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Join Holly Stephey as she talks to Amelia Davis about Jim Marshall and Award Winning Documentary ~"Show Me The Picture: The Story Of Jim Marshall" A master lensman with an all-access pass to the musicians, music, and seminal events that defined the Sixties' counterculture and social movements, Jim Marshall is a legend. The award-winning documentary Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall recounts the photographer's colorful life behind and in front of the camera. A child of immigrants, Marshall had an innate curiosity about the people and the social issues dominating the latter half of the 20th century. And he had incredible timing, capturing decisive moments of some of the most iconic figures in music history: among them, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and Miles Davis. Throughout his groundbreaking career, Marshall crossed boundaries to record an extraordinary period of history. His images of protest, civil unrest, and poverty, along with his stunning photography of the American jazz scene, San Francisco's Summer of Love, and the early New York folk scene, are powerful. His famously, or infamously, abrasive but honest approach, combined with an incredible skill to build trust, allowed Marshall exceptional access to his subjects and enabled him to expand his portfolio beyond celebrities, to document history across the ages. In 2014, four years after his death, Marshall was honored with the Recording Academy's Trustees Award  from the Recording Academy, for his contribution to chronicling music history. Today, Jim Marshall's artistry is celebrated worldwide. Touring exhibits of his photographs across the US and Europe have brought in new fans and collectors of his indelibly iconic images.Amelia Davis, owner of Jim Marshall Photography LLC, was the longtime personal assistant to legendary photographer Jim Marshall.   

Alonzo B. Slater landed his first leading role alongside veteran actors Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day) and Jackeé Harry  (Sister Sister) in his first Christmas film, A Christmas for Mary which premiered December 9th on OWN. Alonzo plays a handsome love interest, Michael Payton, who’s a wholesome man taking over his family’s business in a small town where he discovers the woman of his dreams. Since moving to Los Angeles, Alonzo signed to Wilhelmina Modeling Agency, and has been in several commercial and print ads, including: Asics, Verizon, American Express, Chevrolet, and many more. When he isn’t working on screen, he’s writing for his own production company, AM Productions. “I have a lot to look forward to in 2021, we all do after a traumatic year. I’m thrilled to be able to bring a little joy to viewers in my first film,” said Alonzo.  

Dobro, lap steel and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar, five-time Grammy recipient, has a beautiful new self-produced release, Waltz for Abilene on her own Silver Shot Records label. She’s gathered together an all-star line up of musical guests on a collection of thirteen stellar instrumentals and vocals, from traditional songs to her own poignant Waltz for Abilene, inviting friends to play and sing on selected tracks, an approach that held up from her first release, Slide Show. From Americana and the blues to bayou and swing, the sublime beauty of Waltz for Abilene embodies the spirit of an artist whose musical touch transcends any genre. cindycashdollar.com

Join us in the studio as we talk to a few of the people very involved in the making of this tribute ..I also want to thank BMG for there help in making this interview happen along with the Special guests who also played a HUGE role in helping to bring this to the airwaves .. “AngelHeaded Hipster,” a long-percolating tribute album to Marc Bolan and T. Rex — featuring U2, Elton John, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, Lucinda Williams and Father John Misty, and which is a companion to a forthcoming documentary film on the legendary rocker The project features Nick Cave, Marc Almond, Helga Davis, Jesse Harris, Joan Jett, Kesha, BØRNS, Gavin Friday, Maria McKee, Father John Misty, Devendra Banhart, Perry Farrell, Beth Orton, U2 with Elton John, Todd Rundgren, John Cameron Mitchell, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Nena, Gaby Moreno, Emily Haines, King Khan, Lucinda Williams and Victoria Williams with Julian Lennon and more.

Join us as Chris Frantz is in the studio talking about his New  Book "Remain In Love"  CHRIS FRANTZ is a musician, producer, and drummer for the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, which he cofounded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. Frantz is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and hosts his own radio show called "Chris Frantz the Talking Head" on WPKN.

Forty odd years ago, Robert Cutarella made the decision to pursue his childhood dream of a career in the music industry. His decision has paid off handsomely, with two Grammys as a producer, more than 3,000 songs recorded as a publisher, and over 160 platinum records awarded. Robert began his career in the music industry as a producer and performer. He was employed by many major labels, and performed with a variety of recording artists ranging from Joe Williams to Bruce Springsteen. He secured cover recordings, signed and developed writers, and garnered hits with Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, Sheena Easton, Air Supply, Melissa Manchester, Whitney Houston, Michael Henderson, Diana Ross, Deborah Allen, Dolly Parton, The Police, Elton John, REM, Culture Club, The Human League, ABC, Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra among countless others.Robert has also worked Chappell’s premiere roster, ranging from Hall & Oates and The Bee Gees to Sammy Cahn, Benny Benjamin and Jule Styne. Robert then transitioned from Chappell to become Vice President of industry legend John Hammond's new label with CBS/Sony Records. There he furthered his success by either signing or developing Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Metallica, Raven, Gino Vannelli, Vanessa Williams, Patrick Simmons, Basia and others. Robert continues to enjoy chart success with the new artists he has signed and has produced four Top 20 singles on Billboard’s Dance Chart in recent years. He remains ever-enthusiastic about writing, producing and developing artists and their songwriting in this new world of music, leveraging his years of experience, vast network of entertainment industry VIPs, and the boundless energy which comes from his dedication and life-long passion for music.

 Join us as we talk to James Maddock about his new release "No time to cry" ! Recorded in Brooklyn and Vail, Colorado in 2019. No Time to Cry  is the latest effort from a master of the genre.  A rock & roll lifer, James Maddock has been carving his unique path since the 1980s, when the British-born singer/songwriter kicked off his career with a raw, soulful voice; a storyteller's sense of narrative; and the ability to blur the lines between folk, classic pop, and rock.  Since those early days in London, he's ridden the wave of a music industry that's ebbed, flowed, peaked, and crashed. Maddock has stayed afloat throughout the entire ride, enjoying a brush with commercial success during the late 1990s — including a major-label record deal, a Top 5 AAA radio hit, and a song placement on Dawson's Creek — before transforming himself into an independent solo artist during the decades that followed. Bruce Springsteen is a fan. So is David Letterman. Listening to Maddock's newest release , No Timd To Cry , it's easy to see the appeal.    

This will be a very exciting show with Michael Zufolo discussing Travel, Food and culture! Joining the show will also be Chef Renee Marton chef instructor and Author and Chef Tor Sporré who a professional model, actor, and holistic personal chef.   Make sure to Tune in to hear about all the amazing signature dishes shared by these wonderful guests. There is so much more to creating food and the preparation.          

