Jeremy Maclin plays professional football, in the wide receiver position, for the Kansas City Chiefs. While playing at the University of Missouri, he was a two-time consensus All-American, and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the NFL Draft. Maclin was voted by his teammates to receive the Ed Block Courage Award, for being a role... read full bio
Sydney Leroux is a professional soccer player, who was a member of the winning U.S. womens squads at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 Womens World Cup. In the forward position, she has achieved over 50 caps with the senior national team. As a student at UCLA, Leroux played with the Bruins, and finished her collegiate career ranked fourth in... read full bio
All hail the King. The electrifying Brandon Bennett (Chicago: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET) sets the stage ablaze in a spine-tingling tribute to Elvis Presley. With his pure-bred southern charm, powerful voice, and scandalous moves Bennett was named the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist by Elvis Presley Enterprises at Graceland. His must-see show traverses Elvis career: from the Rock n Roll nativity of... read full bio
Jacob Whitesides was only four years old when John Mayer released his first EP. Nine years later, Whitesides picked up his first guitar and taught himself to play. He then found the courage to sing, perform and write. At the age of seventeen, Whitesides released his own EP, A Piece Of Me a name chosen by almost 150,000 of his... read full bio
Niykee Heaton, born Nicolet Aleta Heaton, rose to prominence as her YouTube channel featuring her acoustic guitar covers of popular hip-hops songs went viral. She was discovered around her 18th birthday when her cover of Chief Keef's Love Sosa" was featured on WorldStarHipHop. After self-financing the production of a collection of her own songs she was signed to the YouTube-based... read full bio
Yuna is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and fashion director from Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. She first gained popularity through the social media network Myspace, which is where she first started uploading her music. She shortly gained over one million plays on her music and was then signed with the Fader Label. Yuna started writing songs when she was only 14 years... read full bio
Andrea McArdle rose to fame at a young age when she started as spitfire orphan Annie in Broadway's production of the musical. She went not to portray the character in London's West End production of the show. She has spent the majority of her career on Broadway in popular shows like Beauty and the Beast, Annie Get Your Gun, and... read full bio
With his dry wit and smooth vocals, Erich Bergen is a star on a meteoric rise. Bergen is best known for his award winning portrayal of Bob Gaudio of the Four Seasons in the Clint Eastwood directed film Jersey Boys (reprising the role he played onstage in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas), and for starring as Blake Moran... read full bio
"The indie pop/electronic group Wet, which is comprised of Kelly Zutrau, Marty Sulkow and Joe Valle, has been making music in various outfits since meeting as students in New York City. What began as a long-distance collaboration between Providence, New York, and Los Angeles led to string of shows and self-releases in the summer of 2012. A year later, they... read full bio
Celebrating their silver anniversary in the music business, Pieces of a Dream debuted on Heads Up International with what is surely their best album, Acquainted with the Night. The twelve tracks prove that the once highly touted teen prodigies James Lloyd and Curtis Harmon have matured from smooth jazz pioneers to solid visionaries of 21st century contemporary jazz. Pieces of... read full bio
Pianist/Composer/Arranger Emily Bear is one of the most remarkable and prolific musical talents of our time. She is capable of writing, arranging, and playing in an incredible variety of musical styles. She has performed in several of the world's most renowned locations, including Carnegie Hall, the White House, Lincoln Center, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Blue Note, Ravinia, and the Hollywood... read full bio
The duo Smoke Season has been described as a magical pairing of artists Gabrielle Wortman and Jason Rosen (former keyboardist/guitarist of Honor Society). Uniting their musical upbringings, they have produced their own unique perspective on Americana, integrating folk with electronic elements and rich vocal harmonies, that has captivated fans and media across the globe. Their Signals EP, Hot Coals Cold... read full bio
Folk singer-songwriter Lori McKenna was nominated for the prestigious Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit “Girl Crush”, performed by Little Big Town. With Tim Mcgraw's “Humble and Kind”, which McKenna also wrote, she won another Grammy Award for Best Country Song. McKenna’s first four CDs: Paper Wings and Halo, Pieces... read full bio
It’s difficult to describe Cary Nokey. Cary Nokey is the space where high intensity electronic dance music intersects with emotionally-charged rock, a hybrid of grit and glam. “I think of it as if Kurt Cobain had been a DJ” says the man at the center of the collective, the multi-hyphenate musical ringleader 8bit. The idea to restructure the musical experience... read full bio
Tujamo became popular with his Plastik Funk and Sneakbo collab, titled Dr. Who!, which peaked at No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart. His collab with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, Boneless, charted on both the German Singles Chart and the Austrian Singles Chart. He started DJing when he was just seventeen years old. He won a talent competition hosted... read full bio
Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems, both from Germany, make up the trance duo that is Cosmic Gates. They are named among DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list, peaking at No. 19. Cosmic Gates’ first tracks were “The Drums”, “Exploration of Space”, “Mental Atmosphere”, and their “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” remix using samples from The Wizard of Oz film. They became... read full bio
DJ Walshy Fire is a member of the dancehall reggae-influenced group Major Lazer founded by Diplo. Walshy Fire has toured with Black Chiney, who had a great influence on the formation of Major Lazer with its mash ups that blend hip hop or R&B rhythms with reggae and R&B artist vocal tracks. The mixtapes that Black Chiney created served as... read full bio
As a sonic mashup of Texas Blues, New Orleans R&B funk, horn-driven Memphis Soul, country twang, border music, big band swing, and roots-rock, Shinyribs defies classification. With his on-stage antics, which frequently involve him wearing a light-up cloak or leading a conga line through the crowd, Kevin Russell, the charismatic frontman with the colorful suits and ostentatious shoes, never fails to... read full bio
Blackjack Billy is a self-proclaimed “Redneck Rock” band whose debut single “The Booze Cruise” embodies the southern summer shindig perfectly. The accompanying video is everything one can ask for from a booze infused beach bash. It was the hottest selling independent song on iTunes that year, reaching gold in Canada and paving the way for their debut album, Rebel Child.... read full bio
In country music, a last name like LeDoux casts a big, storied and bittersweet shadow, but it’s one Ned LeDoux doesn’t mind standing in one bit. Having been a drummer in his dad Chris’ band Western Underground, Ned knew from an early age that he had “no plan b” but to play music, “Once I got the taste of the... read full bio
