Treya Lam Genre: Folk, Indie Location: NYC Treya Lam is an American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter whose joyously complex identity informs but does not define their work, whether solo or when collaborating with a variety of multidisciplinary ensembles. Their strident voice, politically charged songwriting and fluent instrumental prowess on guitar, piano…
Ashni Davé Genre: Pop, Jazz, R&B. Location: Brooklyn, NY Ashni is a Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and pianist. Her relationship with the stage began with classical North Indian dance, Kathak, and western classical piano. A first-generation Indian American, she grew up absorbing Hindustani classical music and Garba, Gujarati folk music and…
Jason Kao Hwang Genre: Classical Location: NY The music of Jason Kao Hwang (composer/violin/viola) explores the vibrations and language of his history. His compositions are often narrative landscapes through which sonic beings embark upon extemporaneous, transformational journeys. In 2019, 2018, 2013 and 2012, the El Intruso International Critics Poll voted…
Shaina TaubRaised in the green mountains of Vermont, Shaina Taub is a New York-based songwriter and performer. She is an Artist-in-Residence at the Public Theater and a signed artist with Atlantic Records.As a songwriter, she is a winner of the Kleban Prize, the Jonathan Larson Grant, the Fred Ebb Award,…
Millie Heckler Millie Heckler leans into creative playgrounds of re-emerging possibilities. Her practice is listening. Her interests lie in all the voices of the body fully expressing, no shame, as means to remember, forget and renew the root from which she comes. Connect with Millie: https://www.millieheckler.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071481305331 https://www.instagram.com/mildred_heckles/?hl=en
Omega Jade Omega is originally from San Diego, California, now residing in Burlington Vermont. She started performing as a stand up comedian. She then produced her own comedy shows. You may have heard of Rhyme and Unreason, a crazy mix of comedy and hip hop. Her hunger for performing eventually…
Myra Flynn Myra Flynn joined VPR as an engagement producer in March 2021. Raised in Vermont, Myra Flynn is an accomplished musician who has come to know the lay of dirt-road land that much more intimately through touring both well-known and obscure stages all around the state and beyond. She…
Rajnii Eddins Burlington resident Rajnii Eddins is a poet, facilitator, activist, teaching artist, founder of the Poetry Experience at Fletcher Free Library and author of a poetry book, Their Names Are Mine, that aims to confront white supremacy. As the artistic director for the Young Writers Project, Eddins co-coached the…
Kalyn Fay Oklahoma-bred songwriter Kalyn Fay has a voice that commands rapt attention, whether filling a theater or piercing the din of a dive bar. It’s a tenor timbre a first-time listener once aptly described as “butterscotch,” all rich and velveteen, bold, singular. Fay’s been writing and recording her own…
Dialtone (Antonio Andrews) Dialtone is not only a rapper but a creative visionary making waves all throughout the Tulsa art scene. While Dialtone consistently puts out music that raises the bar for other Tulsa artists, he still finds the time to create incredible works of visual art and regularly holds…
