Sasha and Justin will win your heart. With airtight harmonies and astounding instrumental virtuosity, Sasha Papernik and Justin Poindexter light up the stage with their award winning songwriting and inspired interpretations. Together, they have performed for audiences in some of the world’s greatest venues, from Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. They have toured Poland, Germany and Estonia as ambassadors of American music for U.S. State Department and will premiere a new interactive piece on the American Porch at the 2025 Venice Bienalle. Their debut album, featuring American music legend David Amram, was released to critical acclaim in 2021 with songs winning finalist places in the MerleFest and New Song songwriting competitions.

Vocalist and pianist/accordionist Sasha Papernik is a classically trained pianist and first generation Russian-American. Drawing on her dual heritage, she uses her wide range of talents to present concerts spanning genres and continents. Her self-released bilingual album, "Victory," has been hailed by reviewers as "unparalleled in its aesthetics and musical elegance" (Indiemunity). Her bilingual concert, “I Speak Music," has toured New York City schools for The Center For Arts Education, Lincoln Center Education, and Carnegie Hall. Recent performances include on-stage accordionist with American Ballet Theater in the 2025 production of “The Winter’s Tale.” Sasha is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Manhattan School of Music.

Guitarist and vocalist Justin Poindexter was raised in North Carolina, the son of a country singer and a schoolteacher. Specializing in American Roots music, including folk, blues, country and traditional jazz, his 2014 album with the Amigos, “Diner in the Sky,” won Americana Album of Year from the Independent Music Awards. Justin has performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, David Amram, Ken Peplowski, Bria Skonberg, Ranger Doug, Nellie McKay, Catherine Russell, and Pete Seeger among many others, and has travelled extensively overseas for the American Music Abroad program. He leads Jazz at Lincoln Center’s global outreach concert initiative, “Let Freedom Swing,” which has reached over half a million students around the world. Justin is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.