ELJURI
ELJURI
Bio
Cecilia Villar Eljuri (aka. Eljuri) Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Producer
“Cecilia Villar Eljuri is a triple threat: She's an accomplished songwriter, a great vocalist, and one hell of a guitar player.” –NPR MUSIC
Touted as one of the top Latina electric guitar players in the world, Eljuri navigates through the musical landscapes of her Ecuadorian, Spanish and Lebanese heritage all presented with an elegant and socially conscious voice.
To date Eljuri has released four critically acclaimed solo albums: ‘En Paz’ (2008), ‘Fuerte’ (2012), ‘La Lucha’ (2016) and ‘Resiste’ (2019). In-depth interviews about her career have been featured on PRI, NPR, Voice of America, NBC Latino, Pacifica Radio, Women of Rock Documentary and her songs have charted in the Top Ten on Worldbeat and Latin radio in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Endorsements
Gibson Guitar family of brands, D'Angelico Guitars, MonoCase, and JH Audio custom in-ear monitors.
Band Members
Number of band members expected to attend: 3
Cecilia Villar Eljuri: Front Person, Guitarist, Vocalist
Winston Roye: Backup Vocalist, Bassist
Alex Alexander: Drummer
Alexandra Gatje: Manager
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THREE AT HOME
Bio
SONGWRITERS DANN RUSSO AND MARY CASIELLO have been writing and playing music for over ten years each and in 2017 decided to combine their forces. Their harmony-driven pop-rock incorporates intelligent and honest lyrics, chord progressions both familiar and new, and a pervasive energy and fun that is infectious in their live performances.
Their EP "Perfectly Unclear", released in June of 2018, runs deep into the rock and roll territory of bands like The Black Keys, while still maintaining a focus on the tight harmonies that they are known for in their acoustic performances.
The newest release, "playlist. #notarecord," released 1/21/21, takes that focus and turns it up a notch, highlighting harmonies, raucous distortion, incredible guitar solos, and smart songwriting.
Three At Home are 2019 New England Music Award Nominees for Best in State in Massachusetts, multiple-time finalists in the Lizard Lounge Open Mic Challenge, and have performed around New England and Texas. They look forward to bringing the music to your town AC (After Covid)
Band Members
Three At Home: Guitarist, Pianist, Songwriter, Vocalist
Mary Casiello: Keyboardist, Pianist, Songwriter, Vocalist
Dann Russo: Guitarist, Songwriter, Vocalist
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dolltr!ck
Bio
With a palette of dreamy synths, punchy drum machines, and crystal-clear vocals, dolltr!ck paints fusions of electronica, pop, future bass, and dance music. As a DJ, remixer, and live performance designer for Grammy-nominated and Billboard-charting artists, the artist project of Singapore-born music technologist Claire Marie Lim presents captivating sets of live electronic music that will both keep you dancing on your feet and hit you hard in the feels.
dolltr!ck's 2021 releases have received success, with her remix of Coastal Town's "Saving Daylight" and her original tune "Synergy" with DigitalTek and P.I.M. both receiving international radio play and Spotify playlisting. This Summer, dolltr!ck will be releasing new music from June onwards.
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THIRSTY CURSES
Band Bio
Thirsty Curses is a four-piece rock n’ roll outfit based out of Raleigh, NC. As YES! Weekly wrote in a profile on the band, "Thirsty Curses makes rock’n’roll, with a boisterous beer-swilling edge to it. Many of these songs are about living it up while things fall apart at the seams, or at least trying to find some glory in chaos and meaninglessness." Indeed, Thirsty Curses' material balances between exuberance and despair, blending a vast array of rock ‘n roll subgenres ranging from punk rock to yacht rock, 90s alternative to country, progrock to folk. Ultimately however (and most importantly), Thirsty Curses is a pretty damn good time.
Record Label: SPECTRA MUSIC GROUP
Contact: THIRSTYCURSES@GMAIL.COM
Band Members
wilsongetchell@gmail.com: Guitarist, Pianist, Vocalist
Alex Weir: Guitarist
Clayton Herring: Bassist
Evan Miller: Drummer
Band Representation
Record label type: INDIE
Record label: Spectra Music Group
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SEAN TOBIN
Bio
Born and raised on the New Jersey shore, Sean Tobin was influenced by folk-song troubadours and high-energy rockers alike. Self-taught and trained by the New Jersey bar scene, Tobin owes much of his high-energy performances to his time spent busking on the streets of Galway, Ireland throughout 2015 and 2017. In 2017, Tobin graduated college with a degree in writing. Having expected to become a novelist, his business as a musician began to overshadow his prose.
