Since first breaking onto the alt-pop scene in 2007, Owl City has built a global following on the strength of his heart-on-sleeve songwriting and endlessly inventive sound. Along with earning a monumental hit with the diamond-certified “Fireflies”—a 2009 release that reached No. 1 in 26 countries—the Minnesota-bred artist otherwise known as Adam Young has made waves with smash singles like the double-platinum “Good Time” feat. Carly Rae Jepsen and brought his exuberant live set to sold-out shows around the world. With total album sales of over three million and single sales surpassing 20 million globally, Owl City has now delivered the highly anticipated new album Coco Moon: a wildly imaginative body of work revealing his deepened devotion to the strange magic of creativity.

With a career in music spanning 20+ years, my work has been featured on national television, on international stages in 15+ countries and at numerous major music festivals throughout the US. In this time I’ve been fortunate to have performed at TEDxAthens in Athens, Greece, the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, Afro-Pfingsten in Winterthur, Switzerland and shared the stage with many inspiring acts such as Thievery Corporation, Michael Franti, The Roots, Femi Kuti, Madame Ghandi, George Clinton, Slick Rick & Soulive.

As a singer-songwriter I strive to present a delivery that is honest and thought provoking and I like to think that my catalog feels intuitive and provides a sense of comfort. I sit somewhere in the middle of classic folk, hip hop and soul with compositions mainly on acoustic guitar and ukulele. My attention and focus is mostly dedicated to lyric and melody and how they play off each other in a way that fosters feelings of memory, connection and ease.

Sometime in my early twenties, I was steered toward the ever creative and groundbreaking world of hip hop by what would become a very dear friend and music partner. The level of consciousness displayed by the artists I was introduced to seemed so succinctly in line with the effect I intended to have with my own outward expression - music and lyrical content with a deep seeded message - one of hope, connection, responsibility and compassion.  This message remains and can be experienced viscerally through the hooks and verses of my hip hop compositions.

“Understanding the order of time is important to anyone hoping to manifest a dream,” says Valerie June. “There is a time to push, and a time to gently tend the garden.”

Since the release of her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against A Stone, June has been patiently at work in the garden of song, nurturing seedlings with love and care into the lush bloom that is her stunning new album, The Order Of Time. Some songs grew from seeds planted more than a decade ago, others blossomed overnight when she least expected them to, but every track bears the influence of time. See, time has been on June’s mind a lot lately. It’s the only constant in life, even though it’s constantly changing. It’s the healer of all wounds, the killer of all men. It’s at once infinite and finite, ever flowing with twists and turns and brutal, churning rapids that give way to serene stretches of placid tranquility. Fight against the current and it will knock you flat on your ass. Learn to read it, to speak its language, and it will carry you exactly where you’re meant to be.

Bluegrass / Country singer Scott C. Miller spends his time entertaining folks in the New England area as well as the Maritime's of Canada. Born just outside of Boston, MA to a large family. He began singing back in the early 1980's in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Scott made he's debut at the world famous Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA at their weekly talent night. A night he said he would never forget. His love for the roots of early country music started with listening to The Carter Family and so many more after that. Scott still sings those old Carter Family favorites.

Original Music by singer songwriters Craig Sherman and Dave Rubinstein.  We are 12 Hearts & the Queen.

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