With soulful vocals over gritty, electro-pop beats, Shay Leonia calls her sound, "Industrial R&B".  The Jersey-born and bred recording artist hails from a family of musicians with an upbringing that provided a rather bizarre, yet full scope mixture of sonic influences. After a decade-long hiatus, Leonia released “Crumbs” in May of 2021 which garnered a video premiere in Notion Magazine as well as her first published article on Roland.com, recognizing that she taught herself how to record for the first time with the single. 

Among her career highlights so far, Leonia has had the honor of performing with Janelle Monáe on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' as well as singing in the Vh1 commercial for Season 12 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”.  These opportunities arrived years after Leonia first began honing her vocal and songwriting skills, albeit right on time.  Shortly after graduating from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Leonia was collaborating with legends like DJ Marley Marl, Treach (Naughty by Nature), The Pharcyde and more, and eventually became a songwriting instructor for elementary schools and universities in New York.  She graced the stages of B.B. King’s (Times Square) and the Blue Note, and headlined at SOB’s in lower Manhattan, using her performance as an opportunity to take a public stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

In the summer of 2021, Leonia received her certificate in Music Industry Essentials from NYU | Tisch, which helped her take her company, 44th Minute Media LLC, to a new level.  The business, which is devoted to helping other independent musicians navigate their careers, as well as all of Leonia’s musical achievements, are in dedication to her mother’s memory.  Leonia looks forward to one day traveling around the world, meeting the people who’ve felt connected to her music and to also working with some of her musical heroes like Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder.

Blondie meets Buckley in Palestine with a ratty Tele

“Meet new school old school crooner BSKi, (pronounced “bee-skee”) with a touch Jamiroquai and neo-soul, it’s the pure poetry he’s writing that takes his sound to another level…” -Elevtrtrax.com

Brian Collazo, also known as BSKi, is a singer and songwriter based in New York. The first generation “Nuyorican” grew up in a musical family, influenced by everything from the sounds of ‘90s R&B and Hip Hop, to the classic bolero music his father would sing & play around the house. 

This musical upbringing led to a career as an in-demand session singer and live vocalist in New York, working with the likes of the Roots, Shawn Mendes, Lorde, Lisa Lisa and many others.

His own music blends R&B, Funk & Hip-Hop with afro-latin rhythms in a style he refers to as “sancochofunk” (sancocho=stew or gumbo); infusing an often tongue-in-cheek lyrical approach with a highly percussive and magnetic stage show. More experiential than merely musical, these vibes are crafted to make you move something.

BSKi’s latest single “Get on the Floor” is a collaboration with long-time musical partner Greg Mayo and pairs lush Janet Jackson-esque harmonies with Puerto Rican plena rhythms and a New York club aesthetic. Like he said, sancochofunk. ;)

Host, Stephanie Manns, NYC-based singer-songwriter, goes behind the scenes with some of the best up and coming artists from New York City and beyond for an exclusive behind the scenes look at a song and everything that goes into it. From songwriting to production and then we hear the song in full. Think SongExploder meets Tiny Desk Concert!

BETTY is the pop/performance band hailing from the cradle of creation known as New York City. Friends since childhood and artistic co-conspirators, Amy Ziff (Vocals, Cello, Piano), Elizabeth Ziff (Vocals, Guitar, Programming) and Alyson Palmer (Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Programming) have been recording, touring, performing, and creating together as independent artists for twenty-seven years. From their inception, BETTY has pushed the boundaries of pop music, utilizing their powerful, female, fun and fierce performance as an extension of their tight harmonies, breezy backbeats, and emphasis on melody. Whether composing and producing soundtracks for Television and film, playing live on any of their worldwide concert tours, arts festivals, and benefit shows, or simply singing accapella for University workshops, BETTY insists on a connection to the audience.  BETTY aspires to bring the feelings of joy, love, heartbreak, hunger, sex and laughter through their music.
BETTY has 9 CD’s as well as countless tracks on compilation cd’s. They have contributed music and theme songs to Showtime’s The L Word, Weeds, Ugly Betty and many others. They have performed in venues from Stockholm to Buenos Aires to Carnegie hall to the Harvey Milk High School in Manhattan. BETTY has performed with countless bands and speakers/artists including, Le Tigre, Cab Calloway, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler, The B-52’s, The Indigo Girls, James Brown, Bonnie Raitt and Circus Oz. Recently BETTY has become Arts Envoys for the U.S. State Department, performing and supporting LGBT and Women/Girls rights, Anti-bullying across the globe. BETTY is working on their 10th studio album due out in the spring. BETTY Rules….


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