Jean-Baptiste Cardineau and the Local Heroes is a bluegrass group that mines in the fertile grounds of traditional bluegrass, early country and old time mountain music. Franco-American Jean-Baptiste's mandolin playing and musical style is influenced by the early innovators Bill Monroe and notably by his friend and former mentor Frank Wakefield. This Boston-based band carries the torch of a bygone tradition with hardcore numbers, powerful three-part harmonies, gospels and their own original music.

Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk, and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own.