Staff Benda Bilili, which translates from Lingala as look beyone appearances, is a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their rumba rooted reggae and blues sound came from their environment of Kinshasa. The core of the band is four singers and guitarists who have had poliomyelitis since they were children, who move around... read full bio
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan is a Bollywood actor, producer, and TV personality who has a career spanning more than thirty years. Khan is one of the most loved Bollywood actors on the scene today, having received several awards (two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards as an actor). He is also considered one of the most commercially successful... read full bio
Electronic artist and flagship producer for forefront UK indie label Lifted Music. Jonathan Gooch, more commonly known by his stage names Feed Me and Spor, is a drum and bass, dubstep and electro house producer and DJ. He is currently managed by Three Six Zero Group.... read full bio
Shana Knizhnik works at the Legal Aid Society of New York City’s Criminal Defense Practice as a staff attorney. She was also a legal fellow at the ACLU of DC. She studied at the New York University School of Law, where she created the feminist website Notorious RBG Tumblr, a blog dedicated to the lifelong fight for equality done by... read full bio
Sunset Sons is a British Australian indie rock trio consisting of Rory Williams, Jed Laidlaw, and Pete Harper. It all started when Jed, who plays drums, visited Le Surfing, a local bar on the Estagnot. It was here where he met Rory and the two of them instantly hit it off and decided to start a band. Later, Pete joined... read full bio
Stilt Virtuoso, Trey Knight has worked over 15 years to create an original stilt dance technique combining world class skating physics, diverse dance styles, aerial, and acrobatic skills into a vision that is both breathtakingly unique and universally evocative. This avant-garde company has been featured on the hit show Glee- “Power of Madonna”, America's Next Top Model, and the American... read full bio
The Finnish country band Steve 'n' Seagulls performs bluegrass covers of popular songs originally recorded by hard rock and heavy metal artists. The band first gained widespread recognition in the summer of 2014, when videos of their performances were uploaded to YouTube. The band's cover of AC/"Thunderstruck," DC's which currently has more than 130 million views on YouTube, is one... read full bio
The audience is left in a state of hilarious bliss after watching a performance by comedian Seaton Smith, who is famous for his silky charisma, explosive energy, and many memorable personalities. On Opie and Anthony's Virus tour and at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada, where he was a part of the New Faces program, he was... read full bio
The Mahatma Moses Comedy Tour is an idea that was conceived and developed by Samson Koletkar. He was born in India and has a Jewish ancestry, and he is now considered to be one of the most influential Indian American comedians working today. Additionally, he has given a performance at the Jewish Community Centre in Mumbai, which ended up being... read full bio
Sean Brock is a master of southern cuisine. He has been the executive chef at Husk in Charleston, South Carolina since its inception and his menu is largely based on what is available in his garden. Known for preserving southern foldaways and heirloom ingredients, Brock earned Husk Bon Appetite Magazine’s award for Best New Restaurant. Additionally, his cookbook Heritage was... read full bio
GG Magree and Mija, who are both well-known in the dance music community for their propensity for shaking things up in the genre, have just released their first single, which is a song that defies categorization and is titled "Break Stuff." The song "Break Stuff," which was recently published under the duo's new collaborative nom de plume, So Tuff So Cute,... read full bio
Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's School of Education is Sonia Nieto. Nieto is one of the top authors and teachers in the topic of diversity, with expertise working with kids of diverse ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. She has received numerous honors in her field, including the National Association for Multicultural Education's Multicultural... read full bio
Sam Champion, one of the country's most popular weather anchors, has amassed a following of millions of devoted viewers because to his reputation for reliable reporting. He began working for The Weather Channel in early 2014, and now he and Sam Champion co-anchor America's Morning Headquarters in addition to managing the network. Champion formerly worked as ABC's Good Morning America's... read full bio
"Blow My Mind," Say She She's second single, is now available. The song comes after "Forget Me Not," their debut single and music video, which received favorable early reviews from KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Both songs will be made available as a single 45 through Colemine/Karma Chief Records. Say She She is a female-led seven-piece band from Brooklyn. The band... read full bio
Talented American singer-songwriter Salem Ilese, also known by the name Salem Davern, has gained popularity in the pop music industry. Ilese was born and raised in Mill Valley, California, and has always had a deep love for music. She began songwriting at the age of ten and later attended Berklee College of Music to improve her craft. Ilese became well-known very... read full bio
Slump6s, whose real name is Namil Bridges, is a young American rapper hailing from Rochester, New York. Born on December 20, 2004, Slump6s began his musical journey at the age of six, recording in his father's music studio and finding inspiration from Michael Jackson's videos. Growing up, he played orchestral instrumentals in a band and listened to the likes of... read full bio
Esteban Flores has a solo project called Slow Joy. Slow Joy's rough, forceful guitars underline the highly personal and melancholy lyrics that combine elements of grunge, emo and shoegaze. After a therapist suggested Flores use music as a way to express his sorrow, the project got rolling. The multi-instrumentalist started writing and performing songs under the stage name Slow Joy as he returned... read full bio
Sunny War is a musical artist that blends blues, folk, and punk rock into a unqiue sound that charactizes herself. The Chicago based guitarist... read full bio
For their first cross-label release, Creator-Destructor Records and Maggot Stomp team together to bring the Bay Area brutal death metal/hardcore band SNUFFED ON SIGHT and their first album, "Smoke." The first taste of the album's obscenely brutal beatdown is "Time 2 Dip." SNUFFED ON SIGHT has contaminated the globe with a stifling variety of material since its creation, including demos, singles, EPs, a... read full bio
Award-winning, best-selling novelist Sophia Thakur also performs poetry. Sophia will be working on a number of projects to empower communities as the Youth Creator and Educator Ambassador for Jordan's Jumpman23 women's squad. She was been named one of Forbes' under-30 artists and cultural figures in Europe. A room full of career experts were mesmerized by the spoken word artist, who entered the stage... read full bio
