The Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is Kiran Ahuja. She was nominated by President Joe Biden for her current position before being confirmed by the US Senate after more than 20 years in the public sector and executive nonprofit work. She is t he first South Asian Asian American and the first Asian American woman to head... read full bio
Sasha Gainullin has more than 20 years of expertise in the travel insurance sector, and he is adept at meeting client demands for emergency travel, medical care, emergency evacuation and claims processing. Sasha combines his experience with a team-based methodology to find cutting-edge software solutions for adventure seekers, independent journalists, humanitarians and more for today's modern travelers. Prior to joining battleface, he had positions... read full bio
Good art might be hampered by overthinking. JAWNY, an independent singer/songwriter, has adopted this concept. JAWNY has developed his career based on instinct, allowing his music to spontaneously change as he does. He's not chasing the high of prior accomplishments, such as his Gold-certified song "Honeypie," but rather going with his gut and embracing a fresh vision that represents his... read full bio
At the turn of the millenium, new bands like Coldplay and Doves had been increasingly popular, giving Brit-pop a fresh new look. That youthful crowd included The Music, who quickly took over the U.K. indie charts. The Music began as a group of friends from school, including Stuart Coleman, Adam Nutter, Robert Harvey and Phil Jordan. The band practiced for the next... read full bio
Growing up, Phillip-Michael Scales was unaware of the significance of the fact that B.B. King was his aunt's close friend, a guitarist who nicknamed him "Nephew" and that he called "Uncle B." After Phillip-Michael stopped playing the guitar, the importance was so obvious that he avoided soloing and most blues-related activities. However, after hearing his English instructor say that "a great writer can... read full bio
Nicholas van Hofwegen's accumulated thoughts are presented in Young & Sick. He strikes a balance between his more recent life in the American South and his earlier roots in rural Holland through the use of music, art and design. He signed both of the album covers for Foster the People's Torches and Overexposed by Maroon 5, thus you may remember his name... read full bio
In terms of skateboarding, Tommy Guerrero may be more well-known than in the music industry. Guerrero, a San Francisco native, joined Powell Peralta Skate Company and was one of the founding members of the fabled "Bones Brigade" squad. Along with his brother Tony, TG has been performing music since the late 1970s. Both brothers were reared on a regular diet... read full bio
Nerija, a group of musicians based in London who have won the Jazz Newcomer Parliamentary Jazz Award and been nominated for the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year, perform vibrant and unique music that draws inspiration from jazz, hip hop, afrobeat and South African Township. The seven-piece ensemble contains up-and-coming musicians including guitarist Shirley Tetteh (Maisha, Gary Crosby's Groundation), trumpeter... read full bio
As the drummer for the British indie rock band Razorlight, Andy Burrows first rose to prominence. He thereafter pursued a variety of musical endeavors, including co-producing the soundtrack for the film David Brent: Life on the Road, in which he also starred, and co-writing the score for the movie The Snowman and the Snowdog. When Burrows was a member of Razorlight,... read full bio
Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard's vocal chemistry, the tight, jazz-trained rhythm section and the gritty guitars all combine to make Hot Water Music stand out in the post-hardcore genre. The Florida-based band, whose name is derived from a collection of Charles Bukowski short stories, made its debut in the mid-1990's with a sound that fused the attitude and vitality of punk... read full bio
The Flatliners' career is evidence of tenacity and commitment. The band has traveled countless hours on the road and gathered a devoted legion of followers along the way with a lineup that has never deviated from the original members who first met when they were teenagers. The Flatliners, who have been pounding out loud songs in dive bars, festival stages and concert... read full bio
Oysterband creates modern, folk-based British music that is acoustic at heart, dramatic at times, and rocking at others. They've performed at festivals, concerts, pubs, rallies, jails and other venues in 35 countries. They received five BBC Folk Awards and released 13 studio albums and one DVD. The multi-award-winning band that brought passion, power and a dash of poetry to folk and roots... read full bio
Teezo Touchdown is the stage name of Aaron Lashane Thomas, an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was born on October 31, 1992, in Beaumont, Texas, where his father worked as a DJ and exposed him to music at a young age. He listened to a variety of musicians while growing up, including Marvin Gaye, Judas Priest, Prince,... read full bio
White currently resides in Florence, Alabama, not far from Muscle Shoals, having grown up in the tiny Tennessee town of Loretto. He has spent the past 20 years building a music career in Nashville, first working as a songwriter for a significant publisher and then as half of the revolutionary duo The Civil Wars, which won four Grammy Awards before... read full bio
Jenny Lee Lindberg, well known for her work as the bassist and lead vocalist for Warpaint, started a solo career as jennylee. At Silverlake's Happy Ending Studio, Lindberg worked with artists like Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa and producer Norm Block (who has previously produced for Plexi and Mark Lanegan). Together, they created ten tracks that blended goth and new wave with... read full bio
The renowned American metalcore group Veil of Maya is from Chicago, Illinois. Members of the defunct melodic death metal band Insurrection, including lead guitarist Marc Okubo, drummer Sam Applebaum, and bassist Kris, came together to establish the band in 2004. In 2005, they began recording their first independently released demo after enlisting the help of guitarist Timothy Marshall and singer... read full bio
Olivia Bartley, a singer/songwriter from Melbourne, was inspired to create Olympia by both non-musical influences like Pele and Carl Sagan as well as musical influences like Neil Young and Stina Nordenstam. She performed under the alias for solo appearances, but she also played in a band with a changing lineup of musicians, most frequently with Peter Luscombe and Pat Bourke. Bartley... read full bio
Jason Spencer started Wilson in 2010 while he was a student at Michigan State University. Wilson was a dynamic five-piece rock group from East Lansing, Michigan, in the United States. Chad Nicefield's inclusion to the band's vocalist lineup in late 2010 established its line-up, which had previously featured Jason Spencer on guitar, Kyle Landry on guitar, James Lascu on bass,... read full bio
Yemi Eberechi Alade, a singer, songwriter, actress, and activist from Nigeria, was born on March 13, 1989. She gained notoriety after joining Effyzzie Music Group and won the Peak Talent Show in 2009. Her status as one of the biggest performers in Africa in the music industry was cemented with her hit track "Johnny" in 2014. Since then, Yemi has... read full bio
Malina Moye, a well-known singer, composer and left-handed guitarist, fills a niche in the entertainment sector by turning a Fender Stratocaster upside-down. As one of the few musicians in history to be able to cross over between the rock and soul genres, Moye has carved out her own niche in today's music scene and emerged as one of the world's top... read full bio
