John Paul “J.P.” Cormier, is a Canadian bluegrass/folk/Celtic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. To date he has won thirteen East Coast Music Awards and one Canadian Folk Music Award.

Cormier was born in London, Ontario and began playing guitar around age five. As a child he displayed an unusual ability to play a variety of instruments by ear and won a guitar contest at age nine. Appearances on Up Home Tonight, a television show devoted to bluegrass music, followed at age fourteen.

Cormier has stated that he learned to play guitar by listening to such noted country / bluegrass musicians as Chet Atkins and Doc Watson. Other instruments J.P. has played on his albums include fiddle, twelve string guitar, upright bass, banjo, mandolin, drums, percussion, synthesizer, cello, tenor banjo and piano.

By age sixteen Cormier had recorded his first album and he began working the U.S. festival circuit. This led him to move to the United States and to begin working as a session musician. He continued to perform live on the festival circuit and at the Grand Ole Opry with country artists Waylon Jennings, Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe and others.

Tim Bloomer is a professional guitar player from Newcastle Upon Tyne, fluent in many styles of modern music, from jazz to country, rock, and everything in between. He has ample experience in both performing and in the studio, having toured the UK and Europe extensively and recorded in studios across England.

Alongside his continued touring and session work, Tim has been a frequent player on the UK theatre scene since 2018, currently playing guitar for the tour of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and previously playing for sell out residencies on the West End alongside other national and international tours.

In 2019 Tim became an Alvarez All Star for Alvarez Guitars. He is now also the main product demonstrator and co-presenter of weekly YouTube show, Alvarez TV.

Over the last decade Tim has developed an ability to truly engross himself in particular musical styles and genres—to replicate and then develop them as far as possible. Each experience has deepened his overall musicianship, making him an extraordinarily nuanced player, engaged in a persistent effort to offer the relevant musicality to any style and to define and develop his own sound.

Stuart Ryan began his professional career in 2003 when he was awarded Guitarist Magazine’s “Acoustic Guitarist of The Year.” Stuart is a composer, studio musician, performer and educator. Working often as a solo fingerstyle player, he has performed at concert halls and guitar festivals across Europe.

Stuart’s original compositions are published through BMG music and receive regular airplay on the BBC, ITV and networks throughout the world. An in-demand studio guitarist, he has worked with independent and signed artists, and his playing and writing have been featured on several film scores (for Amazon Prime studios among others).

A multi-stylist equally fluent on electric and acoustic guitars, Stuart has written 8 books examining fingerstyle, Soul guitar, Blues, Modern Country and more. Since 2004, he has written a monthly column for Guitar Techniques Magazine and his original pieces are included in the Rockshool and London College of Music grade exams.

South African guitar virtuoso Loki Rothman is the whole package. He has mastered many genres on the guitar, and with a a mesmerizing voice he paints beautiful landscapes with his original lyrics. Loki jump-started his career when he ended up in the top 6 on the first season of SA’s Got Talent. He has travelled the world as Jack Parow’s brilliant guitarist, worked with South African hip-hop legends Die Antwoord as well as London-based artist Toya Delazy. Loki also runs his own private music school. He has sent two brilliant releases into the world, exhibiting his amazing diversity as a musician—his debut album, The Way Back, and his guitar instrumental DVD, Syndactyly.

Situated in Leipzig, Germany, 24-year old twins Brandon and Ashley combine to create The Ocelots. Originally from Wexford, Ireland, they honed their craft through busking around Ireland, before playing their music on many stages all across Europe.

Soon the duo began playing to larger audiences, jumping on tours with international acts like Jack Johnson, Felix Rebil (The Cat Empire), Isaac Gracie and Kim Churchill. They played numerous shows with well-known Irish artists like Glen Hansard and Hudson Taylor and made appearances in the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Tollwood and Electric Picnic amongst others.

The brothers are known for their ability to capture an audience, with mesmerising melody and variety meeting their charm and wit on stage.