Locos Por Juana is a Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated bilingual band formed in Miami, FL, in 2000 that blows away audiences with what the Miami Herald calls “eareld calls the beloved master of “the Latin-Reggae-Hip-Hop mashup” .  The band rocks stages with electrifying dynamism, collaborations with stars of Latin music and hip hop and reggae, high energy dance numbers,  and a unique music style. The current line-up consists of vocalist Itagüí Correa, guitarist Mark Kondrat, and drummer Javier Delgado, who form the core of the group, along with trombonist Lasim Richards and percussionist Carlos Palmet. The band released its first two albums,  Locos Por Juana in 2003  and Música pal Pueblo in 2005, on the indie label Musical Productions (MP) Records. In 2003 they were nominated for a Premio Lo Nuestro and in 2005 for a Latin Grammy.  In 2007, Locos por Juana signed with Universal Música and released La Verdad, nominated for a Grammy. In 2010, Locos por Juana returned with a new EP, Evolución, nominated for The Shock Awards in the Best Alternative Album category in Bogatá. Their next album "Somos de La Calle" will be released in the fall and the single "Se Fue La Luz" is available now on Billboard.com.Music Friday Live is moving to Mexico in July and will  disassemble the studio for moving next week. This Friday is our last week on the air before we move to Mexico. We will begin broadcasting again in August, interviewing Mexican bands and American bands touring in Mexico.

Locos Por Juana is a Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated bilingual band formed in Miami, FL, in 2000 that blows away audiences with what the Miami Herald calls “eareld calls the beloved master of “the Latin-Reggae-Hip-Hop mashup” .  The band rocks stages with electrifying dynamism, collaborations with stars of Latin music and hip hop and reggae, high energy dance numbers,  and a unique music style. The current line-up consists of vocalist Itagüí Correa, guitarist Mark Kondrat, and drummer Javier Delgado, who form the core of the group, along with trombonist Lasim Richards and percussionist Carlos Palmet. The band released its first two albums,  Locos Por Juana in 2003  and Música pal Pueblo in 2005, on the indie label Musical Productions (MP) Records. In 2003 they were nominated for a Premio Lo Nuestro and in 2005 for a Latin Grammy.  In 2007, Locos por Juana signed with Universal Música and released La Verdad, nominated for a Grammy. In 2010, Locos por Juana returned with a new EP, Evolución, nominated for The Shock Awards in the Best Alternative Album category in Bogatá. Their next album "Somos de La Calle" will be released in the fall and the single "Se Fue La Luz" is available now on <a href="http://Billboard.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billboard.com</a>. Music Friday Live is moving to Mexico in July and will  disassemble the studio for moving next week. This Friday is our last week on the air before we move to Mexico. We will begin broadcasting again in August, interviewing Mexican bands and American bands touring in Mexico.

LOCOS POR JUANA. Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated Afroc/Latin/reggae rockers

Sarah Burton

Sarah Burton’s career started in 2006 with a broken heart, a broken down vehicle, and a haphazard tour across Canada in a van named Lucky -- an artist driven by adventure, spontaneity, and a desire to connect with people from all walks of life. Three Minivans, and several greyhound trips later, Sarah has played 200+ shows a year, released 4 albums and played festivals across North America. Rooted in folk, and skirting pop, rock and country – Sarah’s music is a collage of her own adventures and the people she meets along the way. Her songs have made their way to the big screen, earned college radio charting in US and Canada and commercial radio play in Canada and Europe. Now, after the bad breakup, two robberies, a few trips to the ER, and moving to the West Texas desert she has produced her fifth studio album, Give Me What I Want and it is a knockout.

Sarah Burton: a life of adventure and misfortune has made for a great 5th album

RAMEKEGA is a California-based alternative band formed in 2007, comprised of three women with 3 full-length albums and two West Coast tours under their belt.  The Pozon Sisters  Kelli  (rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals), and Gabrielle  (drums, percussion, vocals),  were joined by younger sister Kaira Pozon (bass, vocals) in 2011. They are getting radio airplay locally in California and internationally in the UK and Australia and  have  played in some of LA’s top music venues like the Roxy and the Ebell Theater, along with in festivals and fairs throughout  California.  They appeared on Time Warner Cable programs “Yourself Presents”,  A18 TV, and AXS Live - along with the Hansons, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Art Alexakis of Everclear. Their musical style  is a smorgasbord that includes pop, rock, indie, jazz, ballads, and retro, and blues, and whatever else ‘just sounds right for the song”.

RAMEKEGA: three woman who rock in California and far beyond

Taina Asili

Taína Asili is a New York-based Puerto Rican singer, filmmaker and activist combining powerful vocals and social justice lyrics in a fusion of Afro-Latin, reggae and rock. For over 20 years she has brought the music of love and resistance to venues across the globe – from the Women’s March on Washington to the nationwide Rock Against the TPP Tour. After the 2016 election, a bigger audience has caught up to the artist the Huffington Post named one of “12 Freedom Fighting Bands to Get you Through the Trump Years.  Asili’s first album War Cry, 2010, and her latest album Fruit of Hope, 2014, show the growth and power of a talented, dedicated artist and activist. Asili  also works in other media: her music videos “No Es Mi Presidente” ,  “And We Walk”,  and the stirring  “Freedom” received national acclaim and media attention. Recently, she has launched a podcast with her new show The Rhythm of Rebellion, featuring interviews with social justice artists from around the world. Truly a talent that our times demand. (photos by Mike Morgan, Shannon Straney, Sun Angel)

We dance The Rhythm of Rebellion with Taina Asili

Alice Wallace

"The Blue" by Southern California singer/songwriter Alice Wallace from her new album, Into the Blue, released on Rebelle Road Records, has been named one fo the 10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now - along with songs by Blake Sheldon.  That is pretty good national company for a woman who is is pure California country music. Her fourth album, Into the Blueharks back to the 70’s artists like Joni Mitchelle and Jackson Brown who did not have all the answers but knew how to sing the questions.  Folky, romantic, soulful, and always melodic, Alice is eclectic Americana, organic, probing but understanding and often topical. Winner of an LA MUSIC CRITIC Award, Alice has performed at LA’s legendary country venue the Palomino Club,  as well as many others in her average 200-gigs year. The album marks her debut on the brand-new Rebelle Road label, an imprint founded by a trio of women dedicated to strengthening the California Country music community and expanding visibility for female artists in the Americana/roots genre. The song, is pure gold, as Rolling Stone reminds us.And, theirrepressible Trevor Douglas will drop in to let us know about new shows and new music.

"The Blue" by Southern California singer/songwriter Alice Wallace from her new album, Into the Blue, released on Rebelle Road Records, has been named one fo the 10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now - along with songs by Blake Sheldon.  That is pretty good national company for a woman who is is pure California country music. Her fourth album, Into the Blueharks back to the 70’s artists like Joni Mitchelle and Jackson Brown who did not have all the answers but knew how to sing the questions.  Folky, romantic, soulful, and always melodic, Alice is eclectic Americana, organic, probing but understanding and often topical. Winner of an LA MUSIC CRITIC Award, Alice has performed at LA’s legendary country venue the Palomino Club,  as well as many others in her average 200-gigs year. The album marks her debut on the brand-new Rebelle Road label, an imprint founded by a trio of women dedicated to strengthening the California Country music community and expanding visibility for female artists in the Americana/roots genre. The song, is pure gold, as Rolling Stone reminds us. And, theirrepressible Trevor Douglas will drop in to let us know about new shows and new music.

Alice Wallace's "The Blue" named  One of the 10 Best Country Songs by Rolling Stone.

