When Joe Downing hits town, even the palm trees sway to the music.

With roots in Ohio and Nashville and a soul that feels at home on the sea and on the beach, singer/songwriter Joe Downing is welcome to audiences from Key West to Chicago to San Diego.

Raised in Palatka, Wes Register has sung and performed since he was a boy — first in the church and school choirs and bands, then in a band formed by his older brother, and then in his own bands (including the Paper City Hustlers). In addition, he has a strong solo act and performs frequently in St. Augustine.

Originally from Sweetwater, Tennessee, Joshua Worthy (AKA "Tennessee") says of his hometown, "We had a Walmart and one red light." Like many in the arts, Tennessee first played music for his own enjoyment and growth. After a while, he wondered whether there was more to life beyond Sweetwater and whether that "more" would allow him to make music for a living.

He headed south, Jacksonville was too big, but St. Augustine felt like a new home. (Albeit one with many red lights and more traffic than Sweetwater.)

Stephen Currence visits St. Augustine to bring his personal sound and style of acoustic guitar to the Ancient City.  For over two decades, this performing songwriter has supplemented his day job by playing gigs around Florida, adding his own acoustic sound to a great stage show.

With Stephen's smooth vocals and original music mixed in with covers, the sound draws crowds in off the street for family entertainment.

Todd and Molly Jones, a husband and wife singer/songwriting duo, first met when Molly was simply enjoying the music scene and listening to Todd. Until they had begun making music together, she had never thought of singing in public.

The Carpetbaggers, who all moved here from elsewhere in the country, appropriated that name when a few local musicians at gigs jokingly accused them of being carpetbaggers. David Watt Besley (Georgia), Tony Scozzaro (New York), Sue Seymour Westcott (Georgia, Hawaii, and Virginia), and Frankie Urzetta (New York) took the mildly pejorative label and promptly named their band. 

Hearing Paul Linser play the guitar is like a throw back to Gamble Rogers himself, with his finger picking style, adding in his own sweet, clear voice to  enhance the experience.

Music teachers Heather and Greg Lanza, met, married, moved to St. Augustine. Here, they formed the acoustic duo Timberwood and in 2014 they started playing music together in St. Augustine venues.

While both are musicians and educators, they come from very different musical backgrounds. Greg is a metal guitarist and Heather is a pianist and classically trained singer. They write their own songs and play covers from a wide array of artists.

Brittani Mueller started learning music when she was five, first at the piano. She has since added guitar and is working on learning the banjo.