Vanessa Lively and Ben Bedford

Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle describes Vanessa Lively's music as “folk music on fire with worldly rhythms and a Latin pulse.”

Eclectic, bilingual songwriter and nonprofit founder Vanessa Lively brings passion and fire to her heart-centric writing style and way of living. She has an activist heart and a compassionate attitude that is front and center. “It is music that needs to be heard, shared and experienced” says Gabino Iglesias in The Austin Post.

Kerrville New Folk winner, Ben Bedford is a singer-songwriter, composer, and visual artist. 

In the past almost twenty years since the release of his first album, Bedford has played his music for audiences all over the United States hitting notable venues such as The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Folkstage in Chicago, and Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He's also played festivals like The Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, The Fox Valley Folk Festival in Illinois,…