Howie Kern Day (born January 15, 1981 in Bangor, Maine) is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself. He self-financed and self-released his first album, "Australia", in 2000. Day signed to the major label Epic Records in 2002 and has since re-released his debut as well as producing a follow up, …

Raycharles "Ray" LaMontagne (born 1974) is a folk singer-songwriter currently living in Wilton, Maine. After hearing a Stephen Stills song, he decided to quit his job at a shoe factory and pursue a career in music. He has since released two records, "Trouble" and "Till the Sun Turns Black". In the UK, "Trouble" was a top 5 hit, and the title track of the album was a top 25 hit. "Till the Sun Turns Black" was a top 40 hit in the US.

Mark Erelli (born 1975) is an American folk singer/songwriter from Reading, Massachusetts. He currently resides in Portland, Maine. Erelli is a 1996 graduate of Bates College, where he majored in Biology, and holds a Master's Degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Massachusetts (UMass). Mark was discovered in 1997 by Mark Thayer of Signature Sounds at the Northeastern Regional Folk Alliance Conference after an artist pulled Mark into a Signature Sounds open jam.

Slaid Cleaves is a singer/songwriter originally from South Berwick, Maine. An alumnus of Tufts University, he currently resides in Austin, Texas. His full name is Richard Slaid Cleaves but Slaid is the name that he has used his entire life. Slaid is now a full-time touring musician but like most musicians has held many day jobs; Janitor, warehouse rat, rope-tow operator, film developer, groundskeeper, meter reader, and pizza delivery guy. He was even a human guinea pig.

Micah Smaldone (born 1978) is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter originally from Kennebunkport, Maine. A founding member of the political punk band The Pinkerton Thugs, Smaldone is now mostly known for his solo releases as Micah Blue Smaldone which incorporate a wide variety of influences from delta blues to neo-traditional folk music.

Patty Griffin, born March 16 1964, is an American singer-songwriter from Old Town, Maine, next to the Penobscot Indian reservation. Two of her first four albums were unreleased by A&M Records.

Lenny Breau (August 5, 1941-August 12, 1984) was a brilliantly innovative American-born Canadian jazz guitarist who brought together country, classical, flamenco and jazz guitar techniques. Breau developed a great deal of technical ability; inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used a fingerstyle not often used in Jazz guitar. Largely unknown in popular music, he is known today as a musician's musician.

Spencer Aaron Albee (born May 31, 1976) is an American musician, producer, and front man of the Maine-based rock band As Fast As.

Ellis Paul (born January 14, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born Paul Plissey in Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, a literate, provocative and urbanely romantic folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His pop music songs have appeared in movies and on television, …

Stephen Hague is an American music producer most active with various British acts in the 1980s. He was an influential figure in the synthpop movement. Starting his career as a session keyboardist and a member of the band Jules and the Polar Bears, he started his production career by producing 2 albums by the circa.

Nancy 3. Hoffman (born Nancy Arlene Hoffman, changed her name in 1992) is an American klezmer musician, accordionist, singer, and curator. Hoffman lives on Peaks Island off the coast of Maine.