Raised in small-town Vermont, the daughter of a school teacher and a house painter, Caitlin Canty graduated with a degree in biology and started a career as an Environmental Sustainability Consultant in New York City. In the evenings she would play music at the Lower East Side music halls and bars. In 2009, she left her day job to become a performer full time. Since then she has toured extensively in the US and Europe opening for Mary Chapin Carpenter, the Milk Carton Kids, Josh Ritter and many others. In 2015, she packed up her 1939 Recording King guitar and moved to Nashville. She has now returned to her home state of Vermont with her husband and sons.

"The Vermont native with a casually devastating voice and unshakable poise is bound to be the next great Americana star... Canty is ready to be discovered.” — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Caitlin Canty Website

We are so glad to have Ray Vega return to our Festival stage. Ray has played in many renowned bands including those of Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, and Johnny Pacheco as well as his own renowned Latin Jazz Sextet. He has also recorded with Pancho Sanchez, Lionel Hampton, Paul Simon and Sheila E. among others. When Ray is not on the road performing, he serves as the host of Friday Night Jazz on Vermont Public and is a Music Department Faculty at the University of Vermont. His latest offering is the Ray Vega Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, a Vermont based Salsa Band that focuses on Afro-Caribbean Dance Music. Prepare for a night of dancing!

“....Ray Vega could easily end up being one of the best in the Latin-Jazz playground” Jazzusa.com

Ray Vega Website