Pamela Means Pamela Means is a Easthampton MA-based Out(spoken), Biracial, independent artist whose “kamikaze guitar style” and punchy provocative songs have worn a hole in two of her acoustic guitars. Armed with the razor wit of a stand-up comic, engaging presence, elegant poetry, and irresistible charm, Pamela Means’s “stark, defiant…
Amber Epps HollyHood is a seasoned hip hop artist, educator, interdisciplinary visual, and healing and spiritual arts practitioner based in Pittsburgh. Described by a fan as “a cross between Missy Elliott and Cardi B,” her work blends modern hip hop with an old school sensibility, what she defines as adult…
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…
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,…
Mikara Mikara is a Japanese American electronic pop artist crafting music for the delulu lovergirl. With honey-coated vocals and vulnerable storytelling, she blends fantasy and reality, pouring her soul into glittery beats that make you want to dance through love, heartbreak, and healing. Her music explores themes of toxic relationships,…
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…
Kennedy Pugh Kennedy Pugh is founder of Music for the Cause, a mission‑driven music collective that began as a grassroots effort to spotlight suicide prevention and has since evolved into a powerful amplifier for health equity and social‑justice issues affecting communities of color. Blending soulful performance, personal storytelling, and collaborative…
Shakeenah Fentis Shakeenah is a grandmother and long-time NW Arkansas resident. She grew up in NY, singing from age four and attending extensive creative arts classes, including musicals, dance and drama with The Harlem Children’s Theatre Co. and The Henry Street Settlement House. After high school and a year of…
Jean Rohe Jean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the interior lives of her narrators as with the wider world outside them. Jean recently won the 2022 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriting contest with her deeply personal and timely song “Animal”. Her latest full-length record as…
Marcie Hernandez Marcie Hernandez’s music lives in cultural dualities. Born to Puerto Rican parents & raised in Rochester, NY, Marcie is a singer-songwriter with a sound that combines Latin rhythms & instrumentation with the feel & lyrical vulnerability of indie folk music. Each of her songs is a snapshot of…
