Mali Obomsawin with Cilla Bonnie and Christy Armstrong

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Mali Obomsawin is an award-winning songwriter, bassist and composer from Odanak First Nation, born and raised in Maine. With an eclectic background in indie rock, American roots/folk and jazz, Obomsawin carries several music traditions. A Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist, Mali has toured internationally, receiving acclaim from NPR and RollingStone and several Boston Music Awards nominations with her band Lula Wiles. Obomsawin frequents the folk/roots circuit as a frontwoman and sidewoman, appearing several times at Newport and Philly Folk festival, and also performs as bassist/singer in the creative music scene with Peter Apfelbaum, Taylor Ho Bynum and with her Sextet project, Sweet Tooth. Known for her striking, sardonic lyricism and sonic dreamscapes, Mali’s songwriting delivers the lush, anti-imperialist rock show we’ve all been craving.

Cilla is a working bass player, singer and songwriter. Over the past 15 years she’s played, toured and recorded in numerous projects in Maine, Boston and Los Angeles. In 2020, she released her fourth recording project, August with her bandmates Emmett Harrity on keys, Chris Sweet on drums and Peter Herman on guitar. She writes all the arrangements and lyrics. In addition to her solo project, Cilla currently plays bass for Boston-based soul artist Ali McGuirk.

Christy Armstrong is a singer, songwriter and producer raised and based in Maine, and has been actively writing and recording music for the past 10 years. Christy’s music combines songwriting with more experimental recording techniques and sound design, containing dark psychedelic undertones and often atypical song forms. Through the use of evolving cabalistic imagery and personal observation, their parsed lyricism explores the relation between the self against the rapidly ever changing world. Christy is set to release their debut album Tarping under their surname later this year.