Artists

Lane Turner grew up in the west Texas town of Levelland. An area rich with music, culture, and hard working people.

Brian Evenson has found a way to take the best of genre fiction and merge it with the best of literary fiction.

Born and bred on Chicago's South Side, pop-R&B singer and songwriter Jeremih taught himself how to play several instruments and didn't consider himself a vocalist until a warmly received talent…

Aaron McGruder is an American writer and cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks,

Grammy Award winning Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov – winner of Gramophone’s 2016 Artist of the Year award,

A multi-Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, Barry Nolan has more than three decades of reporting expertise.

Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer who first gained popularity on Soundcloud.

Born Ruffians This time, we had no interest in going back to the rehearsal space.

Although always as loud as god, it was easy to convince yourself the music of Dinosaur Jr was far more passive than aggressive.

Nelly Furtado is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter.

Inara George is a singer and songwriter whose pure and lovely tone inhabits several solo records -- and has inspired collaborations.

Reeve Jefferson Carney is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

Rhett Miller is the front man and main songwriter of the hard-charging rock ‘n’ roll quartet the Old 97’s,

"It's an amazing time to be an independent artist." So decides maverick singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes,

Verse (short for Versatile) has been lava hot, crafting hits for himself as well as a wide array of megastars.

K-Ci & JoJo's first sign of independence came in 1994 when K-Ci covered Bobby Womack's.

she has ultimately concluded that Social Media is a powerful

Kamasi Washington is an acclaimed jazz saxophonist. Washington was born into a musical family in which music was more of a prerequisite than a privilege

James McBride is an author, musician and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, "The Color of Water.

Clare was born Judith Rumelt, to American parents, in Tehran (Iran). Her parents are Elizabeth and Richard Rumelt.

Ciarán Hinds is an Irish actor originally from Belfast.

David Bisbal Ferré was born in Almería, Spain on June 5, 1979 and is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer.

Eve Jihan Jeffers is a rapper, singer, composer and actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has released four studio albums.

Bell Biv DeVoe was hatched in the minds of its members, New Edition's Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe.

Ani DiFranco has referenced her staunchly-held independence (and the accompanying creative.

Wanya Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Daddy Yankee (born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, February 3, 1977) is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto.

James Franco landed his breakthrough role in the NBC series "Freaks and Geeks" in 1999.

Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 is a musical group that was nomin.

Nā Hoa is a Hawaiian music group that was recently nominat.

Donald Cumming is an American actor musician, singer and songwriter.

Carlos Trevino, known as DJ Promote, has performed for tens of thousands around the world touring with artists like Lecrae.

Bombino is a Nigerien singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead member of Group Bombino and has appeared in the documentary.

Mindi Abair is one of the most dynamic performers on the music scene today.

Franklin Nathaniel Jonas is an American musician and former child actor known for being the younger brother.

Mickey Shiloh is a songwriter and recording artist. She has released over 100 of her own R&B tracks through her label BDRM Records.

Yaeji has earned tour dates around the world and a performance slot.

Shirley Halperin is Executive Editor of Music at Variety, where she spearheads music coverage for the print magazine and Variety.com.

Taylor Mason's quick wit, flawless comedy delivery, unparalleled ventriloquism skills.

DeLoach was born in Waycross, Georgia. She is the eldest of three children of Terri.

Bryan Baker, a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who has, since the age of 13, amazed, awed, inspired and overwhelmed.

Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter and producer known for her signature narrative-style songs.

Flaunting sleek flows, nimble wordplay, unpredictable rhyme patterns and vast ambition.

Megan Pete, known by her stage name, Megan Thee Stallion, is a rapper, singer and songwriter from Houston, Texas.

Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988), also known simply as Vanessa Hudgens, is an American actress and singer.

Oscar Schwartz is a writer and poet from Melbourne.

Jeffrey Israel has taught religion and political philosophy at Northwestern University and Rutgers University

Tina McElroy Ansa is a novelist, publisher, filmmaker, teacher and journalist.

Mary-Kate Olsen is a former American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, businesswoman.

Kurt Anderson is primarily a writer. He’s the author of the novels True Believers,