Sugaray Rayford is an American electric blues singer-songwriter from Smith County, Texas. When Rayford was only 7 years old he began singing at the Bethel Temple Church of God In Christ in Tyler, Texas. During this time he also began playing drums at the church before moving to San Diego, California after the loss of his mother. While in San... read full bio
Jontavious Willis is an American country blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist from Greensville, Georgia. While growing up, Willis began singing gospel music alongside his grandfather at his local Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church. He gained a love for blues music after watching Muddy Waters perform the song “Hoochie Coochie Man”. From there, he began to learn how to play different styles... read full bio
Bobby Rush is an American blues musician, composer, and singer-songwriter. His music is a mixture of genres such as blues, soul, R&B, funk, and rap. Rush was raised by a father who was a pastor who played the guitar and harmonica, which influenced Rush as a child. After Rush and his family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he became friends... read full bio
Frank Solivan is an American mandolinist, guitarist, violinist, composer, recording artist, and leader of the progressive bluegrass band Dirty Kitchen. Solivan grew up in Modesto, California with a musically inclined family who played several different instruments. Solivan had a love for bluegrass music since a young age and he first started his musical career forming his first band, Generation Gap.... read full bio
Missy Raines is an American bluegrass musician, bassist, singer-songwriter, and teacher. Raines is from Short Gap, West Virignia and as a teenager she began playing bass professionally and touring. She has since gone on to work alongside artists such as Mac Wiseman, Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, and many more. Over the years, Raines has been a member of the progressive... read full bio
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys is a bluegrass band that consists of members C.J. Lewandowski, Josh Rinkel, Jereme Brown and Jasper Lorentzen. The band was formed in the Smoky Mountains and over the years they have performed all over the world from bluegrass festival stages to clubs in Europe. The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys was started after leader Lewandowski was asked to... read full bio
Doyle Lawson is an American bluegrass and Southern gospel musician from Sullivan County, Tennessee. He is best known for being the mandolin player, producer, vocalist, and leader of the 6-man group, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. While growing up, Lawson would listen to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights, which is when he found his passion for bluegrass music. When... read full bio
Michael Cleveland is an American bluegrass fiddle player from Henryville, Indiana. When Cleveland was only four years old he first learned to play the violin at a local Suzuki program. This led to him performing at the Grand Ole Opry, at A Prairie Home Companion and in front of the United States Congress. As a solo artist, Cleveland has released... read full bio
Madison Cunningham is an American singer-songwriter from Orange County, California, who performs a mixture of folk and pop music. Cunningham began playing guitar at only 7 years old and she also grew up singing at her local church where her father was a worship pastor. By the time she was a teenager, Cunningham began writing her own songs and started... read full bio
Tim Menzies is an American country and Christian music singer-songwriter from Mechanicsville, Virginia. He started performing at only 3 years old with a band his mother was in. The band opened for artists such as Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash. By the time Menzies was only 8, he began to play the mandolin in the band before quitting music for... read full bio
Gene Moore is an American gospel singer based out of Houston, Texas. While growing up, Moore was a son of two pastors and was often at his local church surrounded by gospel music. He started singing with the Southeast Inspirational Choir as a teenager and although he originally pursued broadcasting as a career, he found himself going back to his... read full bio
The Terraza Big Band is an eighteen-piece ensemble band that was brought together and is under the director of co-directors, bassist Edward Perez, and award-winning saxophonist and composer Michael Thomas. The group is based out of Queens, New York and they perform monthly at Terraza 7 in Jackson Heights. The band consists of all of New York’s in-demand jazz musicians.... read full bio
Brian Lynch is a jazz trumpeter who has won several Grammy Awards over the years. He has previously been a member of Eddie Palmieri’s Afro-Caribbean Jazz group, has led the Latin Side of Mile project and has led his own group, Brian Lynch Big Band. Lynch has won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for “Simpatico” with Eddie... read full bio
Mike Holober is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator whose various projects includes performing with the Mike Holober Quintet and The Gotham Jazz Orchestra. Holober started his career in New York as a composer and sideman pianist. He later started working with Nick Brignola and together they formed The Mike Holober Quintet. Together, the quintet have released two... read full bio
Miho Hazama is a Japanese composer, arranger, jazz musician, and conductor from Tokyo, Japan who is currently based out of New York City. Hazama began playing the electric keyboard at only 3 years old at Yamaha Music Foundation’s School. She later proceeded to the final of Junior Electone Concours when she was only 10 years old which earned her local... read full bio
Anat Cohen is an Israeli born jazz musician from Tel Aviv. She can play instruments such as the clarinet, saxophone and is also a tenor and soprano singer. Cohen started playing the clarinet and saxophone at a young age and she went on to study at the Berklee College of Music. Shortly after, she started recording alongside her brothers Avishai... read full bio
Joey DeFrancesco is an American jazz organist, trumpeter, and vocalist from Springfield, Pennsylvania. He performs a mixture of jazz and bebop music and has released over 30 albums over the years some of which includes work with Miles Davis and Jimmy Smith. DeFrancesco was born into a musical inclined family. His grandfather was a jazz musician as well and his... read full bio
Tierney Sutton is an American jazz singer from Omaha, Nebraska who performed with the Tierney Sutton Band. Sutton grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and earned her bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She also studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Sutton’s band has also consisted of members such as Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt,... read full bio
Jazzmeia Horn is an American jazz singer-songwriter from Dallas, Texas. Horn has studied at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas and after, she moved to New York where she studied at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. While studying in New York City, Horn formed a group with Javier... read full bio
Christian McBride is an American jazz bassist, guitarist, composer and arranger from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. McBride started his career playing the bass guitar but switched to double bass and started studying at the Juilliard School. When he was only 17 years old, McBride joined Bobby Watson’s group and played with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, George Duke, Benny Golson, Milt Jackson,... read full bio
