Velvet's principal songwriters Jay Manley (guitar/vocals) and Jane Francis (bass/vocals) joined by Zsolt David (drums) craft muscular, extraordinarily cohesive rock with a lot of punch and document stories of longing for love, recognition, and emancipation from the illusory heavy burden of the world.

Davis Stillson has been playing at playing the guitar for 30 plus years and writing off and on again for over 20 years. Plus, he just got the Cave a new PA head. Come see Davis Stillson: singer, songwriter, saint.

Town Mountain occupies the common ground between traditional bluegrass, outlaw country, and pure old time mountain music; they harnesses the frantic energy of the modern punk string band, yet still remains respectfully rooted in the tradition of Bill Monroe; they have one foot proudly planted in the path of traditional bluegrass, and one foot stepping out into the unknown forefront of American string music.

Joe Romeo found the rock in Jersey, the groove in Chapel Hill, and now he comes back to the Cave with his band, The Orange County Volunteers. This incestual ensemble includes two former Fake Swedes, a Hotel Light, a Spiderbag, a Pawnshop Ruby, and a Boy.

This solid, block-like, blind man has a powerful, flexible, southern drenched voice that comes from deep down in his gut. He has been deeply affected by his church and regularly gets off his piano stool mid-show - ministering from the stage - taking the audience to church with him.