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Photographer Daniel Jackson has shot photos at Dunkin' Donut openings, toured with a 10-piece soul band, been inside a few circle pits at metal shows, and snapped pics at Back to the Future-themed PTA events. Follow him on Twitter: @listenyoungman

Joseph Terrell's day job is as the guitarist in one of the BGS's favorite North Carolina string bands — Mipso. Follow them on Twitter: @mipsomusic

Aisha Alfa is a comedian, actor, and writer who lives in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @aishaalfa

Kaia Kater is lauded for being one of the youngest performers in the roots scene, and at 22 years old, there’s not much arguing her progeny. But what’s special is that she’s blowing up the roots music scene in spite of her age, not because of it. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the national spotlight on both Canadian and American soil.

Born and raised in New York City, Marissa R. Moss is a freelance journalist currently residing in East Nashville, Tennessee. She contributes frequently to Rolling Stone Country, American Songwriter and the Nashville Scene and has had bylines in Billboard, NYLON, Filter Magazine, Paste.com, Salon.com, the Hollywood Reporter, Gotham, Los Angeles Magazine, Spin.com and more. She also served a summer as a contributing editor for Hamptons magazine, and is the founder and Editor in Chief of Lockeland Springsteen, a Nashville-based music blog that recently was ranked one of the best in Nashville by the Nashville Scene 2015 Reader's Poll. She has a background in political communications, and worked for a variety of progressive causes in New York and Los Angeles, including Maria Shriver's Women's Conference, the American Foundation for Equal Rights and the Special Olympics World Games. As a bio and copy writer, she has crafted work for influencers, leaders and artists from Shriver, to President Barack Obama, to Grammy-winning musicians and New York City landmark Carnegie Hall. 

Marissa was educated at New York University's Gallatin School of the Arts. 

Find her on Twitter: @MarissaRMoss