Ford Collier is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer of folk music who specialises in weaving influences from diverse traditions into his music. Since starting his music career in his teens, he has performed at festivals including Glastonbury, regularly toured the UK, released six studio albums with the bands he founded, Mishra and The Drystones, and accompanied legendary Indian kathak dancer Padmashri Guru Pratap Pawar. Performing on low whistle, guitar, and an array of percussion including tabla and calabash, Ford's diverse skills as an instrumentalist, composer, and improviser have made him an established figure on the UK folk scene and a respected educator of all ages, abilities, and needs.

Patrick Rimes is a musician, composer, arranger and conductor from Wales. Born and raised in the thriving traditional music heartlands of Snowdonia, he went on to study classical violin and viola at Leeds University, Janáčkovo Akademie Muzických in Brno, Czech Republic and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.