Craig Carothers has always been ahead of the curve. He lived in Portland before it was hip and moved to Nashville before it was ready for prime time. His music is heartbreakingly beautiful and scathingly funny, delivered with a voice that is downright swoony. Craig is too folk for rock, too pop for folk, and too jazz for country. The influences of his music-teacher parents can be heard in each of his more than 20 albums. He is a songwriter’s songwriter and has had songs recorded by Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Mattea, and Peter, Paul and Mary. As a touring musician and a regular at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Craig has shared a stage with the likes of Richard Thompson, Janis Ian, Donovan, Gretchen Peters, Michael McDonald, and Kim Richey. Craig shares his songwriting expertise as a professor at the University of Miami and through songwriting workshops.
Kerrville New Folk Award-winning singer/songwriter Annie Mosher grew up in rural Vermont and wrote songs as a child. She traveled the country and then moved to Nashville, where she began performing with the songwriter collective Girls With Guitars, alongside Mindy Smith, Mary Gauthier, and Cindy Kalmenson. She is a beloved regular at Nashville’s Bluebird Café and is featured regularly at Nashville Songwriters Association International events, as well as at clubs and festivals across the country. Annie leaves her audiences laughing and crying and always wanting more.
