Anyone who saw Y'All open for Trout Fishing in America at the Freight last year cannot possibly have forgotten the experience. Y'All is not so much a band as a world unto itself -- a sweet, winsome world where true love reigns and way too much fun is had by all. The cross-dressing guitar-and-ukelele duo are masters of a vaudevillian brand of entertainment that mixes comedy, storytelling, and music, and owes as much to Sonny & Cher as it does to the Grand Ole Opry and Hee Haw. Always treading a fine line between kitsch and pure reverence for old-time country music, James Dean Jay Byrd and Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer apply their beautiful Louvin Brothers-style harmonies to original tunes that range from heartfelt ballads like "Doggone Happy" to rip-snorting gems like "Christmastime in the Trailer Park" and "Are You on the Top 40 of Your Lord?" Based in Nashville, James and Steven (according to Y'allology, their respective origins lie in Okey-Dokey, Texas and Kornflake, Indiana) have spent the past decade performing their irresistible "old-time country music for the 21st century" at all sorts of venues as well as producing numerous albumsömost recently The Hey Y'all! Soundtrack and a 300-page autobiography, The Good Book.

James Taylor meets Jerry Seinfeld meets Joe Hill?

Singer-songwriter David Roth brings a melodious voice and crisp, clean guitar work to bear on what he describes as "user-friendly, non-toxic, heavy mental, easy listening protest music." David's songs underscore the positive power in music to open the mind and lift the spirits: audiences are sure to have thoughts provoked, hearts touched, and funnybones well tickled by this master of heartfelt wisdom and incisive wit. Currently based in Seattle, David was born and raised in Chicago, where his father ran the famous nightclub Chez Paris. David has spent nearly two decades performing at festivals and clubs across North America, conference forums on themes like Community Building Through Humor and Song, and contributing to the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He recently released his sixth album, Irreconcilable Similarities.