Uncertain of his future, Tobin walked El Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile trail through Spain, with his guitar tied to his pack. Upon the trail's completion, the future became obvious. Sean returned to New Jersey in the fall of 2017 where he worked a 9-5 job to fund his music. He released his first album, This Midnight, in 2018. The next year he played Frank Turner's Lost Evenings III in Boston, MA.
Later in 2019, Sean released Dreams & Black Caffeine, a four-song EP recorded with his band, The Boardwalk Fire. The group played several shows promoting the EP and planned a tour for 2020, but were forced to cancel due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Instead, Sean and the guys got to work on new music from remote locations.
Sean's 2020 LP, East Coast Artifacts, is a compilation of quarantine singles, Dreams & Black Caffeine, and three other tracks. A reflection of life on the shore and dreams of going beyond, ECA is the quintessential work of an independent folk rocker.
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GLENN WHITE
Bio
Described as “a brilliant gem,” Glenn’s modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called “a thoughtful, remarkable style,” which “stems from a deeper understanding,” as well as “everything we love about jazz. A beautiful melody. Something we can hold on to.” At a 2013 performance at WNYC’s Greene Space, Glenn’s music was described as, “inside this incredibly beautiful and haunting melody, inside your improvisation you were also being a composer . . . beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.”
Glenn has performed alongside many notable musicians including Norah Jones, Paul Banks (Interpol), Greg Camp (Smash Mouth), Michael Eisenstein (Melissa Etheridge), Sunnyside Records artist Jamie Baum, Impulse! artist Greg Tardy, ECM Records artist Art Lande, and the Four Tops (opening for Chuck Berry). In addition to his own recordings, Glenn can be heard on popular singles that have charted on the College Music Journal. Glenn’s recordings, Sacred Machines (OA2 Records) and Time in Transit (Armored Records), and Quirk (Armored Records), are featured on radio stations and satellite radio internationally.
Glenn lives in New York City, where he performs with his own groups, which have been featured at South by Southwest, East by Northeast, Artscape Baltimore, the Big Apple Underground Jazz Festival, and more. His groups have shared billing with Chris Potter’s Underground, the Maynard Ferguson Alumni band, and many other notable artists and groups.
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FRENCHY and The PUNK
Frenchy and the Punk:
An unorthodox feel-good evocative Electro-Acoustic Cabaret Rock duo. Their exotic melodies and European-inflected percussive textures invoke a carnival of two that will take you from the Moulin Rouge to CBGB’s and back again. French-born singer Samantha Stephenson sings with a gothy heft and authority that may remind one generation of Siouxsie Sioux and another of Florence Welch. Guitarist, live looper, and former punk bass player, Scott Helland weaves dark riffs and layers of spidery melody in an acoustic/electric tone that is entirely his own. Listed in Yahoo Music Blog’s ‘Top 25 Dynamic Duos in U.S. www.frenchyandthepunk.com
LINK TO THE BAND:
http://www.frenchyandthepunk.com
http://www.instagram.com/frenchyandthepunk
http://www.facebook.com/frenchyandthepunk
http://www.youtube.com/frenchyandthepunk
http://www.bandsintown.com/frenchyandthepunk (tour dates, in person and online)
https://frenchyandthepunk.bandcamp.comhttp://www.frenchyandthepunk.bandcamp.com
CORNELIUS PLUS
Bio
Cornelius is a multi-hyphenate singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer fromThe Bronx, NY. His music is a mix of pop, jazz, hip-hop, rap and R&B, with a splash of EDM and a grungy but smooth quality. Notable projects include “Futureland” and the “Bronx Zoo” EP as well as a presently untitled debut LP in the works (@corneliusplus).
