Leonid and Friends is a rock tribute band to Chicago that consists of members Leonid Vorobyev, Vasilii Akimov, Igor Javad-Zade, Serge Tiagniryadno, Sergey Kurmaev, Maxim Likhachev, Andrey Zyl, Oleg Kudryavtsev, and Ksenia Buzina. Leonid and Friends is based out of Moscow, Russia, and the band gained attention after having a video of theirs go viral after Chicago the band posted... read full bio
Will Butler is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who rose to fame performing as a member of the indie-rock band Arcade Fire. Butler was raised in The Woodlands, Texas, and he is a multi-instrumentalist who can play instruments which include the piano, keyboards, synthesixers, bass, guitar, vocals, percussion, trombone, clarinet, and many more. Butler is the grandson of Alvino Rey... read full bio
White Cliffs is an up-and-coming indie-rock band from Brooklyn, New York, that consists of Rafe Cohan. Cohan is a multi-instrumentalist who is a guitarist, pianist, percussionist, singer and songwriter. White Cliffs began his musical career with the release of singles “Heart Start” and “On Call.” The following year he released singles which included “California Dreamin’,” “For Now,” and “Sidewalk,” before... read full bio
Tobi Lou is a Nigerian-American rapper, singer, and record producer who was born in Nigeria and moved to Chicago, Illinois when he was only two years old. While in high school, Lou found his love for music and began recording. After graduating from high school, Lou went on to study at SUNY Albany in New York and also pursued a... read full bio
The Used is an American emo rock band from Orem, Utah, that currently consists of members Bert McCracken, Jeph Howard, Dan Whitesides, and Joey Bradford. The band’s music is a mixture of emo, screamo, post-hardcore, pop punk and alternative rock. They were formed originally with Branden Steineckert, Quinn Allman, Jeph Howard, and Bert McCracken. About a year after their formation,... read full bio
The Rapture is an American rock band from New York City, New York, that performs a mixture of music that is indie rock, post-punk, dance-punk, and electronica. The Rapture currently consists of members Luke Jenner on lead vocals and guitar, Vito Roccoforte on drums and percussion, and Gabriel Andruzzi on keyboards, bass, saxophone and percussion. The band was started by... read full bio
The O’My’s are an RnB and soul duo from Chicago, Illinois, that consists of members Maceo Vidal-Haymes and Nick Hennessey. Their music blends into genres which include soul, jazz and hip-hop. The O’My’s music talks on their own personal experiences and they perform on the keyboard and guitar to tell their tales. After their formation, The O’My’s went on to... read full bio
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American musical project and band that is led by Anton Newcombe and consists of members Collin Hegna, Ricky Maymi, Daniel Allaire, Joel Gion, Rob Campanella, and Ryan Van Kriedt. After the bands formation, The Brian Jonestown Massacre released their debut singles “She Made Me,” and “Evergreen.” A few years later, the band released their... read full bio
Augustine Miles Kelechi, better known as his stage name Tekno, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter from Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria. His music is a mixture of Afrobeats, hip-hop and RnB. Tekno found his love for music at only eight years old after he enrolled in a music school and learned how to play the piano and guitar. He later began his... read full bio
Supreme NTM, or just NTM, is a French hip-hop band that was formed in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, and consists of members Kool Shen and JoeyStarr. The duo formed Supreme NTM after watching American hip-hop dancers in Paris. This led them to begin to learn how to dance and perform as hip-hop artists and take on the names JoeyStarr and Kool... read full bio
Jac Ross is one of the newest names in R&B and already shows that a promising career is in his future. Ross is known for his deep vocals and thought-provoking lyrics. He might be best known for “It’s Ok to Be Black”, an anthem about perseverance and overcoming struggle for the disenfranchised. Ross began gaining local fame in his native... read full bio
Stillwater, Oklahoma band The Great Divide is arguably one of the most iconic Red Dirt country band around. In the early 90s, this band signed a deal with Atlantic Records and soon after, released their first major label album “Break in the Storm.” This album offered them their first big hit, “Pour Me a Vacation,” which got great mainstream success... read full bio
London-based rapper JNR Choi got his big break in a very 12st century way: through TikTok. The 23-year-old is currently riding the viral wave, from internet stardom to the Billboard’s Top 100, thanks to his song “To The Moon”. Originally titled “Turn Up”, the song is a drill rap production that marks the first big venture into music from a... read full bio
OKAN draws their name from the term for heart in their Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria. They blend Afro-Cuban origins with jazz, folk and world rhythms in songs about immigration, resistance and love. OKAN is fronted by Cuban-born violinist and vocalist Elizabeth Rodriguez and drummer and vocalist Magdelys Savigne, who are both Grammy and Latin Grammy nominees. They sing in Spanish, English and Spanglish. Espiral,... read full bio
Brandon Robert Young’s music has been featured on some your favorite hit TV series’ like Shameless. But you may also recognize him as making an appearance on Nashville, playing a version of himself. You’ll also probably recognize his wife, Clare Bowen, who played Scarlett O’Connor on the popular musical drama series. Prior to his acting debut, Brandon married his future... read full bio
The Waterboys is a folk rock band originally hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band’s conception began with Mike Scott, who went on to recruit Steve Wickham, Ralph Salmins, and “Brother Paul Brown. Since 1983, fans have noted the band’s three different phases: there was the “Big Music” period, which then evolved into the band’s folk music period, and then a... read full bio
Tyson has been actively pursuing his musical career since 1995 and is a veteran of the German Jungle scene. He started FORMS in 1997 after transferring from Dusseldorf to Arnhem, and it has since grown to be the most established and active monthly drum and bass night in the Netherlands. Tyson is a crucial component of the drum and bass scene... read full bio
Danielle Ponder was the sixth of seven children in Rochester, New York. Music was always in her family in a substantial way. Her dad was a pastor who played the piano and sang and Danielle even found herself hammering away at the yellow piano sitting on the family porch, singing. But despite having a beautiful singing voice, Danielle aspired to... read full bio
Perhaps best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the alternative indie band Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker is a singer-songwriter who’s carved out a path for her solo career as well. Originally from Indianapolis, grew up in Minnesota. This is before she moved to New York city, where she met up with Buck Meek, with whom she co-founded Big... read full bio
Noah Thompson is a rising country music star from Kentucky who made international fame as one of the season 20 contestants on American Idol. After graduating from Lawrence County High, he started taking music more seriously. Noah published three songs – “Not a Phase”, “Pedestal”, and “Heart Painted Black” -- on YouTube, which garnered a lot of positive attention. His... read full bio
