Alt-country

Holly Golightly and Lawyer Dave first met in the basement of a China Town smuggler's den. Holly had need for an upright bass player to do a small U.S. tour and The Lawyer was the only one she could find. After a half hour run-through, they were off the next day. You might could say that this was the beginning of their collaboration as the idea of doing records together was first conceived on those long drives in the American West. After nearly ten years, seven-hundred-thousand miles, countless shows and other misadventures, the time finally came.

It's difficult to find a specific category fitting for Ohio-born singer/songwriter Kim Richey. With each album, she seems to defy any kind of definite classification. Though she has composed hits for country superstars like Trisha Yearwood ("Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"), she is a gifted vocalist in her own right. Each of her overlooked albums has received some level of critical acclaim, perhaps her fourth, 2002's Rise, for its risky instrumentation, vocals, and lyrics, has enjoyed the most praise from critics.

Eilen Jewell is an American singer-songwriter, currently based in Boston. Her music is a mixture of Americana, country, folk and other styles that she has acquired from extensive travelling around the U.S.A.

Johnny Dowd (born March 29, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American alternative country musician from Ithaca, New York. Typical of his style are experimental, noisy breaks in his songs and strong gothic (in the sense of dark and gloomy) elements in the lyrics as well as in the music. There is also a strong undercurrent of black humor and the absurd in his work.