British singer-songwriter Lynne Jackaman, former frontwoman of cult rock band Saint Jude, has released her debut album ‘One Shot’ on CD, DL and limited edition vinyl LP. Recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, ‘One Shot’ sees Jackaman’s mighty voice supported by a cast of its storied musicians: Spooner Oldham, whose organ playing helped bring ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’ and ‘Mustang Sally’ to life; Marvin and Aretha’s keyboardist Clayton Ivey; Ray Charles’ bassist Bob Wray; Bonnie Raitt’s guitarist Will McFarlane; and The Shoals Sisters, backing vocalists for everyone from Etta James to Alicia Keys.The album is being released into a very different world than when it was recorded. “I wasn’t sure whether I should even be releasing music at this time,” comments Jackaman. “It felt kind of trivial. But as time has passed, I’ve been thinking we need music more than ever, so I’ve decided to release ‘One Shot’ this summer rather than wait until the world goes back to normal…whatever and whenever that is. In these testing times, what are recording artists expected to do? And although touring is not possible at the moment, I hope the record propels you into the live feel we captured at Fame Studios.”

The paradigm of classical piano state: "For a pianist to become successful, one has to stay within the boundaries of the classical form itself. " In the case of Elizabeth Spano, the artiste transforms classical music into a new sound of elegance of deeptones of modern classical music along with the influences of latter day composers such as her main influenecs Ludwig Van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.  Elizabeth Spano's favorite quote comes from one of the greatest  representatives of Romanticism in Russian Classical music- Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff who once said: "The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel. They have not the capacity to make their works exalt- they meditate, protest, analyze, reason , calculate and brood, but they do not exalt." At the age of 11 she attended the Glenn Gould professional School of Music at the Toronto Royal  Conservatory of Music. An alumna of York University, Elizabeth Spano excelled to a level equal to that of Today's modern day composer.  Elizabeth Spano's piano repertoire showcases a cascade of compositions that deliver a plethora of subtle key delicacies from the softest feminine delicate touch similar to that of a butterfly to the dynamic roar of key precision far exceeding the limits of today's male piano counterparts.   

WILLIE NILE TAKES ANOTHER BITE OUT OF THE BIG APPLE! Veteran rock ’n’ roll troubadour pays tribute to his adopted hometown NYC! New York City has always inspired me,” states Willie Nile. “I’ve lived in Greenwich Village for many years now, and I love being there. The energy, the grit, and the mystery of it all fills my heart with wonder. Most of these songs were written in New York or were inspired by it in one way or another.”Nile is referring to New York at Night, his 13th studio album and the strongest manifestation to date of his deep affinity for his adopted hometown. The album’s 12 personally charged new originals exemplify the artist’s trademark mix of romance, idealism, humor, emotional urgency and a true believer’s passionate embrace of all things rock ’n’ roll. Nile’s abiding passion for his town animates such tunes as "New York Is Rockin'" and the album's title track.The collection also features some resonant meditations on love, specifically “A Little Bit of Love,” “The Last Time We Made Love,” and “Downtown Girl.” “I believe in love,” Nile asserts. “It’s what makes life worth living. Life is hard for everyone and this world would be a sorry place without it.His loyal fan base includes such admirers as Bruce Springsteen, with whom he’s guested onstage on multiple occasions, and Pete Townshend, who personally requested him as the opening act on the Who’s historic 1980 U.S. tour.The list of avowed Nile fans also includes Bono, Lou Reed, Ian Hunter, Graham Parker, Jim Jarmusch, Little Steven, and Lucinda Williams

  Tony Mann is a New Yorker Author, Costume Designer, Drummer, Film Maker, Podcast Host, Producer, and work with The Marc Bolan School of Music and Film (Sierra Leone, West Africa) Tony has been Producing music for Theophobia, Phil Gammage, No Valentine, Mimsey Mack, Bobby McAdams and Mike Golden. Some of the Books Tony worked on include Lost Rockers (PowerHouse Publishing) and New York Rock with Steven Blush  (Contributing Editor - St Martin's Press) Bustin Balls: World Team Tennis 1974-1978 (Feral House)  book release Fall 2020 and documentary to follow. Tony a Co-Host of The Art of The Interview podcast series with Steven Blush - this is a live interview series we do at Niagara, and a podcast that includes: The Art of The Interview, Rock History 101From The Vaults, and The Leaf.  ** Phil Gammage will also be joining the show to talk about his latest project and working with Tony .Phil Gammage is a New York-based roots and blues musician, songwriter, and recording artist best known for his eight solo album releases and his work as a songwriter, singer, harmonica player, and guitarist.​      

Artist and Composer Mark Kostabi was born in Los Angeles in 1960 to Estonian immigrants. Raised in Whittier, California, he studied drawing and painting at California State University, Fullerton. Kostabi moved to New York in 1982, and by 1984, emerged as a leading figure in the East Village art scene where he cultivated a provocative media persona by publishing self-interviews reflecting on the commodification of contemporary art. By 1987, his work was widely exhibited in New York galleries as well as prominently throughout the United States, Japan, Germany and Australia. He inspired extensive international press coverage in 1988 when he founded Kostabi World, his Manhattan art studio, which employs numerous painting assistants and idea people. Beginning in the early 1990s Kostabi's work has been widely exhibited throughout Italy. Kostabi established a second home in Rome in 1996. Dividing his time between Rome and New York enabled him to dramatically enhance his presence in the Italian art scene.Kostabi has designed album covers for Guns 'N' Roses (Use Your Illusion) and The Ramones (Adios Amigos), Jimmy Scott (Holding Back The Years), Seether (Holding Onto strings Better Left to Fray) and numerous products including a Swatch watch, a Bloomingdales bag, Alessi vases, Rosenthal espresso cups, and a Giro d'Italia pink jersey.Kostabi is also known for his many collaborations with other artists including Enzo Cucchi, Arman, Howard Finster, Tadanori Yokoo, Enrico Baj and Paul Kostabi. Kostabi performs concerts internationally both as a soloist and with other musicians including Ornette Coleman, Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin, Tony Esposito, and Paul Kostabi. His compostions have also been performed independently by Rein Rannap, Kristjan Jarvi, Maano Manni, Delilah Gutman and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. His CDs include I Did It Steinway, Songs For Sumera and New Alliance.

Keith Roth ,Musician ,Radio Personality,Actor,,Playing Music Professionally for 100 years ,Recorded on over 30 Records ,Released 9 album's with Frankenstein 3000, Recorded and Performed with Many Iconic Musicians Cheetah Chrome ,Earl Slick ,David Johansen,Sylvain Sylvain ,Richard Barone ,Cherie Currie ,Annabella Lewin ,The Late Great Sandy west ,Punky Meadows,The Dictators Dennis Dunaway.Radio for Over20 years, The Critically Acclaimed Electric Ballroom Radio show, Airing on WRAT 95.9/I Heat Radio Sunday's 8 pm -10 PM Eastern,Joey Ramone's Favorite Radio Program.With over 1000 Guests, Including Members of The Ramones,Rolling Stones,The Who,Led Zeppelin Etc,Sirius /XM for over 15 Years Hosting on First Wave , Buzzsaw,Octane,Left Of Center ,Currently on Ozzy's Boneyard,Hair Nation,Producer of David Johanson's Mansion Of Fun Show, heard on The Spectrum and The Loft, Acting Career ,Starred in the Film, Let Me Down Hard,Winner of The Asbury And Garden State Film Festivals for Best Feature Film,Keith Produced The Films Soundtrack as well. The thing that keeps me motivated to keep doing this ,is the impact it has on people. Discovering things they weren't aware of Broadening there minds to so much great music and art that wasn't exposed to the masses. Sadly over these 20 years. We have lost a lot of friends ,who had a major impact on what I consider the musical landscape. We need to keep reminding people of there legacy and infecting the next generations with the timeless sounds. and always hoping to hear and share the next Velvet underground or The MC5.   