IG: https://www.instagram.com/corneliusplus/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/corneliusplus
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/corneliusplus
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cornelius-plus/1232759897
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hv2tbmorJusCkpLHriPCM
FAT BABY
Bio
Fat Baby is a rapper, DJ, singer, and vibe from Harlem, NY. He is best known for his raunchy- smooth and comedic style featured on songs like “Go Baby”, “Last Night”, and “Drip Nicely”. Baby released his debut “It’s A Concept Album” in 2017 and its follow-up “Concept Album 2” in 2018. He is preparing the third album in this trilogy “Concept Album 3” and exploring new musical stylings including pop, funk, and trap on singles like “Incredible” with Cornelius Plus and “South Beach” (@fatbabygp).
IG: https://www.instagram.com/fatbabygp/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fatbabygp
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/fatbabygp
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/27X3RmNIjEPHIrekarKFkP
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/fat-baby/1238901791
DJ SHARK (Branden Scire)
Music Producer, DJ, Drummer, Beatboxer, Model, Actor
Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. 18 years ago, Branden Scire has been DJing for the past 5 years & is respectfully known as “The Youngest Professional DJ in Orange County, NY”. Born rhythmically inclined and humble & gifted beyond his years he quickly came to realize his God Given Talents & ear for music. Influenced by a wide spectrum of genres from Carlos Santana & Timbaland to Skrillex & Yanni, he joined the school band and saved up his money to buy his first DJ controller at the ripe age of 14 while researching the arts of DJing and scratching techniques.
Since his young career took flight, Branden has been blessed with acting and modeling opportunities, numerous radio & newspaper interviews, had his original song, “Elevation” and mixes played in Italy on Radio Punto Stereo, played the drums with Tito Puente Jr., played fashion shows to film festivals, showcased at the Serato booth at the 2019 DJ Expo in Atlantic City & had the honor of walking several red carpets with the likes of Armand Assante & Louis Gossett Jr., and on set with Mark Ruffalo for his HBO Series...while volunteering for several charitable organizations such as “March For Babies”, “Susan G Koman” Breast Cancer Walk, Men’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Car Show, Veteran’s “Play For Your Freedom'' football game & teaching adults and children “How to Scratch” with his mentor DJ Echo for “The Hudson Valley DJ’s in Training” program.
Growing up surrounded by animals, he gladly gives most of his proceeds to further his mother’s rescue group, “Ark Angels” vision of opening a Sanctuary. This year, Branden has also earned honorable mention for The Jewish Federation of Orange County’s “Stop The Hate Challenge” by producing a song on the Holocaust entitled “All This Hate”, while having the opportunity to minister to others on his Triple Threat FM Radio show, “Christian Motivational Mondays!”
DJ Shark has been tirelessly creating in his studio on his music productions & several collaborations. While pursuing his dream of traveling the world, he aspires to touch people’s lives through his music & raves and is honored to return as a “Spotlight” music artist for this year’s 2021 EXNE Film & Music Festival!
“A man’s gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men” Proverbs 18:16
Branden Scire is represented by his “Momager”, Lynette Scire of Chosen Ones Christian Talent…
SOUTHPAW
Southpaw is a savory mix of country-styled music--simmered in rock, pop, and R&B influences--and served hot. Lead singer Christine Radlmann and multi-instrumentalists, Sean Garnhart and Colin McConnell, send up hooky lyrics, soul-power vocal, and infectious melodies, suspended by undeniable grooves and meticulous instrumental arrangements.
MIKE THE CHAPLAIN
Mike Flowerz, a Bronx, N.Y. native, discovered his love for music at an early age. He is a multi-dimensional musician and songwriter who is a sought-after vocalist, arranger and songwriter and has graced stages in Europe and North and South America. Mike has written for Disney, HBO and has also performed on Good Morning America.
He has continuously pushed the Gospel music envelope with his unique multi-genre blend and shares with us his version of the good news with his debut EP entitled, Love is Epic. This body of work is fresh and innovative but true to the Passion of the Christ. With title cuts such as, ‘Jesus’, ‘Agape’, ‘John 3:16’, and ‘Thy Kingdom Come!His song “Made it out” ft. Pyro Traxx landed on The “Never Heard” movie Soundtrack.
While feverantly pursuing GODs work,he graduated with his masters degree in biblical studies, earned a doctorate and was ordained as an elder of the Lords church shortly after!
Now pastoring the The Truth Ministries with his wife and three daughters , he serves tirelessly as a Chaplain in the city of Newburgh and in 2019 ,he wrote and filmed his first faith based short film entitled “Movie” , reflective of his life and journey towards accepting Gods calling on his life.
