August 2026

Tom Compton is a Chicago area singer/songwriter. He has been performing original songs for over 20 years. Tom is the former frontman of The Driveway Drinkers and The Rehydraters. Tom also hosts the songwriting podcast "Pursuing the Muse" on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube where he interviews nationally touring musicians from all over the country.

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Liz Bagby is a multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago. She writes and performs as the frontwoman for Liz + the Baguettes (currently wrapping up their third album with ButterBean Records); she also plays bass for the Unswept. She has written and arranged music for theater productions with Strange Tree Group, American Myth Center, Signal Ensemble, and Right Brain Project, among others. Her writing and art have appeared in publications including Wild Roof Journal, Dramatics, Arts & Letters; in anthologies from Press 53, Chicago Review Press, Wipf & Stock, and Letter Books (forthcoming); and in The Crazy Garden (Press 53) and The ABCs of Rock (with Randy Diderrich).

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