Jonathan Jirjis is EP & Founder of The One Screen Film Festival.  The One Club for Creativity's short film festival brings together the advertising and filmmaking communities, and this year, their jury has selected just over 100 entries from both of these worlds.  *In this interview we will be talking about the festivle and the One Screen Short Film Festival - Best of Show Winner Back to School Essentials - Sandy Hook Promise. The One Show is the world's most prestigious award show in advertising, design and digital marketing. For over 40 years, the Gold Pencil has been regarded as one of the top prizes in the creative industry. The One Show has had a rich legacy of honoring some of the most groundbreaking ideas, created by some of the most remarkable minds in creativity. Joining today will also be Bianca Guimaraes and Peter Alsante, both senior creative directors.   One Screen Short Film Festival - Best of Show Winner Back to School Essentials - Sandy Hook Promise https://youtu.be/bNAFBxRBkV0        

Guido Harari started out in the early Seventies as a music photographer and journalist, also exploring reportage, fashion, advertising and corporate photography. He has shotrecord covers for Kate Bush, David Crosby, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Ute Lemper, Paul McCartney, Michael Nyman, Lou Reed, Simple Minds and Frank Zappa.  In Italy he has collaborated with all major stars, including Andrea Bocelli, Paolo Conte, Fabrizio De André, Maestro Riccardo Muti and La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianna Nannini, Luciano Pavarotti, PFM, Vasco Rossi and Zucchero.  His work has been the subject of many books and numerous exhibitions: his most recent retrospective show, called "Wall Of Sound", was exhibited in 2016 at the Rockheim Museum in Trondheim, Norway, in 2018 in Perugia at the Galleria nazionale dell’Umbria, and in 2019 in Pesaro at Museo Nazionale Rossini.He had two joint exhibitions with Bowie's main lensman Masayoshi Sukita, called "Rock Icons", at Blitz Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.  In 2011 he launched in Alba, Italy, where he's been living for many years now, his own photo gallery, also called Wall Of Sound. Guido also publishes the WOS exhibition catalogues and lavish limited edition books: his most recent are "The Kate Inside" with his photographs of Kate Bush, Frank Stefanko’s "Bruce Springsteen. Further up the Road" and "Art Kane. Harlem 1958".

Girl Pow-R is an all-girl pop rock band. The group consists of very talented young girls (ages 11 to 17) who create & sing original music, cover songs, play instruments, as well as dance! Their amazing vocals and energetic performances earned Girl Pow-R the following opportunities since their inception.JUNO-NOMINATED!! Girl Pow-R has been nominated for the JUNOs (like the Grammy’s) for ‘Album of the Year’ in the Children's category. And, that's really exciting because it's history-making. We are so excited to be part of the first-ever group of young people, or children, to be nominated for a Juno award in the Children's Category for Album of the Year. It is a history-making moment!Girl Pow-R’s sound is rooted in Pop-Rock, with the goal of inspiring others to be their best, through their music and lyrics. IIn addition to a passion for music, each girl in the group also has a social cause that they represent like advocating for better education for girls all around the world, youth homelessness, give peace a chance, mental health support and awareness, or all of us taking better care of our health through the foods that we eat.Girl Pow-R’s sound is rooted in Pop-Rock, with the goal of inspiring others to be their best, through their music and lyrics. Too often, young people are influenced by the thoughts and life experiences of singers and musicians who are in their late teens and their 20’s. It's time to give young people an alternative to these messages.In addition to a passion for music, each girl in the group also has a social cause that they represent like advocating for better education for girls all around the world, youth homelessness, give peace a chance, mental health support and awareness, or all of us taking better care of our health through the foods that we eat.Girl Pow-R was symbolically formed on International Women’s Day in 2017

Robert Gordon is a writer and a filmmaker, a Grammy winner and an Emmy winner. He’s a native Memphian who has been exporting the city’s authentic weirdness since long before his first book, It Came From Memphis (1995). He’s been nominated for six Grammys; his win was for the liner notes to the Big Star box set Keep an Eye on the Sky. His Emmy was for Best of Enemies, the 2015 documentary about Gore Vidal, William Buckley, and the demise of civil discourse in America. Other films include William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton,the Stax Records story Respect Yourself, and Muddy Waters Can’t Be Satisfied.  Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right.”      Keith Richards   An emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don’t know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you.”      Elvis Costello *Memphis Rent Party soundtrack now available! www.TheRobertGordon.com  

Composer/guitarist/rapper/Di.J./producer Gene Pritsker has written over seven hundred compositions, all of his compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures. He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble and co-director of Composers' Concordance and Eclectic Music eXtravaganza. Gene's music has been performed all over the world by many ensembles and performers. He has worked closely with modern jazz great Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies, Including 'Cloud Atlas', for which he also composed his ''Cloud Atlas Symphony’. The New York Times: "audacious...multitalented." The Music Connoisseur: ”dissolving the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre". Raul DaGma writes in his article ‘Gene Pritsker: Varieties Of Musical Experience’: "Gene Pritsker is a modernist at heart. If there is something new to be said to describe an old form or even a formless old thing – as old as yesterday, that is – this extraordinary musician will be among the first to say it…All of his music is of the highest quality, audacious and witty, joyous and elevated, and incomparable to anything written and recorded. In all of this Gene Pritsker has created a singular vocabulary, spoken not only by someone deeply schooled in music, but also in history, theology and philosophy."

If you see something about to happen, get it. Put the camera up and click. Two seconds later you won't have the chance again. You have to look for those stolen moments.Harold Sherrick is a career photographer, capturing musicians and concerts for almost 40 years. He has photographed everyone from Neil Young to Robert Smith, Dave Grohl to Joe Walsh, Tom Petty to Tori Amos. In Stolen Moments, Sherrick has included some of his most iconic photos, including rare images from his extensive body of work.Captured in “Stolen Moments,” among many others, are images of (in no particular order) Neil Young, Mick Jagger, Sting, Bono, Cheryl Crow, Quincy Jones, David Bowie, Tori Amos, June Carter Cash, John Entwistle, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Joss Stone, The Bee Gees, Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl, Ray Charles, John Fogerty, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Chrissie Hynde, Pete Townshend and, on the cover, Tom Petty.Many of the images are candids, hence the title, but Sherrick also included lots of portraits. This will be a fun show , please tune in as Harold has so many amazing stories of behind the pictures including his candid images with Broadcast news legend Walter Cronkite. Harold jokes he was raised in a News Room with His father, Herb Sherrick, a newspaperman who worked for the L.A. Herald-Examiner, referring to the city’s afternoon newspaper, the nation’s largest at the time (the paper folded in November 1989). Harold also recalls a time Bowling with Phil Spector. He started shooting for Phil in ’93, and the first big gig was at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in L.A. Phil came with the guys, and that was the first time I really had taken a bunch of different shots of him.Then I was just basically employed by him .    