Alicia Blue is singer-songwriter who uses a folk tradition to tell modern stories. And she knows her stories - she's done just about everything to tell them, from cleaning houses, to waiting tables, to sleeping on couches, and taking care of an aging soul singer. Her hard work and perseverance has taken her to the heart of LA’s folk-singer-songwriter scene, . telling tales of not so pretty realities and some  heart-breaking truths, s.  Along the way she explores culture, race and identity in her music. Her  debut single, “Incognito”  tells  a cryptic tale of Alicia’s experience as a “passing” Latina.   She sings at clubs and events  throughout Los Angeles including appearing at the Hotel Café and NAMM.

Alicia Blue. A fast-rising Latina singer/songwriter  with many tales to tell

Jerrica Alyssa

Jerrica Alyssa is a Canadian Pop/R&amp;B Artist.  Born and raised in Vancouver and now lives in Nashville, TN.  A conservatory trained pianist at ARCT,  the Royal Conservatory of Music, she is an accomplished singer/songwriter, and a professional Polynesian dancer.  She is now writing, recording and performing as a solo artist, creating a voluptuous mix of pop, funk, and R&amp;B, with industry veteran Joseph Magee (Pitch Perfect, Miley Cyrus, Metallica, Whitney Houston. In her spare time she records voice sessions in film and TV. Jerrica has toured in China, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, UK, Ireland, Hawaii, Polynesia throughout Canada and the USA.   She has appeared on the Voice, Canadian Idol and Variety’s Got Talent. Her new single, “Ride,” is out now.

Canadian singer, songwriter, Polynesian dancer, from Nashville,  Jerrica Alyssa

SJae (aka Sammy Jay), the UK’s first female music producer, has been called  “the best in the business” in the US by many of her peers, including some of the world’s biggest music stars and producers.  The Mercury-nominated artist is an advocate and prominent representative for women in music technology – producing, making beats, mixing, mastering. She works to increase the opportunities for women to produce and work on the technical side of the music industry while she herself is a smash success at doing so.  Her debut 4-song EP, FIRST,  is due out March 22 and includes collaborations with acclaimed songwriters, producers, and artists Raphael Saadiq ,Sam Sparro, and Dria Thronton, and Hilaire. We are proud to interview her on International Woman's Day

SJae, a top  music producer joins with her debut EP on International Woman's Day

Tourist Company, the Vancouver-based musical duo of Taylor Swindells and Brenon Parry, met in 2009, and found it easy to work together to create unique indie music.  But they did not decide to make it official  and form Tourist Company in 2013 and went on to release their debut record Apollo, to critical acclaim and toured it relentlessly across Canada and the world, playing shows in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. Both also took a break from touring together and their own music to lend their talents to touring with other groups before finally coming back to their primary project, retreating to the  studio to experiment and create in what became a 2 year writing process and their new single, “Conflicted Restricted.”

The Tourist Company. An international indie band from Canada  with a new single

John Mayhall

Sugaray Rayford

For over 50 years, John Mayall has served as a pioneer of blues music, rightly earning him the title, "The Godfather of British Blues". After decades of touring and recording, in 2013 John signed with producer Eric Corne's label, Forty Below Records, and has since been experiencing an artistic and career renaissance, including a Blues Hall of Fame induction in 2015.  This Friday Forty Below Records will release Nobody Told Me, Mayall’s  new studio album. Born in the UK in 1933, Mayall first became attracted to jazz and blues through  his father's 78s  record collection, listening to guitarists like Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Josh White and Leadbelly. However once he heard the sounds of boogie woogie piano giants Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis, he was hooked.  As a young teen, he began learning the guitar and  later, the harmonica, inspired by Sonny Terry, Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter. The rest is history: mentoring future stars like Paul McCartney, Mick Fleetwood,  and Eric Clapton, moving to Los Angeles, more live and studio albums, and world touring his band The Bluesbreakers. Never stopping, he recently recorded albums in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and began playing live as a trio. His 2017  European tour resulted in the critically acclaimed live recording Three for the Road that showcased his skills on organ, piano and harmonica. In 2018, he recruited Texas blues guitarist Carolyn Wonderland -- the first female guitarist in his permanent lineup- for recording and touring in 2019.   Mayall also has a  new studio album in the works which features a full blown lineup with guest contributions from an impressive list of extraordinary, well-known guitarists.

John Mayhall premiers his new album.Plus a surprise guest - Sugaray Rayford

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Ozomatli was founded in 1995 when the core members worked together on organizing a farmworkers union in Los Angeles.  They didn’t win recognition for the union, but the band that came out of that effort, named for the Aztec astrological symbol for the monkey, has been recognized worldwide for its joyous, high energy, activist, multi-genre music. The band's first album, Ozomatli, was released in 1998 on Almo Sounds with the band's trademark mix of bilingual lyrics and Mexican music styles like norteño, along with Jamaican ska and reggae, a heavy dose of American hip-hop and funk, merengue and cumbia, often mixed together in the same song.   That album charted and led to tours with Santana and Maná. And they have not stopped. They just released a new single, “Libertad”, their 2107 album Nonstop Mexico to Jamaica  has gone global, and their 2019 tour dates are already booked into March for performances from Colorado to Cuba.

OZOMATLI ! Need we say more?

International artist Nominjin started her music career at the age of 12 in her native Mongolia, going on to become Mongolia’s first and only pop teen idol. A solo artist who sings in 15 languages, Nominjin has performed and toured in more than 15 countries across the world in front of audiences of up to 70,000 people. She has been featured on John Lennon's tribute album Peace, Love &amp; Truth,  and her hit single “Take Me To Your Heart”  was  included in the EMI album “Love: Best of Ten Years” alongside artists such as Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Norah Jones, and Ricky Martin. She is bringing her soulful R&amp;B to the US with her new EP, Free Soul,  recorded at Radonai Records in Los Angeles, California.Indie synth pop soloist SISSTER, born in Chula Vista CA outside of San Diego, is a composer, songwriter, producer and singer. From an early age SISSTER showed musical and artistic talent, and as a teen,  she  picked up the guitar and focused on singing and composing original songs. She has performed in acoustic pop, rock bands, blues and rockabilly and synth pop concerts. She has shared stages with artists such as Enjambre, Siddharta, Julieta Venegas, La Santa Cecilia, Flor Amargo, among others in both the US and Mexico. Her debut EP features songs produced by herself, John Avila (bassist Oingo Boingo) and Anton Soder. Her debut album is set for release February 6 in Los Angeles.

International artist Nominjin started her music career at the age of 12 in her native Mongolia, going on to become Mongolia’s first and only pop teen idol. A solo artist who sings in 15 languages, Nominjin has performed and toured in more than 15 countries across the world in front of audiences of up to 70,000 people. She has been featured on John Lennon's tribute album Peace, Love &amp; Truth,  and her hit single “Take Me To Your Heart”  was  included in the EMI album “Love: Best of Ten Years” alongside artists such as Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Norah Jones, and Ricky Martin. She is bringing her soulful R&amp;B to the US with her new EP, Free Soul,  recorded at Radonai Records in Los Angeles, California. Indie synth pop soloist SISSTER, born in Chula Vista CA outside of San Diego, is a composer, songwriter, producer and singer. From an early age SISSTER showed musical and artistic talent, and as a teen,  she  picked up the guitar and focused on singing and composing original songs. She has performed in acoustic pop, rock bands, blues and rockabilly and synth pop concerts. She has shared stages with artists such as Enjambre, Siddharta, Julieta Venegas, La Santa Cecilia, Flor Amargo, among others in both the US and Mexico. Her debut EP features songs produced by herself, John Avila (bassist Oingo Boingo) and Anton Soder. Her debut album is set for release February 6 in Los Angeles.

Two women release debut EPs: Nominjin from Mongolia and SISSTA from San Diego.

