Shelley Segal Segal's work is rooted in organic sounds and instrumentation. Her nylon acoustic helms both the fingerpicking of her gentle, folkier offerings and the force of her rockier surges. Raised in her father's Klezmer (traditional jewish folk) band she incorporates many of those early influential melodies, progressions and even…
Saxon Kincy Old Man Saxon is a rapper from Denver, most recently featured as the crowd favorite on Rhythm + Flow, the hit Netflix series hosted by Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and TI. His music has been featured on HBO's Silicon Valley, Netflix hit films Malcolm and Marie and Someone Great. Madden Football, Hightown on Starz,…
Carla Gover Carla Gover is a Kentucky-born artist who performs original and traditional music. She offers renditions of ballads and banjo tunes from her native Appalachia as well as original tunes which touch upon themes of home, family, a sense of place, social justice, and spirituality. She has won a…
Elisa Harkins Elisa Harkins is a Native American (Cherokee/Muscogee) artist and composer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her work is concerned with translation, language preservation, and Indigenous musicology. Harkins uses the Cherokee and Mvskoke languages, electronic music, sculpture, and the body as her tools. Harkins received a BA from Columbia College,…
Aaron Marfizo Aaron Marfizo is a multi-instrumentalist, music producer, audio engineer, and music community activist. Aaron has a Bachelor’s of Science in Music from the University of Colorado Denver, where he studied audio engineering and piano performance. His accompaniment and production has been featured on local stages across all genres.…
Rissi Palmer Rissi Palmer, who describes her musical style as "Southern Soul," has received widespread media attention in national publications including Ebony, Billboard, People, Newsweek, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal and more. She has performed on the CBS Morning Show, CNN, Oprah & Friends, at the White…
Stellar Transcendental protest folk artist Stellar weaves unflinchingly introspective singer-songwriting with the urgent calls to action of classic counter-cultural folk music. Their 2021 solo debut RAINBOW SHADOWS is a manifesto of clear-eyed fury and compassion, a message in a bottle filled with uprising, ancestry, love, hope and resilience. Rooted in…
Mehuman (Genre: Folk, Gospel, Country, Rock. Americana, Musical Theatre, Spoken Word, Blues) Mehuman means, “The Faithful One”. Artist, activist, advocate, adventurer and true to her ancient name, Mehuman's songs invite the listener into her fearless transparency. Mehuman’s signature sound, “folk hop for hip folk” is Affrilachia - Americana, is rooted…
Nicolás Ramiro Valdez Nicolás Ramiro Valdez is a San Antonio, Texas based performance artist with over 15 years experience in cultural arts activism. His introduction to the stage came early. Nicolás was trained in traditional Conjunto music by master accordionist Valerio Longoria Sr. at the age of 9 and by…
Ruben 'Beny' Esguerra Ruben “Beny” Esguerra arrived as a child to Tkaronto from Bacatá (Bogotá, Colombia) as a political refugee with his parents, who were receiving threats for their human rights activism. Today, he is a JUNO nominated multi-instrumentalist/producer, spoken-word poet, arts educator and community worker. in 2021, he was…
