Booking: ryan@ladyryan.com 
Music submissions : ladyryan@kalw.org 
IG @djladyryan

Songwriter, Storyteller, Studio Savior

Producer

Musician

nolovelything.com

Melissa Jones- vocals
John Givens- guitar 
Sarah Iyer- backing vocals
Yunoka Berry - backing vocals
Milos Nikic- bass
JonAnthony Floyed-Jackson - sax
Jae Stix- drums
Ron Gruesbeck- keys


booking, contact nolovelything@gmail.com

Writer, poet, educator and activist Audacious IAM was recently named Greater Bay Area Teacher of the Year by Youth Speaks (2016), nominated for an Oakland Innovative Artist Award (2017 - 2015), a 2016 National Queer Arts Festival of San Francisco Grant recipient, named Best Literary Works of the Year (2010) and is also a founding member of the Spoken Word Collective Pr3ssPlay Poets. Audacious is the creator and chief-editor of the anthology, Blues Arrival: Stories of the Queer Black South & Migration.  

Audacious IAM was born and raised in Ruleville, Mississippi and now resides in Oakland, California. She holds her BA Degree from Rust College and MFA Degree from Mills College. Recently worked as a Literary Arts faculty member and Poetry Slam Team Coach at the Oakland School for the Arts High School.

Audacious IAM has shared the stage with writers such as Sonya Renee Taylor, LadyB Smoove, Nicole Klaymoon, Mona Webb, Prudence TheAuset, Natasha Carrizosa, Trey Amos -as well as artist such as  R&B Diva Monifah, Valerie Troutt's MoonCandy, Kevin Sandbloom, Blue Nertiti of Les Nubians and more! 

Her art is exhibited through words on the page, performance and film in the attempt to transform, dissect and explore the intersection of blackness, queer identity, fragility and being a woman in America and beyond. As a queer black female artist, she has given and hopes to continue to provide her community with a platform for dialogue, social change and transformation through artistic creation.

Her work has been published by Cooweescoowee Literary Journal (Coming 2018),  Black Napkin Press (2017),  For Harriet.org (2016) and The Womanist Journal at Mills College (2012).

Bryan C. Simmons is a talented and dynamic artist with an undying passion and good ear for music. 

Born in Vallejo, California - a culturally rich community of music and musicians, 
Bryan is deeply influenced by all genres of music, but his love for Jazz and Hip Hop outshines it all. For over ten years now, Bryan has made a name for himself as an accomplished professional keyboardist in demand. He is known for the passionate manner in which he fleshes out his flawless musical arrangements that creates memorable, heartfelt rhythms. The reason music-passionate people find him to be original. One of the major highlights of his career includes being on a world tour with three-time Grammy Award-winning artist Fantastic Negrito in 2018 and 2019, playing at several sold-out festivals at both national & international levels.

Rihanna is an Academy Award nominated and Grammy winning artist, philanthropist, and businesswoman, recognized as one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. She holds the record for the most Diamond-certified RIAA singles by any female artist. All of her studio albums have achieved Platinum or Multi-Platinum status, including Good Girl Gone Bad, Loud, and Anti, cementing her legacy as a music industry legend. Beyond her musical achievements, Rihanna is celebrated for her humanitarian involvement, entrepreneurship, and fashion industry influence. She established the Clara Lionel Foundation in honor of her grandparents, focusing on investing in community-led solutions across the Caribbean, East Africa, and the US South. She is also one of the most influential moguls in beauty, cosmetics, and fashion, with her trail blazing and culture shifting companies: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Hair and Savage X Fenty.

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