Category: Music

Drey Macon: He captures your attention with his amazing eye for photography, and his emotionally conscious poetry will leave you feeling vulnerable in an astounding way. Drey has encompassed fashion, poetry, and photography that’s understood and loved by all walks of life.

Giancarlo Llaverias: A New Paltz’s graduate who studied communication and neuroscience with a background in Afro-Latino studies and marketing. A lover of the arts and musician who has accompanied Poet Gold.

Jen Herman: A: passionate social justice advocate working to address sexual violence response and prevention. Spoken word artist currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work.

Miles Xavier Wellington-Deanda aka Spokenwyrd: Spoken word artist working as a mental health peer counselor working to address stigmatization and gaps in our mental health system.

Madeline Henriquez: Poet, comedian and personal chef advocating for health equity to reduce disparities and empowering individuals to make healthful decisions and connect to health and social resources.

Joshua “Terruhwrist” Cirilo: What some say is a dying clan, Terruhwrist breathes life to and leads a new generation of socially aware lyricist who has heavy ties with hip hop. His wordplay is innovative and attention demanding in any cipher.

Jo’Van O’Neal: The 24-year-old Newburgh NY native is an enigmatic spirit who channels that mystery into art. Whether it be poetry or music, Jo’Van O’Neal capitalizes on the disparaging nature of his home city and uses it as a catalyst to build his work. His poetry covers a numerous of intersectional sociopolitical topics that provoke thought and emotion.

Scruffy Pearls is a multi-genre band made up of two couples and two good friends from New York City. Their songs are inspired by a 13-year romance, the ups and downs of dream chasing, and the belief that “Good Things” will come.

Actress/singer Carly Brooke’s jazzy vocals bring a retro essence to the group’s modern soul-pop songs, whilst bright horn arrangements and deep rhythmic grooves enhance their unique yet nostalgic sound.

Scruffy Pearls’ first single, “Good Things” is about letting go of the “shoulda,coulda,woulda’s” in life, and going after what you love. Their self-titled EP, produced by Cass Dillon, was released on October 2016 and is now available on Spotify, iTunes, and Pandora Radio.

https://www.scruffypearls.com

Carl was born in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and played in local bands from the age of 13 until he moved to NYC’s East village 10 years later. He lived in New York for about a decade, performing regularly in and around the city, and formed the indie label, “Regular Records.” What started as a vanity label for his critically acclaimed EP, “The Psychology of Waiting” ended up growing to promote a healthy roster of NYC-based artists – a musically diverse crew, including: 46bliss, Abby Straus, Amy Coleman, and Lasonya Gunter. His song, “St. Anthony” has received airplay worldwide and even prompted his being interviewed by an arts magazine in Budapest. He relocated to Asbury Park, NJ in 2001, and has been part of the Jersey Shore music community ever since. He performs in and around Asbury Park on a regular basis, and has begun to re-record his debut full-length CD, “Prayer to the Black Madonna”. He has started the Asbury Wax Cylinder Recordings label, and wrote the Mercury Retrograde Society column for Aquarian Music Magazine. Chesna was nominated for “Top Male Acoustic” at the 2010 Asbury Music Awards and played at their Awards ceremony at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park.

https://www.carlchesna.com

Band of Others was founded in 2013 when two lifelong musicians, a guitarist and drummer, met on the R train while taking their daughters to school in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They discovered a mutual affinity for the reverb drenched surf sounds and spaghetti western soundtracks of the early 60’s, outlaw country and obscure garage bands. Not satisfied with the sounds of the local music scene, they decided to start their own project and become the kind of band they had always wanted to see. They soon had their first gig, at a PTA meeting. Since then, Band of Others has become a regular on the club circuit in Brooklyn and Manhattan, playing at Freddy’s, Hank’s, The Cobra Club, Black Bear and the Way Station in Brooklyn, Desmond’s Tavern, Otto’s Shrunken Head, Pianos, The Shrine and Leftfield Bar in Manhattan, performing both as a band and as sidemen in various projects.
Band of Others features Bobby Other on guitar and lead vocals, Danny Other on drums and vocals and Chico Otro on rhythm guitar and vocals and Johnny Other on bass. “All of our originals are either biographical or carry a social message,” said Bobby Other. “We’re too old to write love songs about teenage girls, and we don’t hear a lot of politically conscious songs, or songs with grown up subject matter these days, so we decided to fill that gap ourselves.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNGUR8GwVk&t=1117s

https://soundcloud.com/bob-hudock

For more than a decade, RAMBLIN JUG STOMPERS have been raising a rollickin’ roots-music ruckus, backporch bluegrass, gutbucket blues, moonshine twang and hobo jungle jazz. Armed with a banjo, mandolin, kazoos, guitar, washboard, assorted toys and, of course, a jug, Bowtie, Cousin Clyde, Mister Eck and Wild Bill have unleashed their merry musical mayhem everywhere that would have them – and some places that wouldn’t – from museums to concert halls to major music festivals. Their retro Americana sound and wry sense of humor can be heard on their albums – “Hobo Nickel” and “Crooked Songs: Live at Caffe Lena.”

https://www.jugstompers.com