"Mali Obomsawin (they/she) is an award winning bassist, songwriter and composer from Abenaki First Nation at Odanak. With an expansive background in American roots, rock, and jazz, Obomsawin carries several music traditions. Mali's debut album Sweet Tooth, has received international acclaim since its release in October of 2022 (Out of Your Head), including rave reviews in The Guardian, JazzTimes, and NPR. A Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist, she spent the years 2014-2021 touring internationally with beloved folk-rock band Lula Wiles. An in-demand bassist in the US folk and jazz circuits, Mali appears often as an accompanist with contemporaries Jake Blount and Lizzie No, and has performed at festivals like Newport and Philly Folk. She can also be found in galleries and creative music spaces with the likes of Peter Apfelbaum, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble.

Obomsawin received the 2022 International Folk Music Association's "Rising Tide Award," which honors new generation artists who embody the values and ideals of the folk community through their creative work, community role, and public voice. They also received the New England Foundation of the Arts' "New Work New England" award in 2022. Mali is a member of The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band and Indigenous Performance Productions' Welcome To Indian Country. As a composer-arranger, they scored the upcoming film "We Are The Warriors," collaborated with Red Sky Performance and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Palaver Strings. Beyond the stage Mali is a community organizer and advocate for Indigenous rights, environmental justice and landback. She works as a writer and educator with Sunlight Media Collective, a Wabanaki-driven media team, to document and promote stories at the intersection of environmental justice and Tribal sovereignty. Her journalism has been published recently in Smithsonian, National Performance Network, and the Boston Globe. In 2020, Mali co-founded Bomazeen Land Trust, the first ever Wabanaki land trust, where she currently serves as executive director."

"Magdalena Abrego is a guitarist, composer, and teaching artist based in Hudson, New York.

Influenced by free jazz and punk, Magdalena's approach to her instrument playfully confronts tradition and embraces queer experimentalism. Her compositions have been described as an "unpredictable musical journey" (Boston Hassle), both "blissful and beautifully erratic" (Boston Compass), and NPR Music called her guitar tone "wooden, ancient and thick with mystic fuzz."

Magdalena presently serves as a faculty member in the Contemporary Musical Arts program at the New England Conservatory. Her expertise has garnered invitations to deliver guest lectures and provide guidance to ensembles at esteemed music institutions across the United States, including Berklee College of Music and Dartmouth College.

Magdalena maintains an active performance schedule, spanning North America and Europe, performing at venues such as Jordan Hall, Roulette Intermedium, Bimhuis, and the Banff Centre for the Arts."

"Chuck Roldan has been drumming for over 20 years, spanning genres from symphonic, jazz, gospel, psych, rock, indie, to traditional and modern country. He is also one of the most seen- and recorded drummers in Bloomington of the last 5 years: You may have heard his work with Ladycop, Daesy chain, Jefferson St. Parade Band, Black Acid Arkestra, !Mindparade, Lazer Blades, Austin Lucas, or at Blockhouse Bar's Honkey Tonk Tuesdays."

"Colin Lester Fleming is a producer, recording engineer, mixer, and drummer. He joined the Q family in 2018, and has built strong working relationships with BMA, NEMA, and Grammy nominated-artists. Whether he's producing a singer/songwriter's EP, engineering a concept album, or mixing for film and TV, Colin brings his warmth, creativity, and attention to detail to every session. On an off day, you can find him tinkering with recording consoles, running live sound, or nose-deep in a manual. Colin is based in Portland, Maine."

"Eli Cohen (they/he) is a writer, director, dramaturg, and producer whose work focuses on developing diverse stories that appeal to both underrepresented and traditional audiences. Their current writing project, The Chosen One, was developed as part of their thesis on "Queer Representation in Commercial Musical Theatre". As a director, Eli is currently developing Cicada 3301. They also work as Associate Producer for five-time Tony-award Winning Producer Hal Luftig (Legally Blonde, Kinky Boots) on projects including Life of Pi, Here Lies Love, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Eli studied musical theatre writing and directing at Northwestern University, and subsequently continued their education with writers including Marcy Heisler and Bill Finn. While at Northwestern, they worked on the Waa-Mu show, Northwestern's student-written musical, and served as librettist, lyricist, and composer for three shows: Beyond Belief, Manhattan Miracle, and For the Record. They have also developed shows with the American Music Theatre Project including Marie in Tomorrow Land, and previously worked in the Goodman Theatre's Literary Department.

Original works include The Chosen One, -G-T, Far From Christopher Street, and (de)Generate. Eli's songs have been featured at venues including 54 Below, Green Room 42, The Cutting Room, as well as in concert with UNC Greensboro's Hear Our Voices and Tin Pan Alley 2. Eli also studied computer science, and runs a long-term Dungeons & Dragons game with their friends. Originally from Chicago, Eli now resides in New York and hopes to adopt a dog soon."

"I'm most happy when I'm involved in music in many different ways. I love playing live, playing on other people's records, producing, and remotely mixing records that people send me from all over the world at my mixing room at home. I live in Medford Massachusetts with my wife, and daughter. I was born and grew up in the Boston area, the youngest of six kids. I started playing the piano when I was 7 years old and hated it until I was 9 when my mother gave me an offer to quit if I tried the Jazz teacher down the street. From lesson one I was hooked on the concept of improvisation and using music as a form of real expression and communication. I latched on hard and throughout my childhood soaked up any musical opportunity I could get my hands on, studying at the New England Conservatory on Saturdays and being a member of many-a-poorly named high school band.

I attended New York University for Jazz performance and, through some friends, met folk superhero Josh Ritter. The timing couldn't have been more lucky for me to hit the road touring with Josh just as I was graduating. This was the beginning of what would become a long term creative and personal relationship with Josh and his entire band, and crew, one that still is a big part of my musical life.

After touring for a few years with Josh and some other artists, I fell into producing music mostly out of curiosity and some encouragement from one of my producer heros, Brian Deck. I recorded some instrumental music on an Mbox while abusing every friend I had for audio knowledge. One thing led to another and I started making records. In 2006 I bought an old farmhouse in southern Maine that I intended to use as a music rehearsal, writing, hang spot. But, things escalated rather quickly and before I knew it, it turned into a recording studio, The Great North Sound Society, where I still make most of the records I work on today."