit and John Mayer's groove. A McCombs School of Business student, former UT D1 athlete, and foosball world champion, he brings the same competitive edge to the stage — searing tone, expressive vocals, and energy that fills rooms twice the size.

Texas String Assembly is a band based in Austin, TX, playing high-energy americana-bluegrass roots-rock music. Since the release of Doggabone in 2022– a “raucous, jamming debut” (Austin Chronicle), Texas String Assembly has become a fixture of the local live music scene while expanding their reach by touring through clubs and festivals across Texas, the southeastern USA, New York City, Mexico, Europe, and beyond.

Lia Graham is a singer/songwriter based in Houston, Texas. Pulling inspiration from classic rock and indie folk, Lia's music comes from a place of emotion and honesty. Recorded and produced locally, she hopes her songs find you exactly at the right time and place. 

Darlin’ is a country duo made up of Chloe Byars and Sarah Royse, two singer-songwriters whose honest storytelling and undeniable chemistry have quickly earned them a growing audience. Originally from Texas and Oklahoma, the pair met in a small college town before reconnecting years later in New York City, where their friendship evolved into a musical partnership. Since joining forces in 2025- they have quickly gone from opener to headliner at some of NYC’s most well known venues, become regular acts at every NYC honky tonk and currently recording debut tracks with industry professionals. They look forward to playing shows in Oklahoma and Austin this July! 

This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant from Austin Arts, Culture, Music

Continuing her Global Songbook concert series, Elena Diaz presents: Songs from Havana’s Golden Age—an evening celebrating the sones, boleros, guarachas, mambos, and early Latin jazz that defined a musical era. Featuring a live rhythm section and four-piece horn section, the program explores the music of Beny Moré, Celia Cruz, Tito Rodríguez, Tito Puente, Machito, and Omara Portuondo, tracing the evolution of Cuban popular song from intimate boleros and folkloric roots to the vibrant big-band sounds of Havana and New York.

In a world of imitators and social media facades, BELLES (Kelli Belles) stands out as an artist unapologetically true to herself. Hailing from Omaha and now based in Nashville, BELLES brings a Midwest grit and authenticity to everything she does, balancing small-town roots with big-stage ambition. Her voice is as striking as her presence—effortlessly blending a dreamy, modern edge with the timeless soul of country music’s golden era.

Doak Hensley is an American songwriter from Happy Place, TX. His songs are textured with the dust and grit of the great American landscape, woven from tales of salt of the earth folks. Inspired by hippies, rednecks, outlaws, and old cowboys who never thought much of labels, Doak’s music will put a boogie in the britches of anyone with boots to scoot and an ear to bend. He’ll be glad to see you when he does, and you’ll be glad you did when you’re gone.