Photos by Lili Zaneta.

Jordan Sand is a double bassist, vocalist, composer and improviser living in Trondheim, Norway. Her solo music, described as "Joni Mitchell meets Ligeti" (Omaha Under the Radar), blends song, free improv and noise to haunting effects. Blurring the lines between her bowed bass and siren voice, Sand delivers new stories from a familiar acoustic space, fusing strings and chords into an organ-like sound that transcends the sum of two parts.

In November 2024 Sand brings a song cycle of modern myths to Waterbury, spinning scenes of apocalyptic mother hares and desert wanderers and proliferating scraps of sound into static worlds for contemplation and rest.

Mikahely is a singer-songwriter who hails from the beautiful island of Madagascar, but his music is out of this world! A self-taught musician, he draws inspiration from traditional Malagasy rhythms to create his own unique and healing sounds on guitar and valiha (a zither-like instrument made from bamboo). Singing his all original music in his native language of Malagasy, Mikahely transcends boundaries. Having toured in Madagascar and Europe, he now brings his music to new audiences in the United States. He is also featured in the documentary Guitar Madagascar.