Dan Costello
& Rachel Devlin
met on the NY songwriter scene. Both were raised in the folk music tradition and Dan’s parents still volunteer at Old Songs to this day. Dan’s four albums include Recession Songs, ten original songs about hard times. This spring they celebrated their engagement and made their folk-duo debut on a two month European tour. www.dancostellomusic.com

Annie Crane
sews pieces of her American and Canadian heritage together using the fabric of the music she grew up on: traditional Irish ballads, Paul Simon records, and contemporary pop music from the radio dial. In 2009 she opened for Emmylou Harris and played the New Jersey Folk Festival. www.anniecranemusic.com

Debe Dalton
“ One of the most powerful songwriters and performers in New York City.” - Deli Magazine. Debe Dalton has participated in both the Folk Revival and the Antifolk Revolution. She is equally comfortable covering Richard and Mimi Farina and playing her “banjo power chords”. Her first album was released in 2009 and has sold out of two printings. www.myspace.com/debedalton

Elizabeth Devlin invokes influences from scratchy phonographs, combining haunting vocals, cacophonous melodies and a unique autoharp style. She is the two-time recipient of the Common Ground on the Hill, Roots Music & Arts Memorial Scholarship, and was the recipient of the People’s Choice Award at the Mt. Laurel Autoharp Gathering. www.allarerelative.com

Isaac Gillespie
is a songwriter and filmmaker living in New York’s Greenwich Village. Channeling the sounds of old LPs by Neil Young and the Band through New York’s vibrant antifolk movement, Isaac arrives at country/soul synthesis of classic warmth and contemporary energy. His new album, I Will Wreck Your Life, will be released in June 2010. www.myspace.com/isaacgillespie

John Houx
The vegan son of a cowboy, John Houx grew up on a cattle ranch on California’s redwood coast. In 2007 Houx arrived in New York City with only a suitcase and guitar. By 2009 he was constantly touring North America and Europe, and self-released his debut full-length, John Houx’s Green Period. “A new potential hero.”- Whisperin’ & Hollerin’ (UK). “The best new songwriter on the scene in a long time.” - Urban Folk (NYC) www.johnhoux.com

Joe Crow Ryan
is frequently called “The World’s Greatest Subway Performer,” with his revitalized jazz standards and folky, bluesy, funny originals. He was recently the musical director for an outdoor production of The Tempest in Riverside Park. His new album, This Machine Kills Purists Two is his second collection of studio tracks and field recordings. www.myspace.com/joecrowryan

Eric Wolfson is a folk singer, law student, presidential portrait artist and encyclopedic musicologist. In 2007 he released State Street Rambler, a swaggering, poignant procession down an imagined Highway 61 running through the heart of New York... Wolfson captures the beautiful chaos of the city with a startling precision.” –Pop Headwound www.ericwolfson.com

“Alexa Woodward’s songs are like mountain music with an MFA. References to Tolstoy and Harper Lee slip into her dark-hued, old-timey tunes. Although based out of New York City, Woodward grew up in Virginia and South Carolina so there is an easy naturalness to her rural porch music...Alexa Woodward impresses both in concert and on disc, making her someone for Americana connoisseurs to keep an eye on.” –Michael Berick, No Depression. www.alexawoodward.com