Vixy and Tony

Seattle duo Vixy & Tony each got into filk separately, he at California filk and sci-fi conventions, and she at house filks and conventions in Washington. If they'd both stayed home, they might never have met, but, being wandering souls, they met in the middle at Orycon in Portland, Oregon. After a couple of successive Orycons spent listening to one another, they came together by chance in concert at one fateful Baycon in 2005 ("wanna sing with me?" "sure, why not?") and have been performing together ever since.

Singer and songwriter Vixy is formerly of the filk group Escape Key, originally formed with her husband Matthew on guitar and their friend Audrey Eschright on flute. Their 2001 album,Shadowbeast, contains the Pegasus Award-winning song "The Girl That's Never Been".

As luck would have it, just as Matthew decided to quit guitar in order to spend more time on mad science and wilderness adventures, Tony relocated to Seattle. He brought with him a guitar, a golden ear, and a dream of producing an album, and the duo of Vixy & Tony was born. The first tangible result of this union, Thirteen, was released in April 2008, and was met with glowing reviews, as well as another Pegasus for the song "Emerald Green".Thirteen also contains the long-awaited studio rendition of the popular Firefly anthem "Mal's Song", a brilliant blending of the TV show's theme song with new verses written by Vixy.

Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard

Morva is a retired professional organizer, Alan is an almost retired electrical engineer. They have been attending their local SFF convention in Winnipeg for 20+ years, but only really got into filk music about 8-10 years ago. As with so many things filk related, blame Decadent Dave Clement! However, once hooked, they were committed, and now it seems to be their joint retirement project. They started making music together in choir back in high school, but now devote their energies to parodies and original songs on books and movies and cats and...well...whatever. It's filk!

Seanan McGuire

From Seanan's Music and Filk FAQ:
In addition to being a professional author, I am an award-winning singer/songwriter and an active member of the filk community. This is both because I love music, and because I have always specialized in acquiring way too many hobbies. This FAQ page addresses basic questions about my music, the people who make music with me, the filk community, and the albums which I have released.

Seanan has won three Pegasus Awards for her songs:

Steven Brust

Steve is a singer, songwriter, and drumer. He has recorded a solo album, A Rose for Iconoclastes and has placed in the folk rock band Cats Laughing, and with the Albany Free Traders.

Spider Robinson

Spider will not be able to fulfill his commitment to Westercon 68 because of severe health issues.

He wrote:
Tell folks I had to tap out due to recent undisclosed health problems. That's the shortest and truest I can say it. If anybody argues, tell 'em I'm 66, I've been hospitalized six times in the last six months, and we're working on it. And tell them I apologize.

Our thoughts and best wishes go with Spider for a speedy diagnosis and complete recovery.

Besides writing a lot of good SF and Fantasy — and winning 3 Hugos and a Nebula, Spider also sings and plays a mean guitar. His CD Belaboring the Obvious is available. The Westercon 68 site has more information about Spider's accomplishments.