Singer/songwriter Samantha Smith is young but her lyrics have a maturity beyond her 17 years. Her voice has a soulful reminiscent of Jewel and Sarah McLachlan. Samantha performs on piano and guitar, her songs evoking strong emotions with beautiful melodies and poignant lyrics.
Samantha's family life which is immersed in music, culture and travel have cultivated in her a deeper appreciation of the world. Preferring jeans, T-shirts or thrift shop threads over the trendy fashions of her peers, Smith has summered in France since her birth, is fluent in French, and has had the opportunity to play music festivals both here and abroad.
Playing piano since age 8, and guitar from age 11, she composes and performs original music but also sprinkles her favorite classic rock cover songs into her live sets. Last year, Smith embraced the chance to go up against much older contenders in the Southern California Music Awards, and began building beyond her local following via her Sonicbid.com and MySpace.com sites.
Samantha is also the founder of the non-profit organization, Young Singers of Orange County. YSOC is a community-service organization that provides opportunity for children ages 5-14 to participate in a choir which performs concerts at schools, hospitals, elderly-care facilities and community events.
Academics are also important to Smith, a 4.2 GPA-student who recently made the decision to leave her local high school to attend an elite Orange Coast College program that will enable her to complete high school early and enter college at an advanced sophomore level.
Samantha is just 17 years old but her music is insightful and evokes real emotion for someone so young.
Duff released
the critically acclaimed "History in the Waking" CD in 2009 featuring 10 of his original songs. Duff's soaring lead vocals are backed
by his guitar and keyboards as well as several of the top studio pros in Los Angeles.The list includes "go to" guitarist John ‘Groover’
McDuffie, grammy nominee saxophonist Carol Chaikin, jazz keyboardist Wayne Peet, drummer/percussionists Maria Martinez and Nate Morton,
backing vocalists Rosemary Butler, Michael Mishaw, Catte Adams, Caitlin Kazepis and Nicole Papincak as well as producer Diane Lindsay on Bass and keyboards.
In 2010 the double disc CD/DVD combination set titled "Duff Watrous and Friends LIVE" has become available. It features
stellar performances by most of the "friends" listed above PLUS Carl Verheyen (Supertramp), Robert 'Jake' Jacobs (Bobby "Blue" Bland),
George Biner (winner of the Topanga Bluegrass Festival Flat Pick Competition), and vocalists Nathania Stambouli and Vini Marques of the Angel City Chorale.
In addition to his work as a recording artist, Duff is a regularly featured soloist with the Angel City Chorale including on their 2007 European
Tour and CD recordings. He sings arias and show tunes with Zajac Studios of Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York and joined Celestial Opera Company for their
2008 production of Handels’ “Julius Cesare”.
Contact: Duffsong@gmail.com
Jan Swerts (Sint-Truiden, Belgium, May 24, 1977) is a Belgian composer and pianist, whose minimal music is heavily influenced by the work of Wim Mertens, Philip Glass, Johann Johannsson and Max Richter.
In 2010 he released the album “Weg” (“Gone” or “A Way” in English); a collection of 8 melancholic songs about certain streets in Belgium: Aalsterweg 10, Driekruisenstraat 107,
Singelstraat 11, Alkenstraat 9...are all addresses that made a lasting impression on the composer.
The music of Jan Swerts is often referred to as minimal music, ambient or contemporary classic, proving Joni Mitchell was right when she said: there's comfort in melancholy.
Kari Fleskes was born in Memphis, TN with her twin sister in July 1988. She has been writing songs since she was 7 years old. She got her Taylor guitar at age 16, then started recording rough in her basement. At age 19, she got internet music profiles and was overwhelmed with the amazing support from fellow songwriters and musicians.
She made it to the finals in the worldwide songwriter's contest Yobi Sing and is an active uploader to YouTube and Myspace.