Mad Hawkes

New York-based Niva the Soul Diva is a singer, songwriter and performer known for blending R&amp;B, rock, hip-hop, dance and soul and crowd-pleasing performances. A Houston, TX, native, Niva grew up in the rough part of Houston and moved to New York  for a career in the entertainment industry. In early 2008 she responded to an ad for a singer from the New Black Music production company and the rest is history.  Niva released her first full-length album, Rollercoaster Love, in 2010, with her debut single “I Will Make It” and released her sophomore album, Unrivaled in 2013. Currently she has several songs from her latest EP " Life, Love &amp; Music  on the 2018 Grammy Award ballot for a Grammy nomination while she is also in the studio working on her full album. Mad Hawkes is a rock trio +1 from the South Bay region of LA, led by high-energy rock singer/songwriter Maddi Hawkes who is totally unafraid to say what she thinks in raw lyrics and dance-until-you-drown-in-sweat beats. While interning at Parts + Labor Records in Venice Beach, Maddie so immersed herself in songwriting that label owner/producer Jimmy Messer saw a rising talent so he encouraged her to tap into her truth and write with passionate, emotional honesty. She did and the rest is history – a history of songs that carom from angst to heartache, from dismal lyrics to upbeat melodies. And always, she is flaunting her flaws regardless of any judgement in a sound that she calls “Babe Rock” She released her first single, "Fantasy" Janauary of this year and the second single “Face Pnch” is out now.

New York-based Niva the Soul Diva is a singer, songwriter and performer known for blending R&amp;B, rock, hip-hop, dance and soul and crowd-pleasing performances. A Houston, TX, native, Niva grew up in the rough part of Houston and moved to New York  for a career in the entertainment industry. In early 2008 she responded to an ad for a singer from the New Black Music production company and the rest is history.  Niva released her first full-length album, Rollercoaster Love, in 2010, with her debut single “I Will Make It” and released her sophomore album, Unrivaled in 2013. Currently she has several songs from her latest EP " Life, Love &amp; Music  on the 2018 Grammy Award ballot for a Grammy nomination while she is also in the studio working on her full album.  Mad Hawkes is a rock trio +1 from the South Bay region of LA, led by high-energy rock singer/songwriter Maddi Hawkes who is totally unafraid to say what she thinks in raw lyrics and dance-until-you-drown-in-sweat beats. While interning at Parts + Labor Records in Venice Beach, Maddie so immersed herself in songwriting that label owner/producer Jimmy Messer saw a rising talent so he encouraged her to tap into her truth and write with passionate, emotional honesty. She did and the rest is history – a history of songs that carom from angst to heartache, from dismal lyrics to upbeat melodies. And always, she is flaunting her flaws regardless of any judgement in a sound that she calls “Babe Rock” She released her first single, "Fantasy" Janauary of this year and the second single “Face Pnch” is out now.

Niva the Soul Diva & Mad Hawkes: a NYC RB queen and girrl power rock from SoCal

Whitney Tai

Whitney Tai is a singer-songwriter daredevil who creates dream pop on the edge between pop and indie, rooted in emotional honesty and personal integrity.  She is simultaneously totally authentic and other worldly. Tai lost her mother to cancer when she was 10 years old, surfacing her own health issues including severe anxiety, depression and weight loss. But  she channeled her feelings into songs and poems and performing no matter the darkness inside of her. Singles led to albums like her debut Metamorphosis, then the EP Forever, followed by a series of single releases, ‘Truth Be Told” ,”How Was I Supposed To Know” and breathtaking videos and then “Shockwave”.  She is now appearing in venues across LA.Nurit Siegel Smith has been appointed as the new Executive Director Music Forward Foundation of the House of Blues , an organization that contributes over a million dollars year to music programming and education. Smith assumes leadership as the foundation’s Music Forward program embarks on its 25th year as one of the nation’s leading nonprofits creating opportunities for youth in the music industry. She comes to Music Forward after serving as Deputy Director at Grand Performances. She has extensive experience in arts and entertainment social sectors and has held positions within the Blue Man Group and Highways Performance Space and spent over a decade at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. She will join us to lay out her vision for the future of the Music Forward Program, so vital to music in America.Award-wining singer/songwsriter/musical director / producerand voice actor AOEDE  drops by to talk about her forthcoming memoir.

Whitney Tai is a singer-songwriter daredevil who creates dream pop on the edge between pop and indie, rooted in emotional honesty and personal integrity.  She is simultaneously totally authentic and other worldly. Tai lost her mother to cancer when she was 10 years old, surfacing her own health issues including severe anxiety, depression and weight loss. But  she channeled her feelings into songs and poems and performing no matter the darkness inside of her. Singles led to albums like her debut Metamorphosis, then the EP Forever, followed by a series of single releases, ‘Truth Be Told” ,”How Was I Supposed To Know” and breathtaking videos and then “Shockwave”.  She is now appearing in venues across LA. Nurit Siegel Smith has been appointed as the new Executive Director Music Forward Foundation of the House of Blues , an organization that contributes over a million dollars year to music programming and education. Smith assumes leadership as the foundation’s Music Forward program embarks on its 25th year as one of the nation’s leading nonprofits creating opportunities for youth in the music industry. She comes to Music Forward after serving as Deputy Director at Grand Performances. She has extensive experience in arts and entertainment social sectors and has held positions within the Blue Man Group and Highways Performance Space and spent over a decade at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. She will join us to lay out her vision for the future of the Music Forward Program, so vital to music in America. Award-wining singer/songwsriter/musical director / producerand voice actor AOEDE  drops by to talk about her forthcoming memoir.

Whitney Tai sings and head of the Music Forward Foundation talks. Plus AOEDE!

Joy Autumn

“The hardest thing you can possibly do is walk away from someone that you viscerally love and feel is a part of you.”  Singer-songwriter, Joy Autumn, explores this declaration in depth in her latest music video for her single, Go and expands the search for meaning in her album Midnight, exploring the underbelly of the music industry. A singer-songwriter originally from the small town of Olympia, WA., the glitter of Hollywood quickly faded for her as she discovered a dark culture of late night and early morning partying with trust-fund babies, the offspring of celebrities, and industry execs, with drinking, drugs and predatory behavior. There were days when she couldn’t get out of bed and that’s when she re-discovered her love of utilizing songwriting as a form of therapy, She co-produced Midnight, a moody and cinematic pop record, with the support of producer, Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson) to shine the light on the underground. The Vagabond Tales is a multi-instrumental music project that is centered around the songwriting of Eva Mikhailovna, lead singer and song writer.  Eva was born to a musical family in Russia and  began writing songs and lyrics as a child. She learned how to play the piano before she could read or write, but it was always just for her own pleasure and that of her family’s.  After  moving to California, an invitation to play some of her music at a local college led her to put together a band and live perform  her unique brand of western/old folk,/ragtime  melting pot music.  Recording soon followed,  and she  released  Letters From the Moon in 2013, and the EP La Douleur Exquise in 2016.  Eva and the Vagabond Tales  is now touring in California. (Eva photos by Fernanda Frias)

“The hardest thing you can possibly do is walk away from someone that you viscerally love and feel is a part of you.”  Singer-songwriter, Joy Autumn, explores this declaration in depth in her latest music video for her single, Go and expands the search for meaning in her album Midnight, exploring the underbelly of the music industry. A singer-songwriter originally from the small town of Olympia, WA., the glitter of Hollywood quickly faded for her as she discovered a dark culture of late night and early morning partying with trust-fund babies, the offspring of celebrities, and industry execs, with drinking, drugs and predatory behavior. There were days when she couldn’t get out of bed and that’s when she re-discovered her love of utilizing songwriting as a form of therapy, She co-produced Midnight, a moody and cinematic pop record, with the support of producer, Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson) to shine the light on the underground.  The Vagabond Tales is a multi-instrumental music project that is centered around the songwriting of Eva Mikhailovna, lead singer and song writer.  Eva was born to a musical family in Russia and  began writing songs and lyrics as a child. She learned how to play the piano before she could read or write, but it was always just for her own pleasure and that of her family’s.  After  moving to California, an invitation to play some of her music at a local college led her to put together a band and live perform  her unique brand of western/old folk,/ragtime  melting pot music.  Recording soon followed,  and she  released  Letters From the Moon in 2013, and the EP La Douleur Exquise in 2016.  Eva and the Vagabond Tales  is now touring in California. (Eva photos by Fernanda Frias)

