Ariella and Nicolaas

Greenville, South Carolina, is home base for Ariella and Nicolaas, the husband-and-wife duo of singer Ariella McManus and guitarist Nicolaas Kraster, partners onstage for more than 15 years. Their blend of blue-eyed soul, jazz and blues carries hints of world music, they cite Etta James, Paco de Lucía and Roy Buchanan as touchstones, and their sets leave room for the unplanned. Bassist Victor Wooten has brought them in as guest artists at his Music and Nature Camp and has called them one of his favorite bands. They once worked as a five-piece, Ari and the Alibis. The duo has played Fogartyville before; this is a return engagement.