Xylouris White is a duo comprised of Cretan longnecked lute (laouto) player Giorgis Xylouris and Dirty Threedrummer Jim White. The pair met while Xylouris was living in Melbourne and they stayed in touch. They got their first chance to play together at the Nick Cave-curated ATP Festival backing the laouto player's famous fatherPsarantonis, a nationally beloved singer and lyra player.

Marisa Anderson is a classical guitarist, composer, writer, and social activist. Her musical signature is melding American traditional musics from blues, gospel, country, folk, jazz, and circus music to minimalism, electronic music, drone, 20th century classical, and improvisation.