Kali Uchis

Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director & Fashion Designer

Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy-Winning & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

9th Wonder

Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Record Executive, DJ & Rapper

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Shirley Caesar

Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Singer, Songwriter & Pastor

Tyler Butler-Figueroa

Violinist, Leukemia Survivor, Survivor of Childhood Bullying & Reality TV Star

Martin Rooney

Founder of Training For Warriors & Author

The Avett Brothers

American Band from North Carolina Known for "I and Love and You" & "Vanity"

Capitol Steps

Nationally Acclaimed Political Satire Troupe

Rapsody

Female Rapper from North Carolina

Robert Duvall

Academy Award-Winning Actor; "The Godfather," "The Apostle," "Get Low" and "The Judge"

David Snyder

Business Author, International Thought Leader and Consultant in Leadership Assessment and Development, Creative Writer, Musician, Composer

Felwine Sarr

Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Duke University

Afrotopia

Hiss Golden Messenger

Folk Music Band

Porter Robinson

Electronic Music Artist and DJ; "Language" and "Easy"

Nathaniel Peterkin-Adon "MAJ3STY"

Singer-Songwriter, Recording Artist, Producer, Musician, Public Speaker, Author

Stephanie Mills

R&B and Gospel Singer; Known for Broadway's "The Wiz"

Kaiser Kuo

Marketing and Communications Expert

Willa Brigham

Inspirational, educational and down right entertaining!

Luther Barnes

Record Producer, Director, Songwriter & Composer

Beta Radio

Wilmington, North Carolina’s Beta Radio threw their hat into the Americana-Folk ring with their debut album Seven Sisters.