Markeisha Ensley is a NY based composer-lyricist, vocalist and performer originally from Aurora, Colorado. Markeisha is currently a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and was awarded the Abe Olman Scholarship Award for Excellence in Songwriting from the Songwriters Hall of Fame/Songwriters Guild of America. She has also been recognized by BMI/Songwriters Association of Washington, where she performed at the Smithsonian Museum alongside legendary Motown songwriter, Lamont Dozier. As a composer, she writes songs for theatre that are influenced by her soul, gospel and jazz roots. Most recently, Markeisha has created several one-woman concert shows, performing the music of Nina Simone and showcasing the evolution of black music from early gospel to present day soul/R&B.

As a singer-songwriter, Markeisha has released 2 EPs, toured in Japan and Europe and regularly performs in the NYC and Hudson Valley areas. Her other love is service through music! Markeisha works with Music For All Seasons where she facilitates songwriting workshops with veterans and teens in detention centers, has performed concerts with LifeBEAT, and worked as a teaching artist in NYC public schools.

 
When you meet Americana singer/songwriter Dave Tucker, it doesn’t take long to see that he’s the salt of the earth. A carpenter by day, Dave is a hard-working man who tells it like it is and who believes whole-heartedly in the bartering system. On December 18, 2012, Dave will independently release his fourth studio album, In Kind, produced by recording artist and multi-platinum songwriter Wendy Waldman in Longhouse II, the studio he built for her. The album features Dave Tucker (acoustic guitar, vocals), Phil Hurley (lead guitar), Tom Fillman (drums/percussion), and Ted Russell Kamp (upright, electric basses), and was engineered by Mike Sawitzke, mixed by Rob Hoffman (Quincy Jones, Christina Aguilera), and mastered by Sangwook “Sunny” Nam at the Mastering Lab. In Kind illustrates Dave’s all-encompassing, explorative nature by guiding the listener through traditional Americana, folk and roots, to pop rock with a little country swagger, then throws curveballs with a reggae beat and singer/songwriter ballad.

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