Influenced by the landscape of the stark prairies she originated from, Alissa Arnason offers a haunting, timeless performance of country-folk songs. She performs a collection of released and unreleased songs, each crafted amidst emotional experiences of scorpionic depth. With themes ranging from romance to heartbreak, her stories weave between light and darkness.

Arnason’s musical style is heavily informed by the classic country she grew up hearing around campfires and kitchen tables. Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Karen Dalton have all been influences over the years.

Currently Arnason resides in the Kootenay region tucked up in the mountains where she has recently finished recording her sophomore album, to be released this summer.

Tenise Marie is a Canadian songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and recording artist based in Nelson, British Columbia.

Her original music pairs soulful vocals with acoustic instruments, crafting a unique blend of Western and Eastern folk music, reflective of her own mixed European and Assyrian heritage.

Audiences will experience the range of human emotion, navigating heartbreak and humour through insightful lyrics, travel stories, and unique musical landscapes including the hypnotic oud.

Tenise looks forward to sharing her newest album, “Off The Record” in the summer of 2025, which features a collection of songs written for her Research & Creation songwriting project with the Canada Council for the Arts, inspired by her experience travelling to the Assyrian homeland in Iraq.

Sarah’s early exposure to mainstream pop music as a child of the 90s, the blues and rock’n’roll cassette tapes on rotation in the Ford Bronco driven by her hippy parents, and her enigmatic Russian Doukhobor ancestry—a heritage preserved through psalm singing—all had a significant impact shaping her musical journey.

Developing singing and performance as a profoundly spiritual and creative form of expression. Because of this, she has forged varying paths in the music industry as a versatile and dynamic vocalist, evocative songwriter, nascent producer, and fearless collaborator.

Her soul-driven voice has been heard in acts like Penny Shades, Moontricks, Alissa Arnason, and Mr.drbrotherman, to name a few.

Sapphire Guthrie is a Nelson based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and graduate of the Selkirk College music program.

Her performances are an intimate invitation for audiences to lose themselves in the warmth of her voice – light and vulnerable at times, yet commanding and soulful at others.

Her poetic songs, written in English and Spanish, explore the wonders of the natural world and the intricacies of the human experience, while honouring the timeless spirit of folk music legends with heartbreaking authenticity.