Eva and the Vagabond Tales and Joy Autumn: two women whose songs tell stories

Zach Callison

Laura Saggers

Laura Saggers is a British singer/songwriter based in Los Angele,. For some time she has been arranging, recording and performing covers each week and has just released her debut original album Chasing Dreams. Classically trained on piano since the age of 4, Laura picked up the guitar while backpacking through Latin America as a teen, and later acquired and mastered the keytar.  She was was endorsed by Roland for the keytar in 2013 and was rated as their top 25 keytarists worldwide alongside Lady Gaga and Keisha's keytarists. Laura's original singles have won the  Summer Fling Best Song award for 2015 in the Unsigned Only International Music Competition, er and her song 10'000 Bitcoins was featured in the LA Times and Wall Street Journal.

Zach Callison and his new rock musical. Laura Saggers releases her debut album

Matt Legrand

This Friday we premier Ch’usay  the newest album by Novalima, the explosive Afro- Peruvian band that travels the world bridging cultures, genres and generations in their music. Started by four friends from Lima with a shared passion for traditional Afro-Peruvian music and global DJ culture, Novalima has garnered worldwide critical acclaim from mainstream media like NPR, UK Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Billboard, and underground media like  Remezcla, Sounds &amp; Colors, and Nat Geo for their  legendary performances at festivals, their string of hit albums and  their Latin Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album.  Last year Novalima went back into the studio to explore new sounds from Peru and produced  Ch’usay  which will be released this Friday, celebrating Novalima’s 15th Anniversary.Chicago –born Matt LeGrand has explored the wide variety of musical inspirations that the windy city had to offer,  learning guitar, drums, and even dabbling with songwriting. He also experimented with different bands and duos in college that finally inspired him to find a sound all his own. Legendary artists manager Bryant Reid  discovered LeGrand in 2015 and is confident he’s found another potentially explosive new artist, saying , "In all of my years in the recorded music business, I must say that Matt LeGrand is one of the hardest working young artists that I've encountered. “  With an ever growing fan-base who call themselves The Legrand Girls.  He released the highly successful “All Good” song and video  in 2017, released  “12:00 AM”  this year, and debuted live in NYC this summer.Plus, The duo Mitre drops by at the beginning of the showwith the new song, "El Callejón Del Beso" .

This Friday we premier Ch’usay  the newest album by Novalima, the explosive Afro- Peruvian band that travels the world bridging cultures, genres and generations in their music. Started by four friends from Lima with a shared passion for traditional Afro-Peruvian music and global DJ culture, Novalima has garnered worldwide critical acclaim from mainstream media like NPR, UK Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Billboard, and underground media like  Remezcla, Sounds &amp; Colors, and Nat Geo for their  legendary performances at festivals, their string of hit albums and  their Latin Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album.  Last year Novalima went back into the studio to explore new sounds from Peru and produced  Ch’usay  which will be released this Friday, celebrating Novalima’s 15th Anniversary. Chicago –born Matt LeGrand has explored the wide variety of musical inspirations that the windy city had to offer,  learning guitar, drums, and even dabbling with songwriting. He also experimented with different bands and duos in college that finally inspired him to find a sound all his own. Legendary artists manager Bryant Reid  discovered LeGrand in 2015 and is confident he’s found another potentially explosive new artist, saying , "In all of my years in the recorded music business, I must say that Matt LeGrand is one of the hardest working young artists that I've encountered. “  With an ever growing fan-base who call themselves The Legrand Girls.  He released the highly successful “All Good” song and video  in 2017, released  “12:00 AM”  this year, and debuted live in NYC this summer. Plus, The duo Mitre drops by at the beginning of the showwith the new song, "El Callejón Del Beso" .

We premier "Chu'say", the new album by  NOVALIMA. Plus MITRE and Matt Legrand

Sean Ardoin is a fourth-generation Creole accordion whiz with a serious pedigree in Louisiana’s Creole tradition but with musical ideas of his own. He jumps out of out of the traditional box and create new music, influence by the likes of Earth Wind and Fire and Kiss to Fishbone and Bob Marley, which he listened to as a kid, along with the old-school music. He is a guardian of the Creole culture, but a new genre innovator too. Ardoin calls the new genre, Kreole Rock and Soul, a roots-based sound that embraces and incorporates contemporary pop and classic rock. He lays it down on Kreole Rock and Soul to be released September 14, an album he has filled with tasty accordion licks, catchy songs, and a brash, upbeat attitude that inspires as it persuades you to get up and dance.British music producer and singer Mark Kingswood has performed thousands of times around the world for over the decade. His original songscover everthing  from love, to family, to the  challenges just living. His personal musical style is inspired by the great crooners of the last century, but he reinvents this timeless musical genre for today's ears and performs it with a confident stage presence born of years of experience while retaining his fiery youthful energy. With a vocal range that extends over several octaves, a distinctive voice and the deep, rich sound of a live orchestra plus his British charm, he brings a fun, young and modern twist to big band and jazz music.

Sean Ardoin is a fourth-generation Creole accordion whiz with a serious pedigree in Louisiana’s Creole tradition but with musical ideas of his own. He jumps out of out of the traditional box and create new music, influence by the likes of Earth Wind and Fire and Kiss to Fishbone and Bob Marley, which he listened to as a kid, along with the old-school music. He is a guardian of the Creole culture, but a new genre innovator too. Ardoin calls the new genre, Kreole Rock and Soul, a roots-based sound that embraces and incorporates contemporary pop and classic rock. He lays it down on Kreole Rock and Soul to be released September 14, an album he has filled with tasty accordion licks, catchy songs, and a brash, upbeat attitude that inspires as it persuades you to get up and dance. British music producer and singer Mark Kingswood has performed thousands of times around the world for over the decade. His original songscover everthing  from love, to family, to the  challenges just living. His personal musical style is inspired by the great crooners of the last century, but he reinvents this timeless musical genre for today's ears and performs it with a confident stage presence born of years of experience while retaining his fiery youthful energy. With a vocal range that extends over several octaves, a distinctive voice and the deep, rich sound of a live orchestra plus his British charm, he brings a fun, young and modern twist to big band and jazz music.

New Orleans zydeco and classic ballads reimagined for today's ears

Alexandra Jackson

Atlanta-based Alexandra Jackson is a classically trained pianist, whose heart and talent has turned to bossa nova, jazz and the Latin beats. She comes by her talent and her heart honestly: her grand aunt was Mattiwilda Dobbs, the African American coloratura soprano who was one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera and as the daughter of Atlanta’s first Black major, her household was filled with the music of Miles Davis, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, and Michael Jackson, as well as that of Johnny Hartman, Luciano Pavarotti, and Antonio Carlos Jobim.  Alexandra studied Jazz at the University of Miami, where she was exposed to Brazilian Jazz and performed  with Latin bands and Brazilian ensembles and later in Jazz festivals in the U.S. and in Europe. Her debut project: Alexandra Jackson: Legacy &amp; Alchemy channels  her musical loves and experiences: Brazilian Music, American Jazz &amp; Soul, NeoSoul, and London Soul Jazz for contemporary audiences worldwide.Jenny and the Mexicats was formed 10 years ago in Madrid Spain by an English woman, two Mexicans and a Spaniard, fusing nationalities and personalities. Jenny, a professional trumpeter, linked with Icho, who played double bass, Pantera a guitarist, who loves punk bands and had played  with Icho for many years in Mexico. Pantera then introduced the band to Spanish cajon player David from the world of flamenco. The first album, the bilingual Gold Medal-winning  Jenny And The Mexicats was released in 2011, they moved to Mexico City in 2012, and in 2014 they released their second album, OME.  From then on Jenny and the Mexicats  became known on three continents for  a musical combination that mixes rhythms of jazz, rockabilly, folk, flamenco, reggae, "veracruzano", country and cumbia.

