ARTIST ROSTER — Bigger Beast Records

FRANK VIELE

Muscle Shoals recording artist Frank Viele has spent more than 15 years bringing his soulful brand of heartland rock to stages across the country. An eight-time New England Music Award winner, Viele blends Americana, rock, folk, and Southern soul with road-tested songwriting and a powerhouse voice. He has shared stages with artists including John Waite, The Wailers, Howie Day, Lee DeWyze, and many more.

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JAMES LEBLANC

Acclaimed Muscle Shoals songwriter and recording artist James LeBlanc has penned songs for artists including Travis Tritt, Jason Aldean, Sheryl Crow, Kenny Chesney, and Rascal Flatts, contributing to more than 25 million records sold worldwide. A longtime member of the legendary FAME Studios songwriting community, LeBlanc brings the soul of Muscle Shoals to his own deeply personal blend of Americana, rock, and Southern songwriting.

BRYAN TITUS

Bryan Titus is a powerhouse singer-songwriter whose soulful delivery and deeply human songwriting draw from folk, blues, Americana, and roots music. With echoes of Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Paul Simon, and Tim Hardin, Titus pairs an unmistakable voice with songs that can move effortlessly between humor, heartbreak, and hope. His Bigger Beast releases include his stirring interpretation of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and the full-length album Post-Modern Barn Dance.

ARIELLE SILVER

Arielle Silver is an award-winning Americana and folk singer-songwriter whose vivid storytelling explores the connections between people, place, memory, and the roads we travel. Her album Watershed spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts, while her songwriting honors include winning the South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition and placing second in the International Acoustic Music Awards. A nationally touring performer, Silver pairs thoughtful lyricism with warm acoustic textures and an unmistakable storyteller’s voice.

LAURA CLAPP

Berklee College of Music graduate Laura Clapp is a singer-songwriter and powerhouse vocalist whose career has taken her from Nashville’s Music Row to stages around the world. After establishing herself as an in-demand demo singer in Nashville, Clapp spent several years touring internationally as a backing vocalist for synth-pop icon Howard Jones. With four albums, hundreds of recording sessions, and a career spanning both performance and the professional audio industry, Clapp brings experience, versatility, and an extraordinary voice to every song.

REES SHAD

Rees Shad is a troubadour, musical storyteller, and lifelong creative whose expansive career spans more than three decades and 17 solo albums. Since his 1994 debut Anderson, Ohio, Shad has built a reputation for richly detailed songwriting that lives somewhere between contemporary folk, Americana, and musical literature. A songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and relentless collaborator, Shad approaches every record as another chapter in an ever-evolving exploration of story, sound, and the human experience.

LEE TOTTEN

Part troubadour, part poet, Lee Totten has spent more than two decades bringing his introspective blend of folk, rock, pop, and acoustic songwriting to audiences across the country. With more than 1,300 performances to his name, Totten has shared stages with artists including Barenaked Ladies, Third Eye Blind, Everclear, The Offspring, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Equal parts storyteller and songwriter, his music balances thoughtful observation, humor, melody, and the unmistakable perspective of a lifelong road-tested artist.

CASSIDY DICKENS

West Virginia singer-songwriter Cassidy Dickens blends traditional Appalachian storytelling with a fresh, contemporary approach to folk and acoustic Americana. After spending seven years writing and performing in Nashville, Dickens returned home to the Mountain State with more than 15 years of touring experience, multiple songwriting honors, and three full-length albums behind her. Her music pairs a warm, expressive voice with deeply personal writing rooted in vulnerability, resilience, home, and the people and places that shape who we become.

ALEX RADUS

Award-winning Pennsylvania singer-songwriter Alex Radus is a genre-bending storyteller whose music moves effortlessly between Americana, swing, blues, folk, country, and beyond. A gifted guitarist and expressive vocalist, Radus pairs musical sophistication with songwriting that can be equally poignant, playful, and unexpected. A 2025 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival “Most Wanted” Emerging Artist, he has shared stages with artists including John Gorka, Livingston Taylor, Jeffrey Gaines, and Darrell Scott while building a sound distinctly his own.

ANTAR GOODWIN

Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Antar Goodwin blends the grit of classic blues with the soul and storytelling of Americana. Before stepping forward with Antar Goodwin & The Faithful Sinners, he spent 15 years immersed in New York City’s music scene as a bassist, musical director, and collaborator, working alongside artists including Sting, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Ruth Brown. His music combines masterful musicianship with raw honesty, emotional depth, and songs built around truth, transformation, and lived experience.

JESSICA SMUCKER

Lancaster, Pennsylvania singer-songwriter Jessica Smucker creates deeply literate songs capable of turning a noisy room quiet with a single line. A published poet and essayist as well as a nationally touring performer, Smucker combines thoughtful lyricism, memorable melodies, and an uncommon ability to find universal meaning inside intensely personal stories. Her work has earned recognition from the Connecticut Folk Festival Song Competition, Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and SolarFest Singer/Songwriter Showcase while building a catalog spanning multiple albums and EPs.

