2025 Mass Cultural Council grant award recipient, His compositions have been performed by Duo Ego in Sweden, MusicWorks Collective in Rhode Island, part of the "Flash Mass" of Ensemble Ipse in New York City. He has performed his own series of pieces for guitar solo in USA, France, Italy and Colombia. Edwin has also composed, arranged, and recorded for popular and latinoamerican music ensembles, performing his music and others’ in Colombia, France, Belgium, and the United States. Edwin was a Graduate Student Research Award recipient from Tufts University to study Colombian traditional music in 2018. He is a long-standing member of ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers). Edwin Munera has a Masters in Contemporary Composition from Tufts University, where he studied with composers John McDonald and Kareem Roustom. Edwin began his composition formation under Mauricio Lozano at Centro de Orientacion Musical Francisco Cristancho in Colombia. Then, in France, he studied with guitarist and composer Arnaud Dumond at Ecole Nationale du Musique d’Evreux and classical guitarist Gerard Verba at Conservatoire Darius Milhaud.

Erin Morse is your older sister who insisted on learning all her lessons, and making all her luck, the hard way. Inspired by the narrative-folk stylings of artists like Roger Miller, Peggy Seeger, and The Chicks, Morse spins yarns of observation and fabrication together to weave refreshing takes on generational curses, rural progressivism, and putting one foot in front of the other.

Daring Coyotes is the vehicle by which David Clark Carroll's unique songwriting comes to life. He creates music steeped in traditional bluegrass with heavy doses of mandolin, but with modern twists and eccentric, even occasionally electrified instrumentation as can be heard on his latest album, Tales from Mount Tom. Based in Easthampton, MA, David writes about nature, society, politics and modern life, frequently collaborating in studio and on stage with Ryan Seiler on bass and accordion.

Robin OHerin is a performing/teaching musician, specializing in traditional Delta bottleneck blues and fingerstyle guitar, ukulele, singing, and songwriting. She was a finalist in the solo/duo Capitol Region Blues Challenge on Sept. 11, 2022 and opened for Chris Beard at the Stationery Factory (May 2024). Two of her original blues songs have been placed repeatedly on the top 10 list on Broadjam.com. The Road To Prague has held the #1 place twice so far. Robin has toured in Europe and the US for over 15 years, sharing the stage with Paul Geremia, Andy Cohen and Roy Bookbinder, to name a few. In between teaching and touring, Robin is currently working on getting her original music licensed for TV and films, in-between organizing large protest rallies in Pittsfield, MA. Learn more at http://www.robinoherin.com

The DECOYS play fun, upbeat versions of Americana, and classic pop songs in a "Blue-Grassy" styles, that the band has coined "Rockgrass."

Tyler Seton is an American singer-songwriter blending folk, outlaw country, bluegrass, and roots rock. Raised in New Jersey and now based in Rhode Island, his music carries raw honesty shaped by loss, faith, and redemption. With a background in musical theatre and years performing across the Northeast, Seton’s songs lean on gritty storytelling, soulful vocals, and traditional American songwriting.

Carol and Nick, "The Small Band with the Big Sound," have been working extensively for more than 10 years in New York City, Connecticut's northwest corner and the Hudson valley offering jazz and Bossa Novas at restaurants, clubs, vineyards, and special events. With seven-string guitar, live looper, vocals, and percussion, they create a sound that is rich and layered, subtle and swinging.

Winner of 2005 CT Blues Society solo/duo competition, 2 time Intnl> Blues Society event in Memphis, headlined Blues Bash 3 on Taiwan, fingerstyle guitar - blues, ragtime, bluegrass, American Songbook jazz, trad folk, lots more.

Scott Damgaard is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from the Boston area with seven albums out. He has performed at the Berkshire Busk for many years and enjoys singing for new people every year.

Mike Cobb & The Crevulators play eclectic-Americana aka “Eclecticana” inspired by classic and contemporary artists like Dylan, CCR, Los Lobos, Cracker and more. A former Island Records recording artist, Cobb has shared the stage with Oasis, Cake, Bad Daddies, Legendary Shack Shakers, and many others. The band has played local hotspots including Lion’s Den, Dreamaway Lodge, Berkshire Busk, Berkshire Distillers, Egremont Barn, Roe Jan Brewery, Infinity Hall Norfolk, Black Bear AmericanaFest, and many more. The Crevulators feature Mike Cobb on guitar and vocals, Chris Ferrone on saxophones, John Hartcorn (bassist for Boston band The Neighborhoods) and Felix Carroll on drums.