Atlanta-based Alexandra Jackson is a classically trained pianist, whose heart and talent has turned to bossa nova, jazz and the Latin beats. She comes by her talent and her heart honestly: her grand aunt was Mattiwilda Dobbs, the African American coloratura soprano who was one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera and as the daughter of Atlanta’s first Black major, her household was filled with the music of Miles Davis, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, and Michael Jackson, as well as that of Johnny Hartman, Luciano Pavarotti, and Antonio Carlos Jobim.  Alexandra studied Jazz at the University of Miami, where she was exposed to Brazilian Jazz and performed  with Latin bands and Brazilian ensembles and later in Jazz festivals in the U.S. and in Europe. Her debut project: Alexandra Jackson: Legacy &amp; Alchemy channels  her musical loves and experiences: Brazilian Music, American Jazz &amp; Soul, NeoSoul, and London Soul Jazz for contemporary audiences worldwide. Jenny and the Mexicats was formed 10 years ago in Madrid Spain by an English woman, two Mexicans and a Spaniard, fusing nationalities and personalities. Jenny, a professional trumpeter, linked with Icho, who played double bass, Pantera a guitarist, who loves punk bands and had played  with Icho for many years in Mexico. Pantera then introduced the band to Spanish cajon player David from the world of flamenco. The first album, the bilingual Gold Medal-winning  Jenny And The Mexicats was released in 2011, they moved to Mexico City in 2012, and in 2014 they released their second album, OME.  From then on Jenny and the Mexicats  became known on three continents for  a musical combination that mixes rhythms of jazz, rockabilly, folk, flamenco, reggae, "veracruzano", country and cumbia.

Two approaches to Latin music. Jenny and the Mexicats and Alexandra Jackson

Alezzandra uses her music, her body, her visual talent, and her mind to deliver messages that are sophisticated, yet simple and powerful. Born and raised in Sweden with a Serbian background and now living in LA, Alezzandra is an international recording artist and a producer who  creates a  female empowerment narrative through razor sharp lyrics, hypnotic rhythms, poetry,  and provocative eroticism.   And she delivers it all with a voice that knows few equals.   Alezzandra’s music unfurls her deepest secrets and darkest fantasies, peeling painful, sensual layers away in her full video EP, The Black Rose. ? Her songs B ad Woman is a masterpiece of provocative melody and lyrics.  She is truly a Bad Girl in Heaven and A Good Girl in Hell.  Which is why she won the LA Music Critic Award for early 2018 for Best Ep, Female.Raised and rooted in Corpus Christi, Texas, producer, DJ, and nu-cumbia pioneer El Dusty translates the Southern Texas border experience into new barrio anthems. His self-taught approach, drawing from a crate digging and a turntablist tradition links Latin classics with the new generation of bass-heavy soundsystem and hip-hop cultures. Critical acclaim has hailed El Dusty as Rolling Stone’s 10 New Artists You Need to Know and a  Grammy nomination came last year.  He is in demand at venues across the country for live gigs and collaborative projects with new wave Latin artists like Ana Ba´rbara, Toy Selectah, Erick Rinco´n of 3BallMTY, MLKMN, DJ Buddha, and more.  Without a doubt, El Dusty is one of the artists who will shape the future of music.

Alezzandra uses her music, her body, her visual talent, and her mind to deliver messages that are sophisticated, yet simple and powerful. Born and raised in Sweden with a Serbian background and now living in LA, Alezzandra is an international recording artist and a producer who  creates a  female empowerment narrative through razor sharp lyrics, hypnotic rhythms, poetry,  and provocative eroticism.   And she delivers it all with a voice that knows few equals.   Alezzandra’s music unfurls her deepest secrets and darkest fantasies, peeling painful, sensual layers away in her full video EP, The Black Rose. ? Her songs B ad Woman is a masterpiece of provocative melody and lyrics.  She is truly a Bad Girl in Heaven and A Good Girl in Hell.  Which is why she won the LA Music Critic Award for early 2018 for Best Ep, Female. Raised and rooted in Corpus Christi, Texas, producer, DJ, and nu-cumbia pioneer El Dusty translates the Southern Texas border experience into new barrio anthems. His self-taught approach, drawing from a crate digging and a turntablist tradition links Latin classics with the new generation of bass-heavy soundsystem and hip-hop cultures. Critical acclaim has hailed El Dusty as Rolling Stone’s 10 New Artists You Need to Know and a  Grammy nomination came last year.  He is in demand at venues across the country for live gigs and collaborative projects with new wave Latin artists like Ana Ba´rbara, Toy Selectah, Erick Rinco´n of 3BallMTY, MLKMN, DJ Buddha, and more.  Without a doubt, El Dusty is one of the artists who will shape the future of music.

From erotic feminine power to Texas nu-cumbia. Alezzandra and El Dusty.

Eva B. Ross

Los Angeles born singer-songwriter Eva B. Ross grew up writing songs and singing in her family’s garage band. She studied singing and songwriting at Interlochen Arts and the Stanford Jazz Vocal Residency. Later at UCLA, she formed her band, Eva B. Ross Foundation and independently set out on a European tour in the summer of 2014. In 2015, she released her first independent single "Nick's House" and in 2017, she won UCLA's Spring Sing with her original composition, "Chicago". Past recipients of the award include Sara Bareilles and Maroon 5. She has twice been featured as a vocalist on WDCB 90.9 FM’s “Chicago Jazz Live” and she is currently working on her debut EP, which will be co-produced by Grammy-winning producer Justin Niebank and Emmy-winning producer, Steve Rashid.The NaveBlues is a band on a mission.  It is trying to bridge the gaps among three musical genres -  the blues, rock, indie music  to make the music speak your language, whoever you are.  One of their core elements is the harmonica, which is essential to the mood of the  lyrics and the ambiance of the space you are in when listening to the music.  The band was formed in Norway but it integrates international influences into their music while keeping the common underlying messaging of Blues while surfacing more complexity with their storytelling.  The band’s  stories range across ghosts , love with misunderstandings, duty and inspiration, and frustration and adventure.  NaveBlues does more than just sing a song. It wants you to understand the story and the emotion buried inside.

Los Angeles born singer-songwriter Eva B. Ross grew up writing songs and singing in her family’s garage band. She studied singing and songwriting at Interlochen Arts and the Stanford Jazz Vocal Residency. Later at UCLA, she formed her band, Eva B. Ross Foundation and independently set out on a European tour in the summer of 2014. In 2015, she released her first independent single "Nick's House" and in 2017, she won UCLA's Spring Sing with her original composition, "Chicago". Past recipients of the award include Sara Bareilles and Maroon 5. She has twice been featured as a vocalist on WDCB 90.9 FM’s “Chicago Jazz Live” and she is currently working on her debut EP, which will be co-produced by Grammy-winning producer Justin Niebank and Emmy-winning producer, Steve Rashid. The NaveBlues is a band on a mission.  It is trying to bridge the gaps among three musical genres -  the blues, rock, indie music  to make the music speak your language, whoever you are.  One of their core elements is the harmonica, which is essential to the mood of the  lyrics and the ambiance of the space you are in when listening to the music.  The band was formed in Norway but it integrates international influences into their music while keeping the common underlying messaging of Blues while surfacing more complexity with their storytelling.  The band’s  stories range across ghosts , love with misunderstandings, duty and inspiration, and frustration and adventure.  NaveBlues does more than just sing a song. It wants you to understand the story and the emotion buried inside.