LIZ REED

Connecticut singer-songwriter Liz Reed blends soulful vocals, sharp wit, and a lifetime of folk tradition into songs rooted in social justice, self-discovery, family, and everyday resilience. A public-school music educator and lifelong community builder, Reed has released six full-length albums while performing extensively throughout New England. Her songwriting has earned recognition from the South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Competition and the folk radio charts, while her music carries the honesty and purpose of an artist whose creative life and community life are inseparable.

BRIE GREEN

Massachusetts singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brie Green has been turning life into songs for more than two decades. One-quarter and a founding member of beloved New England sibling group The Green Sisters, Brie moves effortlessly between guitar, fiddle, bass, and vocals, drawing from folk, bluegrass, country, blues, and roots music. Her 2024 solo album On the Path You Walk introduced 14 deeply personal originals filled with heart, humor, longing, and light—fittingly followed by another adventure: thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail.

STEVE HARTMANN

Vermont-based singer-songwriter Steve Hartmann combines a remarkable vocal range, intricate guitar work, and emotionally driven songwriting into a sound that moves effortlessly between rhythmic energy and quiet vulnerability. A Berklee College of Music alum, Hartmann has shared stages with artists including Bryan Adams, Train, Dispatch, Jeffrey Gaines, and Chris Carrabba. With a live performance style capable of moving from intimate reflection to explosive dynamics, Hartmann creates music that resists easy categorization while remaining immediately human and deeply connective.

STEPHEN PETER RODGERS

Stephen Peter Rodgers is a nationally recognized songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and longtime cornerstone of Connecticut’s independent music community. From fronting influential New Haven band Mighty Purple to founding the legendary Space venues in Hamden, Rodgers has spent more than three decades creating music while helping countless other artists find a stage. His current work blends introspective Americana, folk, country, and vintage textures with songs shaped by faith, hope, reflection, and a lifetime spent building community through music.

ME, LIKE MANY

Me, Like Many is the musical alter ego of Connecticut singer-songwriter Tom D’Ademo, whose intimate writing pairs emotional vulnerability with lush, carefully constructed arrangements. Moving through heartbreak, uncertainty, resilience, and hope, D’Ademo creates songs that feel deeply personal without losing their universal center. An award-winning songwriter, recording engineer, and producer, he combines a delicate vocal delivery with a meticulous ear for sound, creating atmospheric music where the smallest details often carry the greatest emotional weight.

EDDIE SEVILLE

Eddie Seville is an American songwriter and high-and-lonesome raconteur whose songs turn real life into barroom ballads, prayers, and punchlines. Blending roots music, country blues, folk, soul, and rock & roll, Seville has written music released by Island, Atlantic, and Universal Records, with songs heard across major television networks and HBO. A veteran performer and uncompromising storyteller, his catalog is built on raw honesty, tough-earned wisdom, sharp lyrics, and the unmistakable voice of someone who has lived the stories he sings.

HATFIELD

Hatfield brings a drummer’s intensity to the front of the stage, blending rock, Americana, and soul into a percussive sound built in the trenches of the live music circuit. After years behind the kit, he emerged as a solo artist carrying that rhythmic foundation directly into his songwriting. His songs live in the space between vulnerability and resilience—stories about people who don’t always win the battle but keep finding reasons to fight. His Bigger Beast debut, “This Dragon Heart,” introduced that philosophy at full volume.

MARC APOSTOLIDES

Singer-songwriter and musical alchemist Marc Apostolides brings more than 35 years of live performance experience to a sound that freely moves through folk, jazz, rock, blues, and vocal improvisation. After decades performing more than 100 shows annually, Apostolides turned his creative energy toward producing intimate musical experiences through The Apostolides Project and his Sacred Sessions at the Barn. Equally comfortable behind a microphone, mixing board, or camera, Marc approaches music as both performer and curator—always searching for the magic inside a live moment.

ROBERT C. FULLERTON

Robert C. Fullerton describes his music as “acoustic soul”- a fitting name for a songwriter whose sound pulls from Americana, folk, jazz, blues, and a lifetime spent exploring different corners of music. A guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, former choral director, and prolific recording artist, Fullerton finds inspiration in everyday moments and life’s quieter questions. His intricate guitar work and reflective storytelling create songs that feel warm, thoughtful, and distinctly New England - part songwriter, part philosopher, and always unmistakably Robert C. Fullerton.

SHAWN TAYLOR

Shawn Taylor is a wandering-roots troubadour whose music weaves together folk, blues, Americana, rock, Appalachian influences, and world-class fingerstyle guitar playing. Touring since 2008, Taylor has released five albums of original music and earned recognition in songwriting competitions throughout the East Coast. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, storyteller, and accomplished long-distance hiker, he brings that same wanderlust to his songs—music shaped by miles traveled, people encountered, and an insatiable curiosity about what might be waiting around the next bend.