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treya lam

Treya Lam treya lam is a multi-instrumentalist and composer whose expansive and intersecting identities inform but do not define their work, whether solo or when collaborating with ensembles across a variety of disciplines. their atmospheric voice, liberation oriented songwriting and fluency on guitar, piano and looped viola recalls Nina Simone…

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Mary Gauthier

Mary Gauthier “With songwriting as powerful as hers, there’s no need to go looking for qualifiers. She’s a unique, intrinsically valuable musical voice. And there’s never a surplus of those.” — Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Time. Her eleventh album, the first record in over 8 years consisting of all her…

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Tanaya Winder

Tanaya Winder Tanaya Winder is an author, singer / songwriter, poet, and motivational speaker who comes from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations where she is an enrolled citizen. She received a BA in English from Stanford University and a MFA in creative…

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Kristen Graves

Kristen Graves Kristen Graves is a folk/americana singer, songwriter and humanitarian. Mentioned by both Rolling Stone and the New York Times, and given her own day across the state of Connecticut by Governor Malloy for her musicianship and activism, she has shared stages with Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Peter Yarrow,…

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Vanessa Lively

Vanessa Lively Vanessa Lively is an eclectic, bilingual songwriter and nonprofit founder who brings passion and fire to her heart-centric writing style and way of living. Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle describes Vanessa’s music as “folk music on fire with worldly rhythms and a Latin pulse.” In 2017, Vanessa…

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Troubadours of Divine Bliss

Troubadours of Divine Bliss Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Renee Ananda and Aim Me Smiley, play heartfelt, eclectic folk featuring harmonies "smooth as Kentucky Bourbon", guitar, ebow and accordion. They have been best friends since their teens when they met at a holy-rollin' church outside of Louisville, KY. Despite Aim Me's…

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Myles Bullen

Myles Bullen Myles Bullen is a ukulele-playing rapper and spoken-word poet from Portland, Maine. Myles has toured nearly every state in the US as well as many European countries performing packed shows at music venues, colleges, recovery centers, prisons, festivals, and libraries. Myles sings songs about grief, mental health, navigating…

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Cheryl Cawood

Cheryl Cawood Cheryl Cawood is a singer/songwriter in Sante Fe, Texas. Her music presents an edgy Country/Blues/Folk vibe. When two of her three daughters fell into patterns of substance abuse, Cheryl turned her experiences into activism by using her music to support the families of people with substance use disorders.…

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Kamica King

Kamica King Kamica King is a soul singer-songwriter, board-certified music therapist, and Founder/CEO of King Creative Arts Expressions (KCAE) which specializes in interactive, arts-based programs that promote health and social-emotional wellness. As seen on NBC, ABC and Fox, Kamica has been featured as a speaker, clinician, and vocalist around the…

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Reggie Harris

Reggie Harris Reggie Harris is a Music to Life Advisory Board artist, an innovative guitarist, a fearlessly creative vocalist, and an engaging storyteller whose concert performances are infused with joy. It’s clear to all that he deeply loves singing and that it is more than his work. But that’s not…

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