Jonny Fritz

Jonny Fritz – a veteran of 15 years as a touring musician. Born in Missoula, Montana and raised in Esmont, Virginia. A near perfect blend of country and western, yet impossible to know what to call it or do with it. Jonny calls it Dad Country; a theme park tailor made for dad’s. That’s his genre (so he says) and if that makes sense to you then you ought to have your head checked.

Andrew Sa

Andrew Sa steps confidently into the spotlight with his debut album American Rough, which came out on June 26 via Bloodshot Records. After growing up in the Bay learning to sing along to classic country hits, Sa eventually moved to Chicago to further his songwriting education through a class at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and went on to meet the collaborators that shaped his musical career in Chicago for the years to come: Liam Kazar and Sully Davis. It was Davis who first invited Sa to open for the legendary queer country band

Lavender Country at The Hideout and also tapped him for the brilliantly campy music revue Cosmic Country

Showcase, started by Davis and Dorian Gehring in 2018. It was largely through Cosmic Country that Sa

became a sought-after voice in Chicago’s independent music scene, enveloping audiences with his signature, siren-like croon and delectable charm. Sa’s ever-evolving relationships with his collaborators, the city of Chicago, and his own songwritership paved the way for this impressive debut. Produced by North

Carolina-based H.C. McEntire, American Rough is an intimate, aching, sweet-toned showcase of country-colored indie-folk songs that serve as a cinematic portal into Sa’s relationships with men, the city, and his own pulsing heart. Across its 10 sparkling tracks, we find Sa navigating the complicated dance of masculinity as it’s brought to its most tenuous limits. Sa’s evocative poetry and hypnotic, sultry, lilt captivate and charm, held together throughout by McEntire’s pristine and resplendent musical production recalling Roy Orbison, Randy Newman, Waylon Jennings, and the Everly Brothers.

El Caplan

El Caplan is a Los Angeles-born singer/songwriter and producer known for his rich, baritone voice and reverb-soaked western guitars. Blending Americana, roots rock, and indie rock, his sound reflects his roots as the son of an American session musician father and a Mexican mother from the narco-run Culiacán, Sinaloa. A seasoned studio veteran, El Caplan has worked as a session musician and producer for artists like Dr. Dre, J. Cole, and Anderson .Paak.

His debut EP, Our Lady, the Queen of Angels, which was co-produced by Grammy-winning producer Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Sierra Ferrell), carries that sound into cinematic storytelling. Each track paints a vivid portrait of love, loss, fame, and self-destruction.