LA-based singer-songwriter, bassist, and album producer Kimon Kirk has worked with a wide range of artists including Gaby Moreno, Aimee Mann, Alejandro Escovedo, Grant-Lee Phillips, Session Americana, Sarah Borges, Amy Correia, Lori McKenna, and other musicians of diverse musical stripes.  A native of Boston, he relocated to Los Angeles in 2018 and has since been a mainstay of Latin-Grammy winner Gaby Moreno's touring band, as well as performing with Amy Correia (and producing her forthcoming EP) and playing bass with former X-guitarist Tony Gilkyson.  His jazz trio, the Blue Grifters, includes guitarist Michael Eisenstein (Letters to Cleo) and drummer Sebastian Aymanns (Gaby Moreno, Aimee Mann).   In 2020 Kimon will release his first full-length solo album since 2011, tentatively called Altitude.  It features his longtime Boston band, the Meds, and was recorded with David Minehan (of the Replacements and the Neighborhoods) at Woolly Mammoth Sound in Boston.     Kimon has been an invited guest lecturer on songwriting and music performance at Berklee College of Music, Georgetown University, Boston College, Boston University, and Suffolk University.  

New York City is still home to Val Kinzler aka “Valkyrie” as she’s affectionately known to her friends and fans.Val started playing piano at age five and as her passion for songwriting grew, she picked up the guitar which led her to playing solo gigs around the NYC area and later in Europe.Through out her life, Val has taught music and created special events involving women in music. Her latest CD titled, “Nothing Sacred About Hatred”, is the culmination of years of songwriting. Val shares a lifetime of joy, pain, love, and loss in her lyrics. Inspired by the blues, Val’s theatrical edge has led her to create her own genre of soulful “sophistipunk” .Val remains an integral part of the downtown New York City singer/songwriter music scene as an event promoter and performer. Her spirited presence, unorthadox vocal style, and award winning songs led her to collaborate with other noteworthy talent She’s opened for and/or shared the stage with Dr. John, Marty Balin, Three Dog Night, Johnny Johnson,Jon Paris and others. Val later joined forces with local musicians to create her band “Validation” playing hard edged punk rock originals at local clubs. Songs such as: “Dirty Blonde”, “Keep Your Baby On A Leash”, and “Metal Swing” which quickly became crowd favorites and Val still re-visits these catchy tunes at her solo dates!Val remains involved playing gigs with VKB(Val Kinzler Band) Comprised of veteran musicians, Joseph Vasta (Mink De Ville, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, John Waite), David White (The Hollies, Stumblebunny) and Ihle Factor (Ian Lloyd, John Ford).She continues to work with students in the New York City public school system as a facilitator of her“Music Cool” songwriting program.After losing her youngest brother to a drug overdose, Val traveled to Pittsburgh, PA on a Martin Guitars Scholarship through “Women In Music”.

Danielle Payne Is the the Owner and Founder of Healthy Promise. She created Healthy Promise from the influence of her daughter's health journey. When her daughter was 2 years old she was diagnosed with cancer and she felt herworld fell apart. They went to numerous doctors to get the right treatment and protocol, which had her mind running around in circles. After her daughter's surgery and the harsh treatment plan she saw her daughter's immune system was compromised. She couldn’t rest, She did countless hours of research and realized that western medicene was not the only route needed to take. She started to make her own super elderberry syrup and many other natural products. She made sure everything She bought was organic and all food labels didn’t involve processed artificial ingredients. These changes started her daughter’s healing journey. Now her daughter is 5 and thriving and she is so happy to share some of the products she created for her with you!  *Healthy Promise provides safe and healthy products that are made with all natural ingredients.  We want to share all of Earth's many blessings. Our Elderberry Super Syrup provides substantial health benefits.  The taste is one that the whole family will love. https://healthypromise.ecwid.com/

Billy Amendola is a New York based, drummer, songwriter, studio musician, mentor, music industry consultant and producer, best known as a founding member of the seventies band, Mantus.  The group released two albums, and three top ten Billboard dance singles.  They achieved worldwide fame, touring the U.S., Canada and Europe. Billy has reinvented himself over and over throughout his sustained and successful career, from live performer, songwriter, studio musician and music magazine editor while staying true to himself and his origins. His resilience keeps him pertinent in a constantly changing industry. He has been employed by Modern Drummer  magazine, for the past twenty-five years. Billy has reinvented himself over and over throughout his sustained and successful career, from live performer, songwriter, studio musician and music magazine editor while staying true to himself and his origins. His resilience keeps him pertinent in a constantly changing industry. Inspired by his love of the art rather than thelaurels, Billy has helped launch the careers of innumerable performers. He advocates for the rights of musicians, striving to help new artists to the forefront while encouraging established artists to remain relevant and seek the respect they deserve. He champions comprehensive music licensing reform, most notably The Music Modernization Act, which impacts hundreds of thousands of music creators.  He endorses the CASE Act which supports the rights of independent music creators. He acted as consultant and co-host for David Fishof’s Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp, where attendees play, write and record music in professional rehearsal and recording studios alongside music industry legends.  

Jim Marshall was a maverick with a camera.  An outsider with attitude who captured the heights of Rock’N’Roll music, and the seismic changes of an era.  From the Beatles to Jimi Hendrix, from Woodstock to the civil rights movement - Marshall’s wild side mixed with a compassionate eye led him to immortalisesome of the most iconic moments of the 60s and 70s.Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall chronicles the infamous photographer’s life behind the camera.It was this passion for music that soon led him to capture some of the most iconic figures in music history including Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, The Beatles last live concert, the Monterey Pop Festival, Johnny Cash’s concerts in Folsom and St Quentin Prisons, Woodstock, and the infamous image of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar. It was at this time that he also began his obsession with capturing images of the iconic peace sign, which symbolized the powerful reaction to the escalating war in Vietnam.Jim Marshall holds the distinction of being the first and only photographer to be presented with the Recording Academy's Trustee Award, an honorary Grammy presented to individuals for nonperformance contributions to the music industry.In a career that ended with his untimely death in 2010, Marshall shot more than 500 album covers; his photographs are in private and museum collections around the world.Marshall left his entire estate and archive to his assistant Amelia Davis who has worked tirelessly to protect and promote his legacy. Chronicle Books will be publishing “Jim Marshall: Show Me The Picture” in the fall of 2019 and there will be a retrospective of Marshall’s work at Fotografiska New York in early 2020. We could not have made this film without Amelia’s support and commitment.  jimarshallphotographyllc.com   

Dave Robbins has been actively writing fiction for nearly 30 years. The settings of his novels is the 1960s. His first published novel, “The Tu-tone DeSoto” (2014), introduces eight teenagers growing up in Iowa. A young adult novel, the story focuses on the kids’ relationships with their parents and among themselves as they come of age during the veiled turbulence underlying The Kennedy Years (1960-63). His second published novel, “The Reverend” is a crime mystery centered around a serial killer-priest in New York City, 1963-4. A third novel, ‘The Weight of Indifference”, is set in San Francisco and Vietnam during 1965-68. Though the protagonists in the books are introduced in “The Tu-Tone DeSoto,” and they make up a loose series, the novels are written as stand-alone stories. A former publications art director/designer, he is also an independent publications strategist. Robbins has co-authored two design reference books: "Motion by Design" (Laurence King, 2006) and "Visual Effects Artistry" (Elsevier Press, 2009). He currently presents a lecture/discussion series entitled “The 1960s: Revisiting a Crucial Decade.” He also teaches a course/workshop in fiction writing. Many of his students have blossomed into the writers they never thought they could be. His reward is the nurturing of such talent. He is also a frequent guest on local radio and TV interview shows, where he discusses the 1960s and the effect of media upon culture through history.

