Over the past five years, Jamaica has seen an exhilarating "Reggae Revival," a renaissance of conscious, natural music. The leader of this movement continues to be Protoje. The GRAMMY-nominated artist, Oje Ken Ollivierre, was born in Saint Elizabeth to singer Lorna Bennett and former calypso king Mike Ollivierre of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He blends hip-hop, R&B, soul and rock into... read full bio
Former Opeth drummer Martin Lopez, Testament and Sadus bassist Steve Di Giorgio, Willowtree singer Joel Ekelof and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis comprised the founding lineup of Soen. Soen's Music has been characterized as "melodic, heavy and intricate" by founding member and percussionist Martin Lopez. Soen has never shied away from exploring and analyzing oneself or society as musicians or expressionists since Lopez and Joel Ekelof... read full bio
Active Duty Airmen make up the seven-piece electric, high-energy rock group STARLIFTER. This vibrant ensemble is made up of people from all around North America and is stationed with the Band of Mid-America. When you hear your favorite rock, pop and country songs from the past 40 years in a brand-new way, you'll be left wanting more and wondering what they'll... read full bio
Pauline Black, the band's renowned frontwoman and founder member Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson share the lead vocal duties for The Selecter. The group's most recent tour included stops in the US last Summer with Rancid and Dropkick Murphys. Pauline Black also joined Gorillaz on tour in Latin America. Since the days of Too Much Pressure and Celebrate The Bullet, The Selecter's most... read full bio
Anna Phoebe is a violinist and composer who works on multi-genre solo and group projects. She is also a broadcaster with a show on Soho Radio and a member of the Ivors Academy Board of Directors. Her most recent solo album, Sea Souls, explores the relationship between the sea and the human psyche via a rich musical palette inspired by the... read full bio
Cha Wa's debut album with Single Lock, a reputable Muscle Shoals and New Orleans-based record company, is titled My People. In order to create a map of the South's varied musical identity, Single Lock has devoted itself to teasing out the threads and throughlines of the creative tradition in Southern music, from young torchbearers like Cedric Burnside and St. Paul... read full bio
John Cale's musical adventure began while he was a student at London's Goldsmiths College. Along with Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed, he joined the influential band The Velvet Underground as one of its founding members and violist in the middle of the 1960s. Cale's musical contributions to the group contributed to the development of their distinctive sound, which combines rock,... read full bio
DJ Krush established Japanese hip-hop and is now regarded as one of the most creative creators of beautiful, ethereal breakbeats. The producer and turntablist is renowned for his atypical rhythm patterns and abstract samples from jazz and soul songs; subsequent releases also included arrangements for traditional Japanese instruments. The producer made his debut with the acid jazz-influenced full-length Krush and as... read full bio
The "Masters of The Mic: Hip-Hop 50 Tour" starring Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One, Rakim and Slick Rick is being promoted by Universal Attractions Agency, RAMP Entertainment Agency and Mahogany Entertainment. Special guests include EPMD, Roxanne Shante, DJ Spinderella and others. A special edition show at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will serve as the formal start of the celebration... read full bio
Powerhouse supergroup Generation Radio has revolutionized the music business. They have joined forces to produce a fascinating musical experience that cuts across genres and generations. They are made up of renowned musicians and performers from numerous classic bands. Generation Radio has established themselves as a force to be reckoned with thanks to their extraordinary musicianship, compelling onstage presence, and repertoire... read full bio
Hemlocke Springs had no idea any of this would occur. She may be the most improbable next music star. She had just continued her education at Dartmouth, an Ivy League school in New Hampshire, where she was working on a master's in medical informatics. She assumed that after graduating, she would work in a lab before pursuing her PhD. The musician,... read full bio
Iam Tongi, the American Idol champion, will soon perform all over the world. But first, he went back home and gave a performance in Turtle Bay in front of a large crowd. Iam Tongi visited Oahu once more, performing on stage alongside musicians like Spawnbreezie and Roman De Peralta of Kolohe Kai. Iam is now on his debut tour and... read full bio
Kula Shaker became one of the most well-known British bands of the early post-Brit-pop era by resurrecting the swirling, guitar-heavy sounds of late '60s psychedelia and mixing it with George Harrison's Indian spirituality and devotion. Kula Shaker introduced the overwhelming rush of Oasis to psychedelia, outperforming many of their predecessors in terms of musical skill and experimentation. The band's debut... read full bio
Josh Ross's view on love, work and pleasure is frequently portrayed via his whirlwind adventures, echoing the fundamental themes of country in his pop-rock-infused approach. Josh Ross is a country musician who has endured obstacles such as moving to Nashville on the night of a tornado and leaving a month later when a pandemic struck. He has also managed to build... read full bio
Conor Oberst, an artist from Omaha, began writing dark and tormented solo songs under the name Bright Eyes when he was barely a teenager. From its modest beginnings in the mid-1990s, the project became into one of the more well-known figures in the melancholy indie music scene of the time. A changing cast of musicians supported Oberst's tremulous vocals, but Bright... read full bio
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is based in Boston, Massachusetts. This orchestra is part of the five major American symphony orchestras referred to as the “Big Five”. Founded in 1881, the orchestra’s home performance hall is Boston’s Symphony Hall. The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs over 250 concerts annually, nationally and internationally. Currently James Levine is the lead of the orchestra, succeeding... read full bio
The Black Sabbath tribute band Zakk Sabbath, which consists of Zakk Wylde on guitar and vocals (Black Label Society, Pantera, etc.), Robert "Blasko" Nicholson on bass (Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Rob Zombie), and Joey Castillo on drums (ex-Danzig, ex-Queens Of The Stone Age), has announced their Tour Forever / Forever Tour. In between Wylde's numerous performances over the past five or so years,... read full bio
ELHAE, a singer, artist, and visionary who was born in North Dakota and reared in Georgia, treats R&B like a filmmaker would, picking each component with care, making sure there is a complex degree of coherence, and creating his own universes. He worked on finally creating one of these universes after catching fire on the independent Aura EP. Fan favorites... read full bio
Cyril Neville, the Grammy Award-winning Neville brother from New Orleans, has been referred to be a poet, philosopher and one of the greatest southern soul vocalists of all time. He released his first solo record, "Gossip," in 1970. It featured backing vocals from brother Art's new band, The Meters, and the song "Tell Me What's On Your Mind." The Meters (Art... read full bio
Nashville-born Derek Wells is a first-call multi-instrumentalist, producer, music publisher and two-time Academy of Country Music Award winner. For singers such as Maren Morris, Blake Shelton, Shakira, Kenny Chesney, Scotty McCreery, Carrie Underwood, P!nk, Kid Rock, Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady Antebellum, Morgan Wallen and Thomas Rhett, Wells has been credited on over 70 #1 hits. Wells was the... read full bio
