Sway Wild

• Indie Folk

San Juan Island, WA-based indie folk-rock duo Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw are back at it with a new sound, and a new name: Sway Wild! Their exceptional vocal harmonies, coupled with Fer’s pioneering electric guitar work, have become a vehicle to carry them around the world, sharing stages with the likes of Iron & Wine, Lake Street Dive, and Watchhouse. Sway Wild’s infectious sound explores the corners of rock, pop, funk, worldbeat, and folk, but at its nucleus it is undeniably a music full of joy. It can squeeze the heart in your chest, it can draw tears from your eyes, and it can force you to get up and move your body; over and over, it somehow manages to do all three at once. Mandy Fer also tours as the lead guitarist for Amos Lee and Allison Russell and has recently performed with Brandi Carlile.

Allie Chip

• Singer/Songwriter

“I have always gotten chills from the sounds of consonants and the patterns of poetry.”

This is the inspiration behind the work of Poughkeepsie native, and now Brooklyn singer/writer/performer Allie Chip. Allie has been singing since her earliest childhood days, doing Celine Dion and the Little Mermaid on her boombox in the living room. She started voice lessons in 4th grade, moving onto choir, clarinet lessons, jazz singing and musical theater throughout college. All this experience led to Allie’s new EP, Cascades, recorded in Boston with Producer Kevin O’Connell.

After touring around Colorado with Cascades in 2018, Allie decided to move back NY in 2020 (okay, the pandemic might have influenced this too!). In NY she founded her company, Give Love Originals (GLO)— a business that writes and records custom wedding songs. In October 2022, Allie was a featured songwriter on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Allie currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, where she’s exploring stand-up comedy and working on singles for her 3rd studio album, set to release in 2024.