SARAH CLANTON’S SPEAKEASY POP’ICANA SHOW IS A CELLO-BRATION OF THE UNEXPECTED. This Nashville based singer-songwriter blends flashes of the classically-trained pop sensibility of Regina Spektor and the sultry jazzitude of Amy Winehouse together in what Clanton calls a “cello-bration” in a one-of-kind musical approach. Sarah Clanton is bringing people together and building a feel-good machine. The Nashville singer-songwriter, who has brought the classical and pop worlds together with her use of a cello, rather than a guitar, to front one of Music City’s most unique bands, has been on a feel-good mission since long before she plucked her way into town. But it’s never been more apparent than on her new album, Here We Are.   Here We Are may be a solo album, but Clanton says it could not have been made without others — from co-producer Eric Loomis, to a group of top Nashville session musicians and many more. But mostly, she says, the album was made for others. She jokes that the uplifting, “big and awesome” pop album is a “feel-good machine,” built to bring people together in these difficult and divisive times. “We’re not going to make any progress being divided,” she says. “If I can get some of that mindfulness out there to negate some of the hate, that would be so great.”

Behind Snoop Dogg’s army, executive Bobby Dee, has created a multi-million-dollar company creating live entertainment in the music industry. Uncle Snoops Army is a management company partnered with Bobby Dee Presents to power live concerts, festivals and tours for veteran and breakout artists. Their first national tour together will come this December for Snoop Dogg’s “I Wanna Thank me Tour” thru Jan 2020. Joining the tour are some of Snoop Dogg’s army of talent: Warren G, O.T. Genasis, Trae Tha Truth, and RJ Mr LA. “I’ve been in the music industry for a long time, and Snoop has seen the shows I book and create. He decided to leave WME to partner with me, and the rest was history!”Bobby Dee is also partners with Jim Filipan of FKOA Presents, another live entertainment company focused on Latin American and Spanish concert bookings.Since 1987, Bobby Dee has been promoting and selling out concerts around the country; his early credits included New Kids On The Block and Eazy-E. In 2006, Bobby Dee created his banner company Bobby Dee Presents, also entering the world of EDM and reggaeton to produce shows in large venues and on a national scale. Bobby Dee knows the ins and outs of the touring industry, and catering to A-list artists for life-long memorable consumer experiences.

Steven Heller, is the co-chair with Lita Talarico of the MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program and the SVA Masters Workshop in Rome. He has written the Visuals column for The New York Times Book Review, a weekly column for The Atlantic online and The Daily Heller / Imprint online. He has written more than 180 books on graphic design, illustration and political art, including The Design Entrepreneur (with Lita Talarico), Paul Rand, Merz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century, Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design, Citizen Designer, Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits (with Louise Fili), The Anatomy of Design: Uncovering the Influences and Inspirations in Modern Graphic Design, Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State and 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design. He is a contributing editor for Print,  Baseline, Design Observer, Eye. Heller is the recipient of the Art Directors Club Special Educators Award, The Eric Carle Award, the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, the School of Visual Arts’ Masters Series Award and the 2011 National Design Award for "Design Mind." He has two honorary doctorates from College of Creative Studies, Detroit and University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Join Red Velvet Media as we talk to Jeremy and The Harlequins about Holidays and a new release !  In today’s musical landscape inundated by cheap hooks and overproduced studio tricks, Jeremy & The Harlequins are here to keep the fire and spirit of rock’n’roll alive. That’s something the New York five-piece have been doing since forming just a few short years ago, both with their debut album American Dreamer (2015) and its follow-up Into The Night (2016). They’re continuing this approach with their third album in three years, entitled Remember This, which they started writing at home in New York, immediately after the recording of Into The Night. *Christmas is not to far away and Jeremy and The Harlequins are releasing Two digital singles for the holidays and a video to follow with the Christmas Spirit and some twists along the way .  This is what is being said about the new releases ,A witty quip to anyone who has experienced this particular holiday nightmare, “A Chinese Restaurant On Christmas” is a bluesy ode to anyone who’s been dumped on Christmas. Dripping in playful cynicism, Jeremy & the Harlequin’s new single comes to terms with a lonely fate over General Tso’s and fortune cookies. *Come and be Merry and Bright on Red Velvet Media as we get into the spirit of CHRISTMAS!      

Roger Dean was born in Ashford Kent, England in 1944. He is internationally renowned for his unique style of album cover paintings, logos, typefaces, and organic architectural designs.The album covers of bands such as, Yes and Asia became windows into Dean’s world. The covers portrayed richly coloured landscapes where continuously cascading waterfalls and pools flow upon floating islands, are recurring themes.The Yes logo became the visual signature of the group and was recognisable, not only from Yes’s record covers, but it was also imitated in style, in graffiti across the world. The first painting Dean produced for Yes became the cover for their Fragile album and marked the beginning of a forty seven year association between Roger Dean and Yes. Some have regarded the collaboration between Yes and Dean as his most successful however, Dean is continuing to create paintings for bands such as Asia, and more recently for Steve Hacketts, album Premonitions. It has been estimated that over a hundred million people have, at one time, owned a piece of Dean’s art, either as an album cover, or as one of the many posters that were made of his cover paintings. http://www.rogerdean.com/

David Amram started his professional life in music as a French Hornist in the National Symphony Orchestra  in 1951. After serving in the US Army from 1952-54, he moved to New York City in 1955 and played French horn in the legendary jazz bands of Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Oscar Pettiford He created and performed in the first ever Jazz/Poetry readings in New York City with novelist Jack Kerouac, a close friend with whom Amram collaborated artistically for over 12 years.Since the early 1950s, he has traveled the world extensively, working as a musician and a conductor in over thirty-five countries including Cuba, Kenya, Egypt, Pakistan, Israel, Latvia and China. He also regularly crisscrosses the United States and Canada.He composed the scores for many films including Pull My Daisy (1959), Splendor In The Grass (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He composed the scores for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare In The Park from 1956-1967 and premiered his comic opera 12th Night with Papp's libretto in 1968. He also wrote a second opera, The Final Ingredient, An Opera of the Holocaust, for ABC Television in 1965.Appointed by Leonard Bernstein as the first Composer In Residence for the New York Philharmonic in 1966, he is now one of the most performed and influential composers of our time.Amram is the author of three memoirs, Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat , Offbeat: Collaborating With Kerouac and the highly acclaimed Vibrations. His fourth book David Amram: The Next 80 Years will be published in November of 2020, celebrating his 90th birthday.In the 2020-21 season, his 90th birthday will be celebrated with concerts and premieres of his works in NYC , Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and cities across the country and overseas.In addition to writing new music, he continues to perform around the world as a guest conductor, soloist, multi-instrumentalist, band leader at jazz, folk and classical festivals.

