is one of many highly notable projects of JayVe Montgomery, a Nashville sound artist and multi-instrumentalist of the Chicago school of Free, Creative, and Improvised musics, Sonic Healing Ministries sector. He was Senior Program Specialist for the Chicago Park District’s Inferno Mobile Recording Studio (2006-2013), a collaborative sound making program for youth and people with disabilities. He was also a curator and artist-in-residence at Brown Rice (2008-2012), an art space for listening in Chicago, IL.
Jack Bird is a violinist, vocalist, producer, improviser, and composer based in Nashville, TN. With a background in both traditional Appalachian and experimental music, he has developed a highly diverse and frenetic sound that pushes the boundaries of the kind of experience that both genres can offer by creating a space for the two to engage in unfettered dialogue. His latest EP Ballads, Blues, and Sacred Songs is available on Bandcamp as of Dec 5th this year.
Randy Hunt is an upright bassist, improviser, luthier, and member of one of Nashville’s most compelling free music groups In Place Quartet. Before moving to the area Hunt pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance from the Mannes/New School Conservatory in New York City and developed a rich background in free improvisation working with avant jazz giants like Sonny Simmons, Reggie Workman, and Henry Kaiser.
Tommy Stangroom is a Nashville percussionist known for his involvement with acts like Kyle Hamlett, Blind Trace, and Supermelt. In addition to working with these groups, he has been an active collaborator in the experimental community providing a dynamic and colorful sound paired with a highly perceptive, well tuned listening ear.
Stomping and swinging for your listening and dancing pleasure, the Mudbug Stompers bring you the sounds of old-time jug bands, Dixieland jazz, blues, trains, baseball, and crawfish boils. The band formed busking on the streets of Nashville, TN in March of 2022.