Butterflies Radio/IndieViews Artist Spotlight

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is New York singer/songwriter/musician Melissa VanFleet. A self-taught vocalist with over 20 years of extensive dance training, Melissa grew up in Pennsylvania and lived and worked in Nashville for four years before moving to New York City. You can currently catch her every Wednesday in September at The Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is MK Ultra, the solo project of songwriter and musician Travis Szendrei from Los Angeles. He talks about his new album, "Documentation" and the personal journey that lead to the album.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Canadian singer/songwriter, Dylan Lock. Lock was named the July MSI: Hit List Winner for July. As a strong piano player and songwriter, there is no doubt Lock is on the right path as a full-time musician.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is San Diego indie/singer/songwriter, Josh Damigo, who heads out on his third U.S. Tour on August 30th. The tour starts and ends at his "house" - LeStat's West in San Diego. We talk about the upcoming tour and discuss the embattled Mayor of San Diego.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest Andrew Como from The Como Brothers, who were named Indie Music Bus Artist of the Month for August. We talk about their upcoming album, 'Baby Steps,' which will be released this October (two songs from the new album play on tonight's show), what it was like performing with The Wallflowers and their opportunity via Hard Rock Rising.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Satellite Mind's Christian Dyer, from Arizona. Dyer was formerly with the band The Misery Science, in Portland, Oregon before moving to the Tucson area and starting Satellite Mind. We talk about the change in climate as well as music scenes, on line dating and the band's upcoming EP, "Transmissions from the Satellite Mind."

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview between me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guests are Fraser and Naomi Browne from Paper Cranes. The folk band from New Zealand bring unusual instruments to their performances, influenced heavily from Naomi's childhood in Japan.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is a young lady from Great Britain with a voice and sound that go well beyond her 16 years. I was very pleased to be the first to formally interview Sophie. In our interview she talks about recording The Counting Crows' 'Holiday in Spain' for a cover recording the band released. She also talks about being mentored by The Verve's Simon Jones.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is a multi-talented young woman from Chicago. Ashleigh Ashton is not only a singer/songwriter, but she also dances and acts as well as doing motivational speaking about bullying. We talk about her busy summer schedule, her work in community theater (including her work with the famed Piven Theater), and how her soon-to-be-released video for Break in 2 assists her in her motivational speaking engagements.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is the five-man punk/metal/pop band, The Upset Victory, out of Cincinnati, Ohio. The Upset Victory were just named Indie Music Bus' Artist of the Month for July. We talk about the Queen City, how they named their latest EP, Wall Street and about the upcoming Bunbury Music Festival where they will perform.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is the Rock/Funk/Jam quartet from LA (Lower Alabama) - Silverhill, Alabama to be precise.They were named the MSI: Hit List Artist of the Month for May, with their song, HE WORKS THROUGH HER. In 2006, Hayden Dudley, Owen Finley and Ethan Giles formed the band. Then life took them in different directions, only to come back together, along with Kristian Brannan in 2012.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is London-based singer/songwriter, Sam Bradley. Sam is currently touring England and has just released a new EP, Not Your Kind. All of the songs you hear tonight are from that album. Sam talks about his new management team, the decision-making process behind Not Your Kind and songs that might be on a new EP.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Zain Lodhia, a Chicago-based singer/songwriter who found his way into the indie pop/rock scene by way of Rock Band,the game. His first EP, Memories was released in June, 2011. His latest EP, The Leap, is featured on tonight's show and was released May 21st, 2013. The official EP release show for The Leap will be on June 28th at Silvie's Lounge in Chicago, Illinois.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is the five-man band from Boise, Idaho, known as The Getaway Car. Their song, Sum, garnered them the coveted title of MSI:Labs Artist of the Month for May. Front man, Jerry Fee took the time to talk to me about the music, the guys in the band, where they are on their journey and to offer sage advice to newbies in the business.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is the six-man band from Mississippi called Surviving Allison. Their song, Mockingbird, got my attention on Reverbnation and was added to the station's rotation. The group got together in the backroom of a hardware store to do the Skype interview with me. It definitely takes the cake as the most unique place anyone has ever done an interview with me.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is the Swedish band, The Shy Lips. The Shy Lips were the MSI:Labs Hit List Artist of the month for March. The five man band calls Gothenburg, Sweden home. They released their first EP only three months after forming in 2012. Their current EP is entitled Nowadays.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Kaila Picard from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Kaila performs a unique style of music, which she describes as "Bohemian Disco," which fuses disco, soul, pop and blues. She is also the band leader of an 8-piece band and used to be a synchronized swimmer.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is the duo of William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up. William Pilgrim is the alter-ego of Ishmael "Ish" Herring, who is originally from Kansas City. He made his way to LA and put out a Craig's List ad, advertising his services as a singer. PM Romero, from Orange County, took him up on his offer and the unique combination of blues, folk and roots that makes up William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up was born.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Katie Cole. Katie is a native of Melbourne, Australia but now calls Los Angeles home. She was voted Best Country Artist and Artist of the Year for 2013 at the Artists in Music Awards. In 2012 she was voted Best Rock Artist by the AIMA.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins with an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Jamie Alimorad. Jamie is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Boston, MA who has sung the National Anthem at historic Fenway Park and sold out shows at premiere Hollywood venues like The Troubadour, Whiskey-A-Go-Go and The Roxy.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on WWIR - World Wide Indie Radio at www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is German native, Lukka, who is currently living in New York City, after touring the world. Classicly trained before teaching herself to play the guitar, Lukka released her first EP, "March Playing" before touring the world in 2012. Her sound is heavily influenced by 60's and 70's bands like The Rolling Stones. Born just as the Berlin Wall came down, Lukka learned to appreciate this music, which her father would purchase, wrapped in brown paper, without knowing the music he would take home.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on WWIR - World Wide Indie Radio at www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Chicago singer/songwriter, Natalie Duke, who was born in Nashville to a family already in the business. Natalie began performing in commercials as a child. The family moved to Chicago, then back to Nashville but Natalie knew where home for her, and her music was and found her way back to the windy city.

Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on WWIR - World Wide Indie Radio at www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is Poeina Suddarth, whose style has been described as subdued thrasher bluegrass. Classically trained, you will hear her sing Opera in some of her songs. She is also a costume designer and filmmaker who has a story or two to tell.