Join me as I talk to Robert Agnello who has influenced children, young adults and adults themselves in his magical world of Glimmers , Hero’s , teachers and truth . I was so honored to be in Roberts book about The Glimmers save Christmas as the Glimmer Hollee and it’s truly an honor to have Robert on the show with his beautiful intentions for the world and Human kind . The Glimmers are a series of books that promote truth, respect, hope, and joy.Robert Agnello  is an Emmy Award-winning artist and award-winning author. He has written music for TV shows, including Carmen Sandiego and Pete and Pete, and has performed as a musician and toured worldwide with The Spencer Davis Group and other bands. His books include The Glimmers Starring Ruby Shroo and The Glimmers Introducing Ignate Knorr - both won Mom’s Choice Awards.  His latest book the Glimmers Save Christmas won a Moms Gold Award. He is also the author of Eli The Snazzleraffer, a series of books about friendship. He just finished his first novel for teens called Band of Innocence-Legacy. This series of books extol the virtues of teamwork and honor. 

RAY GUN founded in 1992 by Marvin Scott Jarrett, was the only magazine wherein a die-hard culture seeker could find information on alternative music and the street-inspired style that really mattered. With over 200 full-color photographs, RAY GUN: THE BIBLE OF MUSIC AND STYLE gathers the most outrageous pages from the magazine that helped to shape the ’90s. This epic anthology features exclusive photographs and articles on rock legends.When punk rock had torn pop music to shreds and created a hunger for an original lifestyle beyond mainstream culture RAY GUN was its graphic chronicler. Across the magazine’s pages blasted a visual feast made up of era-defining artists.Marvin Scott Jarrett is a celebrated creative force in the worlds’ of publishing, film, and television, as well as the founder of Ray Gun and Nylon. He has also directed a number of noteworthy music videos and documentaries and he has collaborated with YouTube, iTunes, Instagram, Nike, and Urban Outfitters. He has also an accomplished photographer who has shot top global talent, including musicians and actors Katy Perry, Lana Del Ray, Ewan McGregor, and Jared Leto. Liz Phair is a legendary alt-rock goddess. Wayne Coyne is the frontman of The Flaming Lips. Dean Kuipers is an arts and environmental writer. Steven Heller is an art director and co-chair of the MFA Design department at the School of Visual Arts, and author of dozens of books on design culture.

Celebrating 25 years of Green Day, from renowned photographer Bob Gruen It’s been 25 years since the breakthrough album Dookie put punk rock pioneers Green Day on the musical map, and renowned photographer Bob Gruen has been taking photos of the band ever since. Green Day includes behind-the-scenes photos as well as concert images from their international tours, many of which are previously unpublished—along with photographs from their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2015 and in the recording studio. The book has the full support of the band, with quotes and commentary from Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt throughout. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bob Gruen is one of the most famous rock-and-roll photographers of all time. For almost 50 years his images have appeared worldwide in every form—from T-shirts to postage stamps. He is the author of John Lennon: The New York Years, Rock Seen, and New York Dolls. He lives in New York City.  

Henry Diltz is an extraordinary rock n roll photographer unlike any other. A founding member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz is as much at home as a musician on tour, as he is a visual historian of the last four decades of popular music. The rapport he’s developed with his musician friends, along with his down-to-earth-grin and frequent laugh, enables him to capture the candid shots that convey a rare feeling of trust and intimacy with his subjects For Diltz, the pictures began with a $20 second-hand Japanese camera purchased on tour with the Modern Folk Quartet. When MFQ disbanded, he embarked on his photographic career with an album cover for The Lovin’ Spoonful. Despite his lack of formal training, Diltz easily submerged himself in the world of music: the road, the gigs, the humor, the social consciousness, the psychedelia, the up and down times. For over 40 years, his work has graced hundreds of album covers and has been featured in books, magazines and newspapers. His unique artistic style has produced powerful photographic essays of Woodstock , The Monterey Pop Festival, The Doors, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jimi Hendrix and scores of other legendary artists. Diltz continues his distinguished career, generating new and vibrant photographs that inspire the rock n’ roll fan in each of us. Henry Diltz is a partner in, and is exclusively published and represented by the Morrison Hotel Gallery. “This is not history, this is evidence!” - Glenn Frey, Eagles “I’m the drummer, you’re the photographer, it’s as simple as that.” - Ringo Starr “Early on in his career, Henry mastered the art of capturing the moment. What he has proved over the decades is the illusive art of capturing life” - Gerry Beckley, America  

Few performers in the music industry today can claim the longevity and respect earned by Genya Ravan. Always a pioneer, Genya formed Goldie and the Gingerbreads in the early sixties, touring behind a string of European hits with the Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds and Hollies as the first All Female Rock and Roll band. Later she resurfaced back in the US as the powerful voice of Ten Wheel Drive, one of the original horn jazz-fusion bands. In the seventies she expanded her repertoire becoming the world s first independent female producer, with critically acclaimed records by Ronnie Spector and the Dead Boys, 'Young Loud and Snotty',During the same period Hilly Krystal summoned Genya to head up CBGB Records. In 2003 Genya received critical acclaim for her memoir, 'Lollipop Lounge' one of the great tales of Rock and Roll survival. She also hosts two monthly radio shows for Little Steven s Underground Garage on Sirius/XM; Chicks and Broads in which she covers the often forgotten music of female artists from the 40 s to the present, as well as Goldie s Garage in which she continues her long career of showcasing new and unsigned bands. In 2011 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum included Goldie and The Gingerbreads in their Women in Music exhibit which traveled across the Country. Today, Genya Ravan has come full circle with a brand new album.Icon . Mirroring her life, accomplishments, and the road she influenced and paved, Icon is filled with blood, sweat and tears, rock n roll, the glitter of glam, a punk rock attitude, garage rock spirit, raw energy, anthems, ballads, heart and soul. Featuring the lead single Enough Is Enough penned by Genya and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, original Blackheart Ricky Byrd. Genya Ravan has lived it, has given to it, and now delivers it. Originator, innovator, inspirator, hero, story-teller, singer, songwriter, producer, mover, shaker, ICON  

The year was 1969. Richard Nixon was in the White House. Neil Armstrong was on the Moon. And revolution was in the air. In that backdrop, 500,000 young people gathered on a mid-August weekend in upstate New York for the promise of three days of peace and music. What they experienced at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was something far greater. Mike Greenblatt knows. He was there!   Celebrating “the greatest peaceful event in history,” Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back to Yasgur’s Farm (Krause Publications) offers a dazzling and compelling front-row seat to the most important concert in rock history, an implausible happening filled with trials and triumphs that defined a generation.   Author and Woodstock attendee Mike Greenblatt brilliantly captures the power of music’s greatest performers such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Santana, John Sebastian and the Who, while sharing stories both personal and audacious from the crowd of a half million strong who embraced not only the music but each other.   The book features a Foreword by Country Joe McDonald, whose rousing solo acoustic version of “The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was one of the most memorable performances at Woodstock. Readers will enjoy interviews with such rock icons as Graham Nash, Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker, Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald, Edgar Winter, members of Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly & The Family Stone, Canned Heat, Sha Na Na, co-host Chip Monck, fans and countless others. In addition, all 32 performances at the festival are showcased. Equal parts circus and surreal, Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back to Yasgur’s Farm tells a transcendent tale of a musical and mythical moment in time.  

