Twelve years ago, Tracie Berry-McGhee established the SistaKeeper Empowerment Center in St. Louis with the goal of encouraging and fostering the growth of young women's minds, bodies and spirits. Since then, SistaKeeper has grown throughout the United States and into a number of other nations. Via her own counseling practice, which focuses on issues affecting women and teen girls, Tracie also... read full bio
The Greeting Committee, a Kansas City band made up of Addie Sartino, Pierce Turcotte, Noah Spencer and Micah Ritchie, has kind of clung to the idea of deliberate giving. The band spent a large portion of the years that followed on the road, playing to sold-out crowds at their headline shows in significant markets like Chicago, Austin, New York, Los Angeles and San... read full bio
Nancy Snowden has always tried to do things her own way. She is an educator by profession, a dream seeker by temperament and an avid student of brain science. She loves to look at an ordinary opportunity and carve out the path that cultivates her zeal for life and passion for helping others, from earning her bachelor's degree in English, Creative... read full bio
At UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), Cecile Alper-Leroux is the Group Vice President of Research and Innovation. She frequently publishes and lectures on the subject of how people, technology and work are evolving. She has concentrated on promoting an innovative work environment that has led to the provision of cutting-edge, customer-focused technological solutions and services. Cecile is a Top 100 HR Tech... read full bio
Future Workplace, an HR advice and research company that offers perspectives on the future of learning and working, was founded by Jeanne Meister. The Society for Talent Development has given Jeanne the Outstanding Contribution in Workplace Learning Award (ATD). Each year, this distinction is granted to a single executive in recognition of their accomplishments and body of work in the... read full bio
Jeffrey Martin used to seek out isolation whenever he could as a child. While he is a really happy person, he has always behaved in this way and has never understood the whole concept of smiling in images. He eventually made it to a teaching degree after first obtaining a writing degree. He wrote almost every day, not just songs... read full bio
Jamie Woon, a native of London and the son of backing vocalist Mae McKenna, made his debut with a striking rendition of "The Wayfaring Stranger" in a folk-soul style. The song was first released as a one-sided 12" single and then it was re-released the following year with an original version called "Gravity" and two remixes, one of which was done by dubstep... read full bio
A spectacular year of sold-out tours and raving reviews from publications like Pitchfork, the New York Times and the New Yorker followed the North Carolina-based artist's intriguing and explosive second Album Whatever Shape You Take. The album's 11 tracks deal with mortality, the renewal that community gives and the significance of finding your center right now. It is a raw and boldly... read full bio
Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina of Houses are Chicago natives, but a powerful three-month sojourn in Hawaii is where the inspiration for their dreamy electro-pop came from. In suburban Illinois throughout his teenage years, Tortoriello participated in metal and noise bands before attending Columbia College. He finally dropped out of college and relocated to Salt Lake City and later California.... read full bio
Hatchie's dreamy pop modernizes 90's sounds for the 21st century by fusing Natalie Imbruglia's hooky vulnerability with the panoramic sound of groups like Cocteau Twins. With the tunes she compiled on her first EP, Sugar & Spice, the Australian singer/songwriter showcased her hazy shoegaze guitars, soaring choruses and straightforward lyrics before expanding her sound on Keepsake. Giving the World Away enhanced... read full bio
Receiving endorsements from organizations like Radio X, BBC Introducing, Apple Music, BT Sport and XS Radio Manchester as well as Wonderland, Notion, Metal Magazine and Loop Magazine, the upbeat new track "Tell Me" by singer-songwriter Harvey Jay Dodgson has been released with high praise. Tell Me is a catchy song that is fueled by a powerful percussion beat, a repeating bassline and subsequently a captivating guitar... read full bio
Haley Blais is a singer-songwriter and musician from Vancouver. Haley has been self-producing song after song of rebellious, scream-into-your-pillow bedroom pop anthems that were really recorded in her bedroom. Her EP Let Yourself Go was a huge hit and fans have been impatiently expecting new music ever since. The up-and-coming artist's debut studio album, entitled Below the Salt, was published by Tiny... read full bio
After becoming friends while attending the University of Florida, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue, Andre Escobar and Zach Levy began performing together in their living rooms and logging many late nights. Strangely, a polished music sprang from the worn-out carpets of their undergraduate home and when it was recorded, it struck a chord with both students and complete strangers. Their first... read full bio
Molly Lewis' compositions are hypnotic and otherworldly, romantic and starry and they seem to drift into our ears from faraway beaches. Lewis's music has an ethereal quality and is more inspired by imaginal seascapes than by any known port. Her compositions shimmer and fade away like mirages, luring us into undiscovered seas like siren songs. Like after a pleasant dream, we... read full bio
With a smokey voice and a fondness for girl groups, the vocal age and Brill Building pop, Molly Burch's longing indie pop songs on her debut, Please Be Mine, covered infatuation, rebellion and sorrow. Her third album, Romantic Visions, adopted a more glittering, pop-forward sound recorded with members of Tennis and was more driven by self-love than by sadness. Burch was raised in LA by... read full bio
Among the pews of a church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Bobby Kabeya's family would gather each Sunday, the tale of Miloe is first told. This is a place where community and rhythm intertwined. Kabeya was enthralled by the percussion section's ability to keep the entire congregation on its feet each week as parents sung in the... read full bio
The popular band Real Estate's leader, Martin Courtney, has also established himself as a solo recording artist with the publication of the album Many Moons. As a follow-up to the Real Estate album Atlas, Many Moons gave Courtney the chance to experiment with a more condensed, direct writing approach that seemed naturally his. The ensuing album explores the depths of... read full bio
England's Lovejoy, a boisterous indie pop group with a satirical edge, is fronted by Wilbur Soot, a well-known online personality, game streamer and musician. The EPs Are You Alright and Pebble Brain, the latter of which reached the top charts in the U.K. and Europe, served as the group's first releases. The YouTube personality known as Soot, whose real name is Will... read full bio
The Lower East Side band Quarters of Change is driving the rock revival in New York City. The band, which consists of Ben Acker, Attila Anrather, Jasper Harris and Ben Roter, has gained popularity online (and on tour) due to their distinctive brand of alternative rock. Every one of the band members' lives have been influenced by music in some way since their... read full bio
Before signing with Run for Cover Records to release their breakthrough album, Cardinal, New Jersey's Pinegrove amassed a solid grassroots following through a number of well-received independent recordings that blended ragged, emo-tinged indie rock with Americana and folk elements. They eventually joined Rough Trade and released their fourth album, Marigold, to start the new decade. This was followed by the... read full bio