Steven has always had a great appreciation for music, and started composing music in his early teens. After high school,
Steven started his singer/songwriter career. Steven was invited by the Tyler Music Group in Nashville, Tennessee to record a
demo CD with them. The tracks turned out so great, to everyones surprise, that they asked Steven to record the whole album.
After a few months of work in the recording studio the aptly named “Beginners Luck” was born. Halliday belongs in a
genre of his very own. His unique and completely original style brings a fresh perspective to the music world.
Frank B is a new style of jazz with a sensous edge. Critics have described his sound as an evolution of jazz. 
Eli (SINGER/SONG WRITER) Born in the former Soviet Union as a child Eli was inspired by such musical luminaries as Michael Jackson amongst others,
he began his career at a tender age singing professionally with a Russian Orchestra that toured across Europe. At eight years of age Eli and his
family moved to Israel, thankfully he did not leave his talent behind. He immediately began singing with an Israeli choir, it was at this time that
Eli was exposed to the music of Darbuka (traditional percussion rhythm), a main feature of Middle Eastern and North African music. Upon finally
immigrating to Canada, a new world was opened up to the fledgling artist. North America's rich musical tapestry, funk, R&B, soul, Latin and pop
compounded the already diverse musical influences at his disposal. Having already toured Russia, Europe and the Middle East prior to arriving in
Canada and performing in four languages, Eli's wealth of experience and cultural diversity serves only to enhance a bright and unique talent
inspired by some of the best names in the music business. Eli's pioneering a new genre fueled by a fusion of rock, Latin, Funk and the ever
present sultry sounds of the Middle East.
A graduate of Brighton Institute of Modern Music, Hattie has become a Brighton firm favourite having played such
prestigious venues as the Komedia and the Concorde II, as well as Brighton Live 2008 and 2009, The Great Escape and The
Brunswick Square Festival. Hattie signed to Rann Records in 2008 and with the release of her debut EP in July 2009,
Hattie is set to venture further afield, making her mark on both industry and people's hearts.
Every now and then a uniquely talented artist, through fresh and innovative musical content, transfers a resurgence of life into the veins of a genre. This is indicative of Greg Manning’s passion to reach his listeners through melodic tunes that reach your soul. 
It is much more than his wonderful baritone-alternately sensitive, soaring, and soulful-that draws everyone in: he simply has them wrapped around his finger.
A pure natural on stage, Jeffrey chats easily between songs, taking the audience on a journey that includes everything from bawdy stories to heartfelt confessions:
in short, a rollercoaster ride of emotions. It's no surprise, then, that most everyone in the audience has the feeling that they are not only listening to a
great singer-but are being entertained by a true stage presence.
Stephen has written and recorded over 30 original songs at his private studio "Overlook Studio" on his property in Colorado. Stephen performs all lead vocals, some backing vocals, all piano and much of the acoustic guitar work He assembled some of the best session players in Colorado to accompany him on the songs. For orchestration parts on some songs he used members of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra arranged and conducted by Dave Hansen. The material was Co- produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Michael Pfeifer.
Every once in a yellow moon a new CD will be released that represents what a music genre is all about. Well The Art Gomperz
Band featuring Jenna Mammina has just released one of those new albums. This band is fresh sounding. Their instrumental chops
are clean and they have come up with some very cool licks on this CD. Now their front person Jenna Mammina is someone the Bluegrass
community will soon be getting very excited about. She sings with confidence and her voice is sent from Bluegrass, Roots/Americana
Country heaven. "A Different Story to Tell" features a splendid assortment of song styles, from Country to Bluegrass sprinkled
with a bit of Folk and Americana. The Art Gomperz Band is on the road to radio popularity with the release of this new sound.
Blugrass fans will be thrilled when they get the chance to hear this new music from this group. 
If you are looking for sound of cool jazz and contemporary music, go no further than Lei-La Blue. Lei-La Blue (aka Julia Duncan) has the knowledge of the sound of certain instruments that creates a dynamic and memorable music. 
