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Acclaimed trumpeter, composer and music producer Keyon Harrold was cited by Wynton Marsalis as “the Future of The Trumpet.” Rolling Stone proclaimed that Harrold is “1 of 10 New Artists You Need to Know in 2018.” He is a part of over a hundred albums of multiple genre and style from Jay-z and Beyoncé to Keith Richards and soloist and horn arranger on Gregory Porter’s Grammy Award-winning album Take Me to the Alley and Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night. His work on the Miles Ahead film, a biopic about trumpeter Miles Davis, gave Harrold his nickname ”The Mugician,” and subsequently the title of his latest album.

Eryn Allen Kane is a Detroit-born and raised recording artist, songwriter, producer, and actress. Her work explores stories of love, loss, social injustice, and the fragility of life. She has a great sense of curiosity for the human condition and feels a sense of duty in telling the story of those marginalized communities in our world. Kane made her mark as an emerging talent in the R&B and soul community with the independent release of her two-part debut EP, Aviary: Act I & II. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Eryn is working on several projects and a new body of music to be released soon.

Phony Ppl is a mix of people, time, and sound that’s been nurtured over generations in Brooklyn. Over the years, the bandmates have ebbed and flowed, but now they’ve reached their final form with these five original members: Elbee Thrie on vocal duties, Aja Grant on the keys, drummer Matt Byas, guitarist Elijah Rawk, and bassist Bari Bass. Their sound is a mix of soul, R&B, funk, hip hop, jazz, pop, and everything between and beyond. They do their own songwriting, arrangement, mixing, and production. The band released their sophomore album, mō’zā-ik., in the fall of 2018.

Sumney makes future music that transmogrifies classic tropes, like moon-colony choir reinterpretations of old jazz gems. His lyrics narrate a personal journey through universal loneliness atop otherworldly compositional backdrops. In 2017, the California and Ghana-raised troubadour widened his spectrum with his debut album Aromanticism, a concept record about lovelessness as a sonic dreamscape. Released to great critical acclaim, Aromanticism was widely regarded as one of 2017’s best albums (NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone).

Brooklyn born-and-bred Tamar-kali is a second-generation musician with roots in the Sea Islands of South Carolina. As a composer, arranger and vocalist, she defies boundaries to craft her own alternative sound—from her five-piece electric project to her Psychochamber Ensemble, a string and voice project that marries the classical music of her Catholic upbringing with post-punk sensibilities. Eager to express the infinite range of her creativity, 2017 marked her debut as a film score composer. For her work on Dee Rees’s Oscar-nominated Mudbound, Tamar-kali’s artistry and effort were rewarded with the World Soundtrack Academy’s 2018 Discovery of the Year Award.

Fans call Richard Bona “The African Sting,” critics call him a pro, but it’s his unique and electrifying style of connecting with his audience that names him what he really is—a true musician. Bona’s seemingly effortless voice, fierce skills on the bass, unique songwriting/arranging expertise, and ability to learn just about any instrument simply from watching position him as a rare African artist to have established an unscalable reputation on an international platform.

Natasha Diggs is one of the most versatile and well respected DJs in the world, playing to crowds across the globe in cities such as New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Prague, Sydney, and Beijing. From amassing a huge record collection in her teenage days to being dubbed The 45 Queen known for rocking crowds with her signature all 7” vinyl sets at downtown New York City parties including her weekly Mobile Mondays event, Diggs has gone on tour with Grammy Award-winning singer Lauryn Hill, has held an residency with hip hop luminary Q-Tip at New York City’s famed Output Club, DJ’d for Damien Marley’s inaugural Welcome to Jamrock cruise, and has shared the stage with countless notable artists, such as Erykah Badu, Bruno Mars, Maxwell, Questlove, Santigold, Hiatus Kaiyote, Rakim, Dam-Funk, Kenny Dope, Kamasi Washington, Anderson. Paak, and others.

Her broad taste in music allows her to be equally comfortable playing underground loft parties as massive events like Central Park Summerstage for thousands, earning her respect in the world of music and a solid reputation amongst her clientele. Diggs has been called on as a trusted party-starter for numerous celebrity, club, and corporate clientele including Pharrell, Spike Lee, Jay-Z, Google, L’Oréal, Samsung, Adidas, Grey Goose, Nickelodeon, Vanity Fair, Lincoln Center, and MoMA. In addition to her success as a DJ, Diggs has been recognized by the fashion world for her iconic style and has collaborated with global brands such as Fendi, Net-A-Porter, and Levi’s on everything from music supervision to being featured herself in major campaigns.

When not traversing the globe, Diggs can be found holding down the decks at her weekly New York City residency, Soul in the Horn, the city’s premiere dance party and live music showcase celebrating horn-infused music from around the globe while bringing together the best New York City talent in one room. She has also appeared on Fuse TV’s Crate Diggers, MixMag Lab, and Boiler Room. Diggs is featured worldwide on Apple’s Beats1 station playing alongside Q-tip for the weekly Abstract Radio show.

Aja Monet is a Caribbean American poet, performer, and educator. Monet was awarded the legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café Grand Slam title and has been internationally recognized for combining her spellbound voice and vivid poetic imagery on stage. In 2018, Monet’s first full collection of poetry, My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. She read the title poem of her collection at the national Women’s March on Washington DC in 2017 to commemorate women of the Diaspora. Monet has independently published several chapbooks including Inner-City Chants & Cyborg Cyphers (2014) and The Black Unicorn Sings (2010). In 2012, she collaborated with poet/musician Saul Williams on the book Chorus: A Literary Mixtape, an anthology of a new generation of poets. Monet currently lives in Little Haiti, Miami where she is co-founder of Smoke Signals Studio, a community collective dedicated to music, art, culture, and community organizing. Inspired by poet June Jordan’s revolutionary blueprint, Aja facilitates Voices: Poetry for the People, a poetry workshop for grassroots community organizers and leaders. The workshop created the first annual Maroon Poetry Festival in Liberty City, Miami to honor elder cultural workers for their commitment to radical truth-telling. She was a featured speaker at TEDWomen 2018 for her meaningful work in South Florida with Smoke Signals Studio.