Join us as we have 2019 Grammy Award Winners Opium Moon    Opium Moon is Kama Sutra music...a sensual and groovy collaboration of master musicians LiliHaydn on Violin/Voice, Hamid Saeidi on Santoor (Persian hammered dulcimer) and voice, MB Gordy on ancient percussion, and Itai Disraeli on fretless bass. We come from the corners of the world—Israel, Iran, and the US—-making peace through harmony. Opium Moon’s name was inspired by a poem by the great Sufi poet Hafiz, in which he says: The bird’s favorite songs You do not hear, For their most flamboyant music takes place When their wings are stretched Above the trees And they are smoking the opium of pure freedom… I once asked a bird, “How is it that you fly in this gravity Of darkness?” She responded, “Love lifts Me”    

Robert Gordon is an American musician and actor, best known as a neo-rockabillysinger. Robert Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. At the age of nine, he was greatly inspired by the Elvis Presleysong "Heartbreak Hotel" playing on radio and decided to pursue a career as a Rock & Roll musician at that young age. His influences included Gene Vincent, Jack Scott, Billy Lee Riley, Eddie Cochran and other notable rock 'n roll music artists of the period. He made his recording debut at age 17 in 1964 with a group called the Confidentials. The Confidentials, with Robert (called Bob at the time) as the singer, recorded the songs "Summertime," "Money," and "There is Something on Your Mind," among others on acetate phonograph discs. When asked how he related to the 1960s, Robert replied "I didn't." He didn't care much for the British Invasionbut he identified with soul singers such as James Brown and Otis Redding whom he saw, among other great R&B acts, performing at Washington DC's famous Howard Theatre. During the turbulent times of the late 1960s, with the rioting and antiwar protests of the period, Robert served in the National Guard in Washington, D.C. "I didn't want to be sent to Vietnam," he recalls.Gordon moved to New York City in 1970 and a few years later joined a punk rock band there known as the Tuff Darts. During 1976, the Tuff Darts recorded "All for the Love of Rock and Roll", "Head over Heels", and "Slash" for a compilation album called Live at CBGB's, which included a number of other local New York City bands. That same year, Robert appeared in a punk/New Wave style film entitled Unmade Beds, an homage to Jean-Luc Godard by underground filmmaker Amos Poe. Blondie lead singer Deborah Harry also appeared in the film. Robert Gordon is currentally on tour ...

Over the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band Monte A. Melnick saw it all. Monte was with the band from the very early CBGB dates to the final show in 1996, over 2,200 shows, working his way up to be their Tour Manager. Monte is the author of ‘ON THE ROAD with the RAMONES’ now out in a special BONUS EDITION on Amazon. The Ramones are Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, MTV Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Long Island Music Hall of Fame Award winners and inductees into The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Monte now works as the Audio/Visual Supervisor for The New York Hall of Science in Queens NY.   On The Road with the Ramones: Bonus Edition https://www.amazon.com/Road-Ramones-Bonus-Monte-Melnick/dp/1095651102#byline_secondary_view_div_1564510756852

Ron Alexenburg , One of the most iconic people in the Recording Industry who has seen & worked with the Best then and now artists and still continues to bring to life his funny,charismatic personality in his life today! Ron is currently working on Memoirs,Documentaries and so much more! Most of the Moments are things you had to be there for and what better way to experience them than to hear them straight from Ron himself . This is going to be an all out memorable experience that will be one you will not want to miss! PS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY is going to be celebrated as well and what a great way to celebrate your life than to share some of the most iconic moments that I myself was laughing, in awe of and just simply blow away! NOW A TINY BIT ABOUT RON!   Ron Alexenburg has over 50 years of experience in the music industry. In 1965, he joined CBS Records and soon moved onto Columbia Records, where he became the youngest head of promotion in the company’s history, working with the label’s top talent. He rose through the ranks at Columbia, eventually becoming senior vice president and general manager of Epic Records, a division of CBS Records Group. Over the years, Alexenburg has worked directly with many recording artists, including Boston, Meat Loaf, Charlie Daniels, and Michael Jackson. Ron was recently inducted into The Long Island Music Hall of Fame

Ariel Kavoussi is an award-winning artist, writer, producer, filmmaker, actor, and curator of film & video works based in New York City. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight, Dia: Chelsea, Louis B. James, Anthology Film Archives, the Williams College Museum of Art, Woodstock Film Festival, Loft Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Lighthouse International Film Festival, and elsewhere. Her most recent short film, THE POET AND THE PROFESSOR, is a dark comedy which stars herself opposite indie stalwart Kevin Corrigan (WALKING AND TALKING, THE GET DOWN) and Bob Byington (THE COLOR WHEEL). It premiered at the 2017 Maryland Film Festival and was selected as one of the few short films to be included in the new Parkway Theater’s regular programming under Dark Comedy Shorts. In 2017, Ariel acted opposite Anne Heche, Sandra Oh, & Dylan Baker in Onur Tukel's dark comedic feature CATFIGHT (Toronto International Film Festival). Numerous critics have lauded her performance; Vanity Fair singled Ariel Kavoussi out as Hilarious Newcomer for her work, as did Variety. Kavoussi can next be seen opposite Emma Stone in Cary Fukunaga’s original series for Netflix called Maniac,” as well as opposite Mamoudou Athie in Alex Karpovsky’s original series for FX Networks called  Oh, Jerome No.

Jonathan Hiam serves as Curator of Music & Recorded Sound at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.  He is a specialist in American music, with a particular emphasis on the music and sounds of the Twentieth-Century.  He has curated several notable exhibitions in New York, including Toscanini: Preserving a Legacy in Sound  (2018), Celebrating Lou Reed  (2018), and Do What I Want: Selections from the Arthur Russell Papers  (2017).  Recent research has focused on the recording industry, British popular music, Black Mountain College, audio preservation, and John Cage.  He holds a PhD in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in Music History and Literature from Boston University, and a BM in Vocal Performance from SUNY Fredonia.  