New songs from Eva B. Ross and blues from Norway with NaveBlues.

Ally Venable

NYC pop artist, actress and dancer Kendra Black has recently released her album The Edge produced by LA’s Trend Def Studios and co-written with Nick Nittoli and Lachi.  The single from the album, ‘Rude’ features Snoop Dogg . Kendra, who trained in conservatories in France and Milan, Italy,  has performed in France, Monte-Carlo, Italy, Egypt, U.S. and the Caribbean.  She is currently scheduled to appear on the Richmond International Music and Film Fest in Virginia and at the BMI All Stars Showcase in Queens, New York City.   Never one to stand still, she has appeared in numerous roles in New York Film Academy productions, and on Nickelodeon TV Channel, plus she designed and launched her own line of sportswear.At eighteen Ally Venable became the East Texas Female Guitarist of the year, and then came back and won again in 2015.  Venable starting singing at an early age in church and then picked up the guitar, found her passion and became s a protégé of six-string blues guitar legend Lance Lopez.  Now the lead singer and guitarist for her own band she  has ignited excitement throughout the Modern Blues Scene.  Venable’s songwriting, guitar playing and onstage performance blow away both live audiences and her record fans.  She has assembled the Ally Venable Band  of top notch multiple instrumentalists including bassist Bobby Wallace and classically trained musician and drummer, Elijah Owings, known as the backbone of their Modern Rockin’ Blues sound.  Together, this trio has won the 2015 , 2016 and 2017  East Texas Music Awards Blues Band of the Year and has just released the new CD, Puppet Show.

NYC pop artist, actress and dancer Kendra Black has recently released her album The Edge produced by LA’s Trend Def Studios and co-written with Nick Nittoli and Lachi.  The single from the album, ‘Rude’ features Snoop Dogg . Kendra, who trained in conservatories in France and Milan, Italy,  has performed in France, Monte-Carlo, Italy, Egypt, U.S. and the Caribbean.  She is currently scheduled to appear on the Richmond International Music and Film Fest in Virginia and at the BMI All Stars Showcase in Queens, New York City.   Never one to stand still, she has appeared in numerous roles in New York Film Academy productions, and on Nickelodeon TV Channel, plus she designed and launched her own line of sportswear. At eighteen Ally Venable became the East Texas Female Guitarist of the year, and then came back and won again in 2015.  Venable starting singing at an early age in church and then picked up the guitar, found her passion and became s a protégé of six-string blues guitar legend Lance Lopez.  Now the lead singer and guitarist for her own band she  has ignited excitement throughout the Modern Blues Scene.  Venable’s songwriting, guitar playing and onstage performance blow away both live audiences and her record fans.  She has assembled the Ally Venable Band  of top notch multiple instrumentalists including bassist Bobby Wallace and classically trained musician and drummer, Elijah Owings, known as the backbone of their Modern Rockin’ Blues sound.  Together, this trio has won the 2015 , 2016 and 2017  East Texas Music Awards Blues Band of the Year and has just released the new CD, Puppet Show.

From East Texas blues to NYC party rap: Ally Venable and Kendra Black

Kara Grainger is an Australian-born, US-based blues woman who has played around the world.  She started her music career in a suburb of Sydney Australia when, at 16, as an accomplished blues guitarist and singer,  she and her brother Mitch Grainger formed the band "Papa Lips". They toured Australia and produced two studio albums heavily influenced by the sounds of Stax records and funky blues and soul from New Orleans. In 2008 she signed to Australian label and came to the US to record her debut solo album, "Grand and Green River “which stayed in the top 30 of the Americana Charts for 38 weeks. The rest is history – tours of Europe, Asia, the US, TV appearances , opening for stars. Her new single, Living with Your Ghost,  will be released this Friday and we will preview it.Mad. Insane. Crazy. Brilliant. Weird.  There are a lot of ways to describe Kurt Stifle and the Swing Shift and Kurt’s various musician incarnations (aka Kurt Shellenberger). Co-founder/writer for 80s punkers The Nip Drivers, he did crazy stuff like appear in the  Dave Markey film “Desperate Teenage Lovedolls,” recording albums like Destroy Whitey and released popular covers of “Fox on the Run” . Three decades and multiple musical incarnations later, he is the leader of Kurt Stifle and the Swing Shift and has just released, The Pilgrim’s Guide to The River of Salvation, a 16-track rock opera that’s the latest twist of zany but laser focused inspiration from the composer, producer and guitarist’s freewheeling ever-evolving collective Labor Camp. The album is all about the journey, so we will hear songs from the  past 60 years of pop, from Dylan to Cheap Trick  and Black Flag. We have Kurt. We have the album. And we will have fun this Friday.

Kara Grainger is an Australian-born, US-based blues woman who has played around the world.  She started her music career in a suburb of Sydney Australia when, at 16, as an accomplished blues guitarist and singer,  she and her brother Mitch Grainger formed the band "Papa Lips". They toured Australia and produced two studio albums heavily influenced by the sounds of Stax records and funky blues and soul from New Orleans. In 2008 she signed to Australian label and came to the US to record her debut solo album, "Grand and Green River “which stayed in the top 30 of the Americana Charts for 38 weeks. The rest is history – tours of Europe, Asia, the US, TV appearances , opening for stars. Her new single, Living with Your Ghost,  will be released this Friday and we will preview it. Mad. Insane. Crazy. Brilliant. Weird.  There are a lot of ways to describe Kurt Stifle and the Swing Shift and Kurt’s various musician incarnations (aka Kurt Shellenberger). Co-founder/writer for 80s punkers The Nip Drivers, he did crazy stuff like appear in the  Dave Markey film “Desperate Teenage Lovedolls,” recording albums like Destroy Whitey and released popular covers of “Fox on the Run” . Three decades and multiple musical incarnations later, he is the leader of Kurt Stifle and the Swing Shift and has just released, The Pilgrim’s Guide to The River of Salvation, a 16-track rock opera that’s the latest twist of zany but laser focused inspiration from the composer, producer and guitarist’s freewheeling ever-evolving collective Labor Camp. The album is all about the journey, so we will hear songs from the  past 60 years of pop, from Dylan to Cheap Trick  and Black Flag. We have Kurt. We have the album. And we will have fun this Friday.

Lanita - listen to your heartbeat. Glass Mansions - electropop you can't forget

Wayne Kramer

Native Angelino, H’Atina, Released her debut EP in 2002, and the single from the album, “Change” was an immediate hit. But her love of music and singing started years earlie at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied  performance, chorus, musical theatre, songwriting, and vocal jazz...and learned to develop herflexible voice to carry  rhythm &amp; blues, pop, funk, neo-soul, jazz, and musical theatre. In 2016  her single "Easy to Love You" was #1 for 16 weeks on radiomusic.com charts. She followed up with the  Like A Butterfly EP and immediately caught the attention of smooth jazz and soul DJs in the U.S. and U.K. She has performed on BET Live! and in venues and festivals nationwide. She is a 2006 Southern California Music Awards Nominee for Best R&amp;B, and was voted MVP for her role in the jazz musical, Smokey Joe's Cafe in 2008.  Jail Guitar Doors is a California non-profit organization that provides musical instruments and opportunities to help rehabilitate prisoners. In 1977, punk rock pioneers, The Clash, recorded “Jail Guitar Doors,” a song detailing the imprisonment of their hero and fellow musician, the MC5’s Wayne Kramer. In 2009, musicians/activists Wayne Kramer and Billy Bragg joined forces to create Jail Guitar Doors USA, which works  with social service groups to help people in prison reconnect with the outside world through music. ?Joining us will be Wayne Kramer and Ken Hartman,  a convicted felon who earned to college degrees while in prison for 35 years is the author of  Mother California. A memoir that chronicles his story from conviction to redemption. Hartman is the first Jail Guitar Doors disciple to be hired by the organization.

