Blending together folk, blues, country, and bluegrass, Hot Tamale Cosmos is a women-led, vocal-forward group, with every band member blending their voices into a kind of cosmic gumbo. The group features guitarist Sonja Martin of Feeding Leroy, electric guitarist Colleen Myhre of Boss Mama & the Jebberhooch, upright bassist Jen Krussow of the Field Birds and Sugar on the Roof, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Erin Aldridge on the fiddle, and Jocelyn Mikkelson. The five-piece band performs originals in tight harmonies, as well as covers by artists such as Iris DeMent, Bob Dylan, and Gillian Welch.