Rena Branson

Rena Branson

Rena Branson Rena Branson (they/them) is a Jewish composer, ritual leader, and educator who uplifts personal and collective healing through song. They founded A Queer Nigun Project (aqueernigunproject.org), which organizes singing events for LGBTQIA+ folks and sends audio content to people in the Jewish community who are incarcerated. Rena writes…
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Sarah-Anjali Arabolu

Sarah-Anjali Arabolu

Sarah-Anjali Arabolu Sarah-Anjali is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who is embracing the power of music as a guiding force. Shaped by the empowering, unifying, and improvisational spirit of jazz, folk, and world music – Sarah-Anjali's intention is to offer insight on how we can heal. For Sarah-Anjali, music is…
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Jon Sabillón

Jon Sabillón

Jon Sabillón Alejandro Jon Sabillón is a multidisciplinary artist and creative entrepreneur from Honduras who is redefining the boundaries of the DJ booth. Exploring the frontiers of the musical unknown, Jon pioneers the concept of ""Animistic DJing""—treating his sets as living musical ecosystems that seamlessly weave genres, cultures, and species…
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Suzi Brown

Suzi Brown

Suzi Brown Suzi Brown is a nationally touring singer-songwriter and the creator of Riff for Reform, a platform that blends music, psychoeducation, and social advocacy. With a career that includes opening for artists such as Sixpence None the Richer, Kaki King, and Keller Williams, and sharing billing with the Indigo…
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Marie-Isabelle Pautz

Marie-Isabelle Pautz

Marie-Isabelle Pautz Marie-Isabelle Evangeline Pautz is a second-generation culture bearer. She grew up immersed in Louisiana French, bartering economies, and folkways with her grandparents, who lived across the street from her. Since 2002, Marie-Isabelle has led programs and initiatives at EarthShare Gardens, Lafayette Hurricane Survivors Coalition, Center for Restorative Approaches,…
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Rachel Dungan

Rachel Dungan

Rachel Dungan Rachel Dungan is a musician, composer, and curator at the intersection of sound, storytelling, and social impact. A classically-trained pianist and solo/ensemble vocalist, she performs nationally and internationally with various groups (Essence of Joy Alumni Singers, Urban Jazz, the Philadelphia Singers, Shades of Blue, CANTATICA, Centre Dimensions). She…
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Jessica Rodriguez

Jessica Rodriguez

Jessica Rodriguez Jessica Rodriguez is a queer Latine multidisciplinary artist, singer-songwriter, cultural curator, and human rights advocate based in Chicago. As a gun violence survivor, Jessica uses art and music as tools for collective healing and social change. She is the founder of Museica, a creative studio dedicated to accessible…
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Phat Man Dee

Phat Man Dee

Phat Man Dee A pan-spiritual, Jewish, bisexual artist and working-class creator, Phat Man Dee is deeply committed to uplifting marginalized communities, including BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals. She co-founded Social Justice Disco, a collaboration with Liz Berlin (formerly of Rusted Root) that merges music and activism. She also sings alto with…
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Al “Papa Rap” Lopez

Al “Papa Rap” Lopez

Al "Papa Rap" Lopez Al Papa Rap Lopez is originally from Puerto Rico and has lived in NWA since 1994. Al is a self-taught musician who has composed and arranged hundreds of songs that he uses in his live performances. He performs solo or he can also bring his 8-piece…
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Vidya Ramachandhiramani

Vidya Ramachandhiramani

Vidya Ramachandhiramani Vidya Ramachandhiramani is a software engineer and Carnatic singer from the South of India. She has been an instructor and practitioner of Carnatic music for many years and the founder of Sadhana Fine Arts—a music school dedicated in promoting and teaching South Indian classical music—Carnatic Vocal and Veena—in…
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