Native Angelino, H’Atina, Released her debut EP in 2002, and the single from the album, “Change” was an immediate hit. But her love of music and singing started years earlie at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied  performance, chorus, musical theatre, songwriting, and vocal jazz...and learned to develop herflexible voice to carry  rhythm &amp; blues, pop, funk, neo-soul, jazz, and musical theatre. In 2016  her single "Easy to Love You" was #1 for 16 weeks on <a href="http://radiomusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">radiomusic.com</a> charts. She followed up with the  Like A Butterfly EP and immediately caught the attention of smooth jazz and soul DJs in the U.S. and U.K. She has performed on BET Live! and in venues and festivals nationwide. She is a 2006 Southern California Music Awards Nominee for Best R&amp;B, and was voted MVP for her role in the jazz musical, Smokey Joe's Cafe in 2008.   Jail Guitar Doors is a California non-profit organization that provides musical instruments and opportunities to help rehabilitate prisoners. In 1977, punk rock pioneers, The Clash, recorded “Jail Guitar Doors,” a song detailing the imprisonment of their hero and fellow musician, the MC5’s Wayne Kramer. In 2009, musicians/activists Wayne Kramer and Billy Bragg joined forces to create Jail Guitar Doors USA, which works  with social service groups to help people in prison reconnect with the outside world through music. ?Joining us will be Wayne Kramer and Ken Hartman,  a convicted felon who earned to college degrees while in prison for 35 years is the author of  Mother California. A memoir that chronicles his story from conviction to redemption. Hartman is the first Jail Guitar Doors disciple to be hired by the organization.

Jail Guitar Doors co-founder Wayne Kramer of MC5, plus R&B soul queen H'Atina.

Joe Kye

Diego Garcia, known as Twanguero,  is considered as one of the best guitarists in Spain. Winner of the Latin Grammy he was named  " “fire-breathing guitar hero”  by the North American press. Twanguero  got his first guitar at age 6 and the rest is history. He accompanied greats such as Bunbury, Calamaro, El Cigala, Urrutia, among others and only launched his own solo career two years ago  His albums include PACHUCO and Argentina Songbook (Warner Music); he has toured Spain and the Americas , and was named a Gibson Guitar International Artist. PACHUCO, released in 2015 is a tight combination of  rhythm, percussion, seductive melodies, played with the unique touch of an old golden Gibson,  channeling Duane Eddy and pioneering Latino Twang Rockabilly Mambo.Korean-born, Seattle-raised songwriter and violinist Joe Kye threads sonic paths from Korea to a reimagined America using classical violin, loop pedals and unique songwriting and vocals in his new album, Migrants. Kye’s family moved from Korea to the US when he was six, struggling with the economic and cultural challenges, but a strong music education program in the Seattle public schools and the violin gave Kye a space he could control. He experimented with songwriting on the guitar and with singing, inspired by everyone from Mel Torme to Stevie Wonder. The discovery of the loop pedal in college blew open his musical world, allowing him to blend violin, swirls of pizzicato arpeggios, and percussion with clever lyrics and vocals. He now collaborates with a range of other artists, including MC Jason Chu and MC Rasar, and NYC composer/percussionist William Catanzaro.

Diego Garcia, known as Twanguero,  is considered as one of the best guitarists in Spain. Winner of the Latin Grammy he was named  " “fire-breathing guitar hero”  by the North American press. Twanguero  got his first guitar at age 6 and the rest is history. He accompanied greats such as Bunbury, Calamaro, El Cigala, Urrutia, among others and only launched his own solo career two years ago  His albums include PACHUCO and Argentina Songbook (Warner Music); he has toured Spain and the Americas , and was named a Gibson Guitar International Artist. PACHUCO, released in 2015 is a tight combination of  rhythm, percussion, seductive melodies, played with the unique touch of an old golden Gibson,  channeling Duane Eddy and pioneering Latino Twang Rockabilly Mambo. Korean-born, Seattle-raised songwriter and violinist Joe Kye threads sonic paths from Korea to a reimagined America using classical violin, loop pedals and unique songwriting and vocals in his new album, Migrants. Kye’s family moved from Korea to the US when he was six, struggling with the economic and cultural challenges, but a strong music education program in the Seattle public schools and the violin gave Kye a space he could control. He experimented with songwriting on the guitar and with singing, inspired by everyone from Mel Torme to Stevie Wonder. The discovery of the loop pedal in college blew open his musical world, allowing him to blend violin, swirls of pizzicato arpeggios, and percussion with clever lyrics and vocals. He now collaborates with a range of other artists, including MC Jason Chu and MC Rasar, and NYC composer/percussionist William Catanzaro.

Twanguero's  rockabilly mambo . Joe Kye with classical violin on a loop pedal

Holy Golden

Holy Golden is the multifaceted musical world of Leslie Schott and Andrew Valenti. who met during a lunar eclipse on Martha's Vineyard and soon began crafting mythological mini-worlds into home-recorded albums, music videos, short films, and photo stories.  Holy Golden's music blends euphoric dream-pop with lo-fi garage rock to create songs that feel both vulnerable and mysterious.  They have released two full-length albums, several music videos, and a new EP, toured throughout the US twice and will release a new album, Otherworld, recorded from a historic ballroom in Newport, Rhode Island, will be released February 2 along with the single from the album,  "Arrival" .Money Chicha is an Austin, Texas based group featuring members of the Grammy-award winning Latin orchestra Grupo Fantasma and its offshoot funk outfit Brownout. They play a fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched and percussion-heavy music inspired by the sounds of Peru and Colombia in the 60’s and 70’s, sometimes called “Chicha” music, known for Latin beats, psychedelic surf guitar pyrotechnics and melodies influenced by the indigenous culture of the Andes mountains. Money Chicha is a modern translation of this South American musical style by highly skilled veteran artists.  Money Chicha’s debut album Echo en Mexico was released in July 2016 on Vampisoul/Munster records, and they have been featured in numerous compilations and tours.

Holy Golden is the multifaceted musical world of Leslie Schott and Andrew Valenti. who met during a lunar eclipse on Martha's Vineyard and soon began crafting mythological mini-worlds into home-recorded albums, music videos, short films, and photo stories.  Holy Golden's music blends euphoric dream-pop with lo-fi garage rock to create songs that feel both vulnerable and mysterious.  They have released two full-length albums, several music videos, and a new EP, toured throughout the US twice and will release a new album, Otherworld, recorded from a historic ballroom in Newport, Rhode Island, will be released February 2 along with the single from the album,  "Arrival" . Money Chicha is an Austin, Texas based group featuring members of the Grammy-award winning Latin orchestra Grupo Fantasma and its offshoot funk outfit Brownout. They play a fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched and percussion-heavy music inspired by the sounds of Peru and Colombia in the 60’s and 70’s, sometimes called “Chicha” music, known for Latin beats, psychedelic surf guitar pyrotechnics and melodies influenced by the indigenous culture of the Andes mountains. Money Chicha is a modern translation of this South American musical style by highly skilled veteran artists.  Money Chicha’s debut album Echo en Mexico was released in July 2016 on Vampisoul/Munster records, and they have been featured in numerous compilations and tours.

Psychedelic cumbia and dreamy pop garage rock.  Money Chicha and Holy Golden.