(Mike the Chaplin is managed by Chosen Ones Christian Talent)
“Life is like a movie make it worth the replay! “
BOOGIE NATION
Boogie Nation is a young inspirational lyricist from "the 9," also known as Westchester. Boogie originated from the Lincoln ave boys in New Rochelle, NY. Having been through trials & tribulations, which helped define him as a man, He is also a champion for his community, raising awareness and speaking for the unheard. Not only will his metaphors sweep you off your feet. His humbleness will rock you to sleep. He is here to stay with his old soul & new swag. If this is your first time hearing about him, it certainly won’t be your last.
J DHANE
The Jamaican-born Bronx-raised native has crafted our a unique musical style that combines his fervent passion of Raggae Dancehall, Gospel, R&B and hip-hop. Influenced by a wide range of artists, such as Musiq, SoulChild, Chris Brown, Tank and Tarrus Riley. J Dhane’s soulful writing style is a melting pot of music genres that have evolved since being a member of the prestigious Harlem’s Boy Choir when he was fourteen. As part of that he had the opportunity to perform at legendary venues in New York such as SOB’s, The Schaumburg Center and the World Famous Apollo Theater.
CHASE AKA CHEVEY
Age - 26
From - 914 New ro
Music - Rap / Hip Hop / Rock / Pop
Chase’s style of music brings a new sound to the game that is fresh and unheard. It’s a mixture of rapping, melodies & different flows that are out of the box due to the way he records. Some nights he freestyles, while others times he’ll rap a song he’s written. His versatility highlights his talent and comfortability in the booth and on the beat. Look forward to a lot of creative, adventurous, and meaningful music in the future from Chase. He’s been rapping four years, but all good things don’t come easy nor happen overnight. Best believe that Chase’s unmatched energy, awesome skill, and undeterred resilience will carry him to a household name.
BC
With a conquering, unique sound possessing strong Hip-Hop and Lo-Fi vibes, consistently lacing impactful and conscious lyrics over smooth instrumentation, BC is an Independent Hip-Hop recording artist currently living in The Bronx, NY. His hometown is Charlotte, NC.
Since 2016 he has released three independent digital projects titled 30 For 30, 88.8 FM and The Art of Disappearance.
BC released his much-anticipated EP “Staykation” 04/12/2020. BC immediately went back to work after releasing Staykation and released “VELLI” with producer Marc Spano. He then re-released a remastered version of his EP “Since Then”.
On Juneteenth 2021 BC released a 5 song EP titled “Attachment: 5 Images”.
PRADA MAMA
Born and raised in Yonkers, NY, Prada Mama has built a name for herself through her cynical wordplay and boastful delivery. Prada Mama strives to celebrate her alpha female energy and empower women as she grows her catalog.
After dropping her popular single “Steep Tech” in 2018, she was quickly recruited into a highly respected, independent record label called Lost Boro. The rapper was featured on Iman Nunez’s single “The League” in 2020, which went on to being both of their biggest tracks yet, with over 200k Spotify streams. Prada Mama has finally released her debut project, “Big Prada”, on all streaming platforms.
RAYDY J
Raydy J is an Afro-Caribbean singer, songwriter, and engineer from the Bronx, NY. Mixing R&B, Drill, and Reggae/Dancehall music; Raydy has found her niche in variety. Her debut song “F*ck You” which currently stands at 60,000 streams was the first taste of Raydy J’s storm over the music industry. She began to dig deeper into her potential dropping 2 EP’s and a mixtape with a variety of genres displayed. Many artists struggled during the pandemic but Raydy found strength dropping drill, dancehall and melodically put together songs on her social media platforms. Soon after the world seemed to gain some sense of normalcy Raydy J released her vibrant summer single “Oh Nana” which now sits at over 300,000 streams across all platforms. Followed by “Oh Nana” Raydy has released a fusion of R&B and Drill in her newest single “Demons Need Love Too” which is taking the NY drill scene to a different level.
YODA WAYNE
Yoda Wayne was born and raised in Mount Vernon New York in 1996. Yoda Wayne started rapping at the age of 16, making songs such as, notice me, and Nayan designing clothes making a name for himself around NY.
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