Ravi Jakhotia created a musical revolution by taking the DJ art-form to a higher level by adding live percussion and unparalleled technology to his performance. His custom, innovative drum-rig as well as his NASA-designed “Dream Screen” are like something out of a sci-fi film, and they have entertained audiences all over the world.

From sold-out stadium shows, to performances at the Oscars, the Superbowl, and collaborations with Quincy Jones, Paul Oakenfold, Pitbull, Lil Jon, Mariah Carey and Slash, Ravi’s explosive and genre-bending performances leave crowds everywhere in amazement. 

Ravi’s new EP is ripe with cultural influence and his iconic musical style create an infectious sound that energizes the masses. Following the release of his summer track, “Peace and Love”, he created the #PeaceAndLove challenge in an effort to organize a positive message of unity. “Cuba Cuba Freedom”, the title track off his new EP, celebrates a new generation of Cuban identity.

Additionally, he is currently in production of a brand-new TV show called “The Rock & Roll Travel Show”.

Micah Brown is an independent singer-songwriter and guitarist best-known for his role as lead guitarist and backup vocalist in the California-based alternative reggae-rock band, Iration. Brown joined Iration in 2013 after releasing his debut solo recording, “Down Like Hail” EP featuring the breakout single “Finally Free” in 2011, and follow-up album “The Isle of Her” featuring the highlight “Spend Your Sunlight” in 2012. 
 
Since joining Iration, his solo endeavors have taken a backseat to writing with the band, evident on their last three releases, “Hotting Up” (2015), “Double Up” acoustic album (2016), and 2018’s self-titled effort “Iration”, which will be followed up with a fourth album coming in Summer of 2020. 

Brown kicked off a new decade of music on February 29th, with his first release in four years, a two-song EP entitled “Sounds Like Heaven / Wishing Wells” in anticipation of a new album later this year and his first solo tour dates in as many years.

Sound fabricated by experience and truth.  Words are just the beginning.  Continue to search for we are just a vessel.  To the ends of the earthy will find us there smiling.

Original member of Grammy award winning band No Doubt (first as trumpet player then as co-singer alongside Gwen), Alan runs his own DJ services company 5 star mobile DJ Inc., where he serves as DJ, Emcee and event director for southern California weddings as well as weddings abroad. Former co-singer of locally popular heavy hitting rock, reggae and hip hop band Freakdaddy, Alan is currently the lead singer of 3rd wave Ska super-group Starpool. Starpool consists mostly of former members of 90’s pop, ska, swing band, Save Ferris. He has shared the stage with bands and artists such as, Fishbone, Save Ferris, Everlast, Dave Wakeling of English Beat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Untouchables, The Urge, Pato Banton, Steel Pulse, Lit and many more. Alan hopes to one day follow in the footsteps of some of his favorite musical influences such as No Doubt, X Ambassadors, Bastille, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Prince, MJ, Jack Garret, Toby Mac, Arctic Monkies, Disclosure, Need to Breathe and the list goes on!
With over 30 years of experience in front of large crowds, on a mic with a story to tell, Alan is available as a seasoned performer ready to work on a new project!

Once the world’s lone superpower, America has been in a state of flux for several years. The economy seems to weaken every week, while we are in the midst of several wars that have been going on for nearly a decade.
In the midst of this, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/rapper Everlast has crafted Songs Of The Ungrateful Living, a masterful 15-cut collection that serves as a soundtrack for modern America. It’s an album that pulls from several seemingly unrelated musical and thematic corners of the country to poignantly highlight not only the bleak status of our nation and its inhabitants but also the untapped potential of both.
“I just wrote a group of songs and they all started to have the theme of darkness,” Everlast says. “It’s like the ‘80s again, almost, and I’ve always liked Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town and Billy Joel’s ‘Allentown.’ I feel it’s like that again, especially today. I woke up to 600-point losses in the market. I just tap into what’s around me, but I didn’t have a title for the album for a long time. One day I was just thinking that the ungrateful living is everybody. Anybody that takes a breath probably doesn’t appreciate how much that breath is worth. I see a whole lot of people taking life and the world for granted. It’s not even a slight on anyone. It’s everyone. Me too.”
To this end, the slow, brassy “Some Of Us Pray” recognizes that we can’t break everything we fix, while lead single “I Get By” documents how people try to deal with a sinking housing market, the need for employment and a lack of resources. Although the song’s protagonist barely gets by, the concept was inspired by the hyperbolic material excess celebrated in several rap songs and videos.
Then there’s the sobering “Little Miss America” chronicles a fatherless household, soldiers at war and friends being left behind. The latter, in particular, was the result of some intense soul searching, reflection and interaction.
“That song is a direct result of my trip to Iraq,” Everlast says. “I had written most of it in anticipation of going. I knew some cats that were soldiers and because on the last album I wrote that song ‘Letters Home from the Garden of Stone,’ a lot of soldiers have reached out to me. I’ve heard their stories so I think there’s a little bit of all of that mixed in there. It’s what America has become. She loves the paparazzi. America’s responsible for stuff like Snooki. Really? Everybody’s trying to sell their story. Say what you want to say, but when I was young, America did stuff. You could actually buy and live and eat and drive and wear everything American. It just doesn’t mean anything to anybody anymore. Now, the results of all that are starting to come in.”
The repercussions of mistakes made drive the acoustic guitar-driven “Long At All,” while the heavy “Gone For Good” examines how a patriarch battles to fight his own demons while providing for his family.
And with Songs Of The Ungrateful Living, Everlast again shows that he’s one of the most talented people to ever mix musical styles.

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