Beast Coast is an American hip-hop collective and supergroup from Brooklyn, New York that consists of members of groups which include Pro Era, Flatbush Zombies and The Underachievers. The members of Beast Coast grew up knowing each other as they lived in neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York, which included Flatbush and Bedford-Stuyvesant. The group Pro Era formed together in high... read full bio
Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist from Podor, French West Africa. Maal followed his love for music as he was influenced by his family friend Mansour Seck to learn music in school. He then went on to study music in Dakar before going on to study in Paris. After coming back from Paris, Maal began studying traditional... read full bio
Bowen Young is a joint effort between Clare Bowen and Brandon Robert Young. Clare is best known for playing Scarlett O’Connor on the hit TV show Nashville and Brandon has had his music featured on an array of TV shows, like Shameless (as well as also making an appearance on Nashville). Now the duo – who are married in real... read full bio
Boris Brott is one of the most well-recognized and respected conductors in the world, holding major posts as music director in Canada and the United States. He enjoys an international career as guest conductor, educator, motivational speaker, and cultural ambassador. In his speeches, Brott draws analogies between performance in an orchestra and performance in business, the juxtaposition of teamwork and... read full bio
The author of the book Virtual Leadership is Bart Banfield. In addition, he oversees EPIC Charter Schools, the biggest public school in Oklahoma and one of the biggest online education centers in the country. Bart has been a pioneer, innovator and leader in the virtual learning-work environment ever since he became Oklahoma's youngest public school superintendent at the age of twenty-seven. He... read full bio
Inspiring storyteller and authority on tenacity is adventurer, dogsledder and author Blair Braverman. She has traversed tens of thousands of kilometers of wilderness with her canine team while racing in the renowned Iditarod race in Alaska, the Yukon and Scandinavia. The New York Times Book Review praised the author of Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube and Dogs on the Trail: A... read full bio
Brit Taylor, a country singer and songwriter, hasn't backed down in a place notorious for dishing out heavy knocks. After a decade of "playing by the rules," she broke out on her own, released Real Me in less than a year and has already written and recorded Kentucky Blue, her follow-up album. Her critically acclaimed debut album Real Me was a... read full bio
A unique, direct and absolutely wild voice belongs to Benjamin Dakota Rogers. His raw sound successfully breaks through the wall between the past and the present with a calculated homage to old-time and bluegrass rhythms. Rogers was raised on a farm in southwest Ontario where he built greenhouses, raised vegetables and lived off the land. It is impossible to distinguish between Rogers' talent for... read full bio
Brijean is the collaboration of drummer, singer and composer Brijean Murphy and multi-instrumentalist, producer Doug Stuart. They create dance music for the body, mind and soul that is influenced by disco from the 70s, house from the 90s and subtle pop. Feelings, their Ghostly International first album, was a tropicalia of golden-hued dream pop with sparkling beats and silken vocals with remixes by Buscabulla, Sam... read full bio
Jamie Roberts has spent the last ten years honing his alias, Blawan, both in the studio and on the road and in the process, he's built a world inside techno that's uniquely his own. Roberts was raised in Barnsley, England and from a young age began to carve out his musical path as a drummer—a bygone instrument that shouldn't surprise anyone who... read full bio
Ben Shirken's performance as Beshken gained notice and swiftly developed into a full-time job. In an effort to take back the project from his younger self, Ben finds himself. Ben collaborated with Venezuelan visual artist Pedro Bello to create Mimo, which is Spanish for "mime," an animated alter ego for his project. A cat-like jester, his activities are closely watched as... read full bio
From Milton, Ontario, comes the singer-songwriter Billianne. She enthralled the internet with her husky voice and millions of people heard her moving cover of the Tina Turner classic "Simply The Best," which shot to the top of TikTok and ignited a spark of virality that changed the course of her life. Since then, Billi has released two covers, establishing two... read full bio
Boslen is a pioneer from birth. The people of Vancouver have become essential to how the hip-hop experimenter views himself and his art. A place of contrasts with snowy peaks and warm waters, lush landscapes and crowded cities, it's the ideal place for an artist to reconcile conflicting impulses by fusing various genres and sounds that don't naturally go together.... read full bio
Greater London-based musician Bone Slim (also known as Phantom, Bone, Slim and Shark) performs music. He is the voice of the audio-visual group HOTR and one of NiNE8 Collective's original songwriters. Critics have referred to his work as "UK rap and hip hop merging the established sound of noughties boombap with a new transatlantic twist" and have praised his intricate rhymes and... read full bio
Black Party is an artist, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist who embraces a broad range of musical genres, including R&B, hip-hop, psychedelic soul and what he calls "tropical funk"—his own distinctive synthesis of reggae, dancehall and tropical sounds. With his full-length debut, Endless Summer [Wolf + Rothstein/RCA Records], the Arkansas-born and Los Angeles-based auditory alchemist mixes a lifetime of musical obsession into unusual, indisputable and... read full bio
The Irish singer-songwriter Biig Piig has matured as a composer and a young lady, with a voice that is instantly recognizable, bilingual and capable of fusing a suitably diverse range of inspirations (hip-hop, R&B, dance music, stripped-back soul) into candid, genre-fluid modern pop. Biig Piig's capacity to find moments of serenity and clarity in the most chaotic of situations endures despite... read full bio
With unabashed bars, obvious flare and her own blazing flow, Big Boss Vette declares herself a bright, blunt and brave force for hip-hop. The rapper and vocalist from St. Louis instantly draws attention and brightens up any space. She bosses up on a series of songs for Republic Records and her debut EP after racking up over 30 million streams overall independently... read full bio
For multi-instrumentalist, composer and artist Baird, the idea of home is embodied in the local music. Raised in Baltimore, he also feels at home in Providence where he went to Brown University and Mexico City, where he lived for over a year after graduating before relocating to Los Angeles. Baird is able to enjoy the qualities of music that are both frightening and... read full bio
This exceptional singer-songwriter hails from the lush valleys of western North Ireland. After quitting school, he traveled Ireland with only an acoustic guitar, a suitcase and a heart full of Irish gold. Over the past few years, he has proven to be quick on his feet and unstoppable in his resolve. Brad has found himself in London, signed with a reputable management... read full bio
The performer Blaketheman1000 is known for his enthusiastic performances. He once played in the Lower East Side's Ming's Cafe's outdoor dining hut and he closed up a poetry reading at East Village's KGB Bar with a performance while perched on a diner chair, his makeshift platform. Although he hasn't released an album (though he's thinking about signing his first record deal),... read full bio