Join us as we talk to  Chris Scoates , Director of  The Museum of Arts and Design and Andrew Krivine curator,Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976-1986, based almost entirely on Andrew’s collection. The exhibition will tour through the end of 2021 and is currently being presented by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City through Aug. 18, 2019 The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will present Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986, an exhibition that explores the punk and post-punk movements through the lens of graphic design. The exhibition, on view from April 9 through August 18, 2019, will feature more than four hundred of punk’s most memorable graphics, including flyers, posters, album covers, promotions, zines, and other ephemera. “Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die charts punk’s explosive impact on design and examines its complex relationship with art, history, and culture,” said Chris Scoates, MAD’s Nanette L. Laitman Director. “Punk questioned everything, and it’s that spirit of inquiry that is driving MAD forward today, presenting and debating innovative works and ideas with lots of energy, color, and noise. During Museum hours, a multimedia presentation, Please Kill Me: Voices from the Archive, will play continuously in the gallery. Narrated by McNeil and McCain and compiled by filmmaker/artist Brendan Toller, the presentation includes vintage interviews from IggyPop, Joey and Dee Dee Ramone, Debbie Harry, Jim Carroll, Billy Name, and others, combined with never-before-seen photographs and ephemera from Fred W. McDarrah, Adam Ritchie, Danny Fields, Bob Gruen, James Marshall and Gillian McCain, David Godlis, Leni Sinclair, Mike Barich, Natalie Schlossman, Paul Zone, and Tom Hearn.

Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll. From John Lennon to Johnny Rotten; Muddy Waters to the Rolling Stones; Elvis to Madonna; Bob Dylan to Bob Marley; Tina Turner to Debbie Harry, he has captured the music scene for over forty years in photographs that have gained worldwide recognition. Shortly after John Lennon moved to New York in 1971, Bob became John and Yoko’s personal photographer and friend, making photos of their working life as well as private moments. In 1974 he created the iconic images of John Lennon wearing a New York City t-shirt and standing in front of the Statue of Liberty making the peace sign – two of the most popular of Lennon’s images. As chief photographer for Rock Scene Magazine in the ’70s, Bob specialized in candid, behind the scenes photo features. He toured extensively with the emerging punk and new wave bands including the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones, Patti Smith Group and Blondie. Bob has also worked with major rock acts such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Elton John, Aerosmith, Kiss and Alice Cooper. In 1989, he documented the epic trip to Russia of the “Moscow Music Peace Festival” featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe and Bon Jovi. For many years Bob was the official photographer for the New Music Seminar held in New York City, covering dozens of aspiring new bands in the course of a summer week. This seminal body of work reflects a profound commitment and long-standing personal friendship with the artists. His wealth of personal experiences and uncanny memory provide the most illuminating and comprehensive histories of rock youth culture.

Rob Gillis has been known just as “Rob The Record Guy” in Chicago for over three decades.   He grew up in Tarrytown, New York, and first started hitting the great record stores of Greenwich Village in the late 1960’s.   He was in college radio in Missouri and Illinois and became general manager of Triad Radio & Magazine in Chicago. He then worked for the Dharma Records label, the Dog Ear Records retail chain, was an editor and writer,  and then began a long run at the 2nd Hand Tunes used records chain where he really earned the “Rob The Record Guy” handle.   Next stop was the Waterdog Records label. In 2002, he helped revive the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab label for online audiophile retailer Music Direct. After another stint with Waterdog, he’s back with Music Direct heading up their used record division.   Along the way he’s been a freelance music writer and publicist, band manager, historical consultant, concert promoter, worked on special projects for the Grammys, and is past President of EARS, the Audio engineering society of Chicago. He’s also an ASCAP songwriter that plays piano pretty well and other instruments poorly.

Tomiko Dixon, grand daughter of blues legend Willie Dixon best known for his major contributions to the music world is keeping the Blues alive! Tomiko in her own right is a Philanthropist, Singer & Songwriter taking the music industry by storm. Her mission is to keep the blues music genre alive. Tomiko is the youngest person ever inducted into Chicago’s Blues Hall of Fame. Tomiko Dixon demonstrates that her grandfather's musical legacy is in safe hands. This powerhouse of a blues woman, making the blues her own.Tomiko has recorded, arranged, produced, written for and performed with some of the most talented and well known artists in the music business.Ever the workhorse Tomiko is an official Grammy Voting Member & assist with finding eligible new members for The Recording Academy (Chicago Chapter) and is an active Supporter & Member of The Blues Foundation , while also being involved in several other Companies & Foundations.Make no doubt about it Tomiko has inherited her grandfather's genes. She well deserves the title of “The Grand-Daughter of the Blues”

K18 UPPERCUT is a directorial and design collective created in 2018 by Morris Lee and Pete Gibson, spanning both Eastern and Western hemispheres. It started with a desire to collaborate with musicians and visual artists, whom they love and respect. The ever-evolving line up shares a collective passion in bringing new experiences through music, visuals, and other forms of creative expression.18 UPPERCUT reaction to our dream of being a rap super group where we could party on yachts with champagne and be surrounded by beautiful women. We knew this was highly unlikely given one half of the duo is from a nanny state, Singapore and the other a rodeo friendly part of the USA. We decided it would be best if we try to be the visual equivalent of Wu-Tang Clan and the Beastie Boys - sampling our childhood love of Tron, Kungfu, Star Wars, Anime, Kaiju and our perverse interests in exploitation and hentai films.  We’ve come to realize our backgrounds and collective experiences positioned us uniquely in the crossroads of Eastern and Western culture. So we set out to appropriate and reinvent pop culture that transcended hemispheres.  To do this, we have committed to jamming on ideas daily after our exhausting day jobs, pitching treatments in futile to people who think we’re a bunch of crazy motherfuckers, and hustling for pennies to mitigate the impact of self-funding our projects. Our nights are spent figuring out kung-fu choreography and how to get blood to gush out gloriously from silicone limbs, having not done any of that shit before.. we are in fact more than directors, taking on multiple roles of producers, prop, sets, toy and tee designers.

About AWKWARD i AWKWARD i is the more song-oriented pseudonym of Dutch musician and composer Djurre de Haan. De Haan has released three full-length albums as AWKWARD i. I Really Should Whisper was an intricate but lo-fi affair, sophomore album Everything On Wheels applied a more ornate, studio-oriented approach. His third upcoming album KYD reconciles the two methods to a degree, engaging the listener with his distinct self-effacing sense of humor, offbeat-but-poignant reflections and a dense proclivity for conflating sonorous pop with lo-fi quirks.

Palmyra Delran is inciting espionage. “Come Spy With Me is an invitation to come for the ride and listen to the record with me,” says the trash-pop maven of her new album on Steven Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records, out November 9. “Plus, spying is all the rage these days. I know there’s a movie from 1967 with the same title as my album, but I haven’t seen it.” Spy builds on Palmyra’s growing notoriety within the Garage Rock universe, which has seen many of her tracks named “Coolest Song In The World” on Little Steven’s Underground Garage. One of them, “Baby Should Have Known Better,” was even SiriusXM listeners’ choice for “Coolest Song Of The Year” in 2008. Another fan favorite, “You’re My Brian Jones,” was a highlight of her last full-length effort, 2013’s You Are What You Absorb.The Doppel Gang consists of bassist Michael Lynch (“a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who’s been in tons of cool bands and released a few records of his own”), drummer Mark Brotter (“he’s played with Hem, Evie Sands, Alan Merrill who wrote “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” and Bowery Boys”) and Richard Dev Greene (“true rock ’n’ roll to the core, he was in Pale Face Of Youth who re- formed as Pale Moon Gang, and he’s doing gigs with the re-formed Plimsouls”).