Qualia is the auditory outfit spearheaded by Alison Niedbalski. Born in Alabama and raised in the South (Bend, IN), her devotion to music became apparent early on by the hours she spent spinning records, playing classical piano, and arguing with other children who "loved" the Beatles but had never heard of Harry Nilsson. After coming of age in the Chicago scene, she moved West to teach philosophy and found herself forming a band.

Irrevery, led by singer and songwriter Paige Johnson-Brown, is a Brooklyn based band/art collective melding progressive country, punk and noise.

Elizabeth Lubin’s songwriting is a catalyst for contemplation, her rhythms a rootsy homage to intimacy. There is a tenderness in this music that feels like the kin of your own heartbeat. The melodies are digging for the roots of the ancestral, seeking new growth and healing to replace where a stump beholden to a discouraged heart once stood.