Aubrey Logan

Sheldon Botler

Aubrey Logan is jazz, soul, rock and very funny. Sporting a trombone, she pulls off sassy, in a way totally unique in the music world. A graduate of Boston’s renown Berklee College of Music and winner of the top vocal competitions at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Aubrey is at home in a recording studio, on stage with a symphony orchestra, in an intimate club with her own ensemble or in a classroom teaching kids. Or in a weight room getting buff. A Seattle native who makes her home in Los Angeles, she tours the world and headlines jazz festivals from Boston to Bakersfield. She is putting the final touches on a new album with lots of pop influences and elements of the jazz she has loved all her life.  Seattle native Sheldon Botler combines music and photography in his adopted home,  Los Angeles, a city with a lot of room for both. His music is renowned for being, well, happy. He just knows how to make people feel good. He writes and sings and produces songs that are a high energy smile and he moves from soul to folk to Hip Hop to jazz, to Electronic and around to pop. With eight releases out, it is easy to see how he fulfills his mission to help people reconnect with their internal joy… and have fun doing it."

Aubrey Logan is jazz, soul, rock and very funny. Sporting a trombone, she pulls off sassy, in a way totally unique in the music world. A graduate of Boston’s renown Berklee College of Music and winner of the top vocal competitions at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Aubrey is at home in a recording studio, on stage with a symphony orchestra, in an intimate club with her own ensemble or in a classroom teaching kids. Or in a weight room getting buff. A Seattle native who makes her home in Los Angeles, she tours the world and headlines jazz festivals from Boston to Bakersfield. She is putting the final touches on a new album with lots of pop influences and elements of the jazz she has loved all her life.   Seattle native Sheldon Botler combines music and photography in his adopted home,  Los Angeles, a city with a lot of room for both. His music is renowned for being, well, happy. He just knows how to make people feel good. He writes and sings and produces songs that are a high energy smile and he moves from soul to folk to Hip Hop to jazz, to Electronic and around to pop. With eight releases out, it is easy to see how he fulfills his mission to help people reconnect with their internal joy… and have fun doing it."

Happy music!  Aubrey Logan (with trombone) and Sheldon Botler (with grin)

Mayssa Karaa

Walla was formed in Los Angeles in 2012 but has roots in different parts of the world. Italy, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S., and Mexico/El Salvador. The four young men who make up Walla – Jean Marc Tardieu on vocals, Ian  Charlie on lead guitar, Mauricio “Moebeats” Carcamo on Bass Guitar, and Alessio Balsemin on drums fuse together all these different cultures in their music.  The result fills major theaters and puts out songs that climb the charts.  Walla’s music has been featured on Billboard, MTV Buzzworthy, Nylon, and Snapchat, among others. Itreached #1 on Hypem in 2015 and also has garnered 14 million plays on Spotify. All this being done without a record label. However, it has not been all roses and downloads. Twos years ago the band was a crossroads, decided to take some risks, and the result was their hit EP Body Languge  Their new live acoustic single and video for “Into The Gray” is now out and piling up the spins and views.Mayssa Karaa  is a Lebanese American Grammy nominated singer currently based in Los Angeles, California whose voice will pick you up and make you fly.  Her English-Arabic version of "Turn the Page" isd addictive and her "White Rabbit" was nominated for a Grammy.. A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, she toured with Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito, and later with Arabic musician Simon Shaheen.  In 2013 she was the featured vocalist on the Arabic version of "White Rabbit" on the American Hustle Soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy . Karaa was awarded the National Cultural Award of Lebanon for the song at the American Hustle premier in Beirut,She currently is writing her debut solo album

Walla was formed in Los Angeles in 2012 but has roots in different parts of the world. Italy, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S., and Mexico/El Salvador. The four young men who make up Walla – Jean Marc Tardieu on vocals, Ian  Charlie on lead guitar, Mauricio “Moebeats” Carcamo on Bass Guitar, and Alessio Balsemin on drums fuse together all these different cultures in their music.  The result fills major theaters and puts out songs that climb the charts.  Walla’s music has been featured on Billboard, MTV Buzzworthy, Nylon, and Snapchat, among others. Itreached #1 on Hypem in 2015 and also has garnered 14 million plays on Spotify. All this being done without a record label. However, it has not been all roses and downloads. Twos years ago the band was a crossroads, decided to take some risks, and the result was their hit EP Body Languge  Their new live acoustic single and video for “Into The Gray” is now out and piling up the spins and views. Mayssa Karaa  is a Lebanese American Grammy nominated singer currently based in Los Angeles, California whose voice will pick you up and make you fly.  Her English-Arabic version of "Turn the Page" isd addictive and her "White Rabbit" was nominated for a Grammy.. A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, she toured with Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito, and later with Arabic musician Simon Shaheen.  In 2013 she was the featured vocalist on the Arabic version of "White Rabbit" on the American Hustle Soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy . Karaa was awarded the National Cultural Award of Lebanon for the song at the American Hustle premier in Beirut,She currently is writing her debut solo album

Grammy nominee Mayssa Karaa and the fast rising  band Walla.

Militia Vox , aka the Dark Diva and the Black Queen of Metal, is ferocious, badass, loud,  honest, existential, hardworking and beautiful.  A multimedia genius in film, music, concert production, film soundtracks and television she delivers a message of power, confidence, rebellion A classically trained pianist since the age of 7, MilitiaV grew up to become the central figure in bands including Judas Priestess , Swear On Your Life, and Disciples of Astaroth before  going  solo in 2013. Named one of  the nation’s “Ten Fiercest Black Female Rockers,” she has new music out and new stories to tell. This year she received three Global Music Awards for songwriting, lyrics and best Female Vocalist.  Her new single "NYCTOPHILIA"  is now out, following the released of her three-song EP, ISOSCELES.Named after the Italian word for “Love”, Ammoye produces beautiful, popular funky shimmering reggae that kicks ass and stands out in a male-dominated genre And people love it and they lover her.  The smoothness of her voice draws listeners in, and the power of her lyrics holds them as she effortlessly sings about life, love, and justice. At the age of 5, Ammoye knew her calling was to perform music. Raised by her grandparents singing in church choirs and a gospel group, she moved Canada for college nd  perfected her style. It was there that she organized fellow artists into a collective  blending the soulfulness of Jamaica with the edge of drum &amp; bass, the sinewy grooves of R&amp;B. She sang with Michael Buble and Arkell won several Junos, . She calls herself a “soul rebel” and that soul and that  rebellion shows through in her new album,  The Light.And Binx drops by with a new song

Militia Vox , aka the Dark Diva and the Black Queen of Metal, is ferocious, badass, loud,  honest, existential, hardworking and beautiful.  A multimedia genius in film, music, concert production, film soundtracks and television she delivers a message of power, confidence, rebellion A classically trained pianist since the age of 7, MilitiaV grew up to become the central figure in bands including Judas Priestess , Swear On Your Life, and Disciples of Astaroth before  going  solo in 2013. Named one of  the nation’s “Ten Fiercest Black Female Rockers,” she has new music out and new stories to tell. This year she received three Global Music Awards for songwriting, lyrics and best Female Vocalist.  Her new single "NYCTOPHILIA"  is now out, following the released of her three-song EP, ISOSCELES. Named after the Italian word for “Love”, Ammoye produces beautiful, popular funky shimmering reggae that kicks ass and stands out in a male-dominated genre And people love it and they lover her.  The smoothness of her voice draws listeners in, and the power of her lyrics holds them as she effortlessly sings about life, love, and justice. At the age of 5, Ammoye knew her calling was to perform music. Raised by her grandparents singing in church choirs and a gospel group, she moved Canada for college nd  perfected her style. It was there that she organized fellow artists into a collective  blending the soulfulness of Jamaica with the edge of drum &amp; bass, the sinewy grooves of R&amp;B. She sang with Michael Buble and Arkell won several Junos, . She calls herself a “soul rebel” and that soul and that  rebellion shows through in her new album,  The Light. And Binx drops by with a new song

Militia Vox and Ammoye. Wow! funk, metal, mystery & magic from two music queens

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