The Sonic Café hosted by John and Rachel Nicholas

is a singer-songwriter and public school music teacher. Kate has released two albums; “Finding the Brighter Side” 2008 and “Revolution” 2012. Kate has taken the stage at popular venues across the country. Since moving to Maine, she has been writing new songs and performing throughout the Midcoast and is the winner of the 15th Annual Maine Songwriters 2025 Songwriting Contest.

is a singer-songwriter, performer, record producer, and author, with thirty albums and more than fifty production and special projects to his credit, including Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro, and works for film and musical theater. He performs around the world, collaborates with Japanese guitarist Yoshiyuki Sahashi in the EN project, British keyboardist Harvey Jones as the electronica ensemble Parker Gray, is married to singer- songwriter Annie Gallup, with whom he collaborates in the folk/Americana duo Hat Check Girl.

is a guitarist, singer & songwriter originally from Mid-Coast Maine recently returned from living, playing & recording in Nashville, TN for the last two decades. Andre has two albums of original music; 2013’s Riverside & the 2019 release Fairweather Friend produced by Grammy Award winning engineer Chad Brown featuring guitarist Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, Bob Dylan). 

have been making music together since they met, blending soulful harmonies with a love of folk and roots traditions. Based in Midcoast Maine since 2012, they perform as a duo and with their band The Lowdown. They also host the Good Trouble Project, a concert series supporting local causes.

is an award-winning singer-songwriter and community organizer. Informed by rural living and working class values, Trunzo writes what Adobe and Teardrops called “political country music at its finest.” She’s a board member of WERU, Documentary Songwriters, and Maine Songwriters Association. Her 4th record, Better Than I Was, came out 2025.