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is a multi-award winning recording artist and performing singer-songwriter/producer from Maryland.  She is also a three-time Washington Area Music Award Nominee.  Michelle has 4 LP releases and many single releases including two singles released by Black Toast Records.

Michelle has become well respected in the industry of composing for Film & TV.  Her long placement list includes: the theme song for Gear Heads, a feature song in Hallmark’s Hope at Christmas, Speed Kills film starring John Travolta, Young Sheldon First Look trailer, a prominent placement in Amazon Prime’s Good Girls Revolt & The Path, The Voice, Harry, Reign, The Fosters, USA's Benched & No Tomorrow, Netflix’s Longmire, CBS Inside the PGA and much more.

One of her most notable accomplishments is winning the Grand Prize in the Folk category of the 2014 John Lennon Song Contest for her song, “Your Footprints” written with fellow songwriter Paul Otten.  Michelle was also a semi-finalist in the 2014 International Song Contest, a Silver Winner in the 2012 Songwriters Association of Washington contest and her International duo group, Blu Cedar, was a semi-finalist in the 2015 the Unsigned Only contest.

She gives back to the community by mentoring musicians, holding workshops & teaching courses on how to build a business in music licensing.  She also holds workshops for women to help them face fears, find their self worth, passions and achieve their dreams.

She performs at corporate events & venues such as Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club, Signature Theatre, and in concert series such as Focus Music and Stone Room Concerts, festivals at Leesburg Flower Festival, Main Street Music Fest, Frederick, Maryland’s First Saturdays and more.


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is a DC local singer/songwriter who wishes to create a genuine and vulnerable experience through his music and performance.  He is currently performing around DC, in neighborhoods, farmers markets and a variety of local venues.  His acoustically driven music style and lyrics that are based on his life experiences and reflections allow the audience to feel a "hartfeldt" connection with the performer, which is amplified by his emotional and nostalgic voice.


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Italo 'Tal' Naccarato, was born in the in the Apennine mountain range in the south of Italy and raised in NYC.  His instruments include guitar, banjo, keyboards, violin, blues harp, and vocals.

Tal was most recently featured as a solo acoustic performer at the 'MerleFest' festival in North Carolina, and has taken his place amongst the very best players worldwide, performing his own original brand of roots blues, classical guitar and traditional folk music.

Tal was also recently featured as a solo acoustic performer, opening the 50th season for Phil Shapiro's WVBR weekly radio show Bound for Glory at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: the longest running live radio broadcast of its kind in North America.

He is currently in studio recording his latest project, The Theory of Hurricanes to be released in 2019.

Tal’s solid songwriting skills and fresh and authentic approach to the genre has cemented his slot in the folk and blues world as a highly stylized original traditional player and composer with a deep love for both roots blues as well as traditional classical guitar music.

When not playing a festival, club or recording date, Tal can sometimes be heard playing his highly original brand of classical guitar and folk blues on the streets of NYC, Nashville, New Orleans, the Florida Keys, Rome, Paris or London, in the time honored blues street singer and classical guitarist tradition.