Briana Wright A versatile vocalist and songwriter, Briana Wright performs with Tulsa Oklahoma's soul-drenched Americana band, Nightingale, and more recently, the emo-pop outfit, Cliffdiver. Cliffdiver represents a new generation of young artists looking to destigmatize mental health and to imbue these difficult issues with a sense of humor and hope.…
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…
Nimesh Patel Nimo (Nimesh) Patel, is a world-renowned hip hop musician, humanitarian and ambassador of love and peace. His music and music videos have traversed the world to over 100 million viewers through MTV, Youtube, Tony Robins Events, the BBC Channel and more. Nimo has shared his heart-felt message in…
Eric Dozier Eric is a cultural activist, anti-racism educator, and itinerant blues preacher leveraging the power of music to promote healing, justice and racial reconciliation. Through his role as co-founder and National Director of Arts and Education for One Human Family Workshops, Inc., Eric set out to devote his musical,…
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…
Aisha FukushimaAISHA FUKUSHIMA is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer/Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist). Fukushima founded RAPtivism (Rap Activism), a hip hop project spanning 20 countries and four continents, amplifying universal efforts for freedom and justice. She is a multilingual, multiracial African American Japanese woman who has done lectures and…
Amalia Ortiz Amalia Ortiz appeared on three seasons of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. She was awarded the 2020 American Book Award for Oral Literature. NBC Latino listed her book, Rant. Chant. Chisme. among “10 Great Latino Books of 2015.” She won an Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Grant,…
Jaime OspinaJaime Ospina started his musical journey singing with his classmates. He then started playing the bass guitar and performing in the bar circuit of his native city, Bogota, Colombia. In 1994, he joined the blues-rock band VERTIGO and performed with them in the first three editions (1995-1997) of FESTIVAL…
DecoraDeora is a rap artist and performance poet based in New York. He is best known for his unique brand of composition, which blends electronic and rap music with visual art."To me, hip-hop is a form of expression that was based out of the ghetto, people who were underserved, under…
Tem BlessedComing up as a young artist Tem Blessed was inspired by more than just a great sound. He stood strong to ideals like intelligence and integrity. His idea was to build something constructive as opposed to being destructive. A positive message sounded throughout Tem’s work as he developed a…
