HOME BASE: New Jersey (native to Little Egg Harbor) and Nashville, Tenn.

STYLE: Covers and originals in the genres of Americana/folk, country and more, performed in her simple, wholesome, singer-songwriter style.

LINEUP: Sahara Moon, guitar and vocals.

INSIDE TRACK: The hardworking songstress has earned industry cred by opening for Chris Smither at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences and for the Marshall Tucker Band at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa. this year.

FUN FACT: Moon uses a guitar pedalboard handcrafted by her dad, Stephen, with her own pyrographic embellishment.