Pop, Rock, Funk

4’10 ft and fit to slap some funk and attitude in some pop face! This young Korean American pop artist hails from Minneapolis, MN. After a summer of touring the Midwest, Europe, and South Korea, MAYDA is just released her second full length album entitled, Tusks in Furs with the help of world-class drummer, Michael Bland, DJ Chris Neviator, Sonny Thompson, and Tommy Barbarella (Prince, Soul Asylum, Nick Jonas & the Administration…). Teaming up once again with producer, Bland and company, the album will continue the new brand of funk pop that remains to be a mystery to name yet rightfully belongs to the self-taught songstress herself.

MAYDA’s music has been featured locally (KARE 11, KSTP, The Current 89.3 FM, 107.1 mytalk FM) as well as nationally (The Rachael Ray Show, KFC, MTV Real World DC episode 3, The Jersey Shore, The Real L Word, Weeds, Good Morning America, Bad Girls to name a handfull). She has written the signature blog song for KARE 11’s news show as well as KFC’s online advertisement for Teriyaki Wings.

Discography:
Stereotype EP (2007)
The Interrogation (2008)
Eyes On The Water EP-digital release (2009)
Tusks In Furs (Sept. 7, 2012)


Mayda - Sylvia

Mayda - Lions

Mayda - The Panthers

Folk, Country, Pop

“After immersing herself in the Nashville music scene for four years, singer Sarah Morris, a Minnesota native, has returned to the Twin Cities to share her achingly sincere ballads of love and loss.” – Mpls St Paul Magazine

Singer-songwriter Sarah Morris has a way with songs about the highs, and lows of love.  With a voice cozy and surprising; demure and daring, Sarah’s latest release, Lonely or Free, covers all of the bases.

Sarah Morris is a Minnesota-born singer-song writer with a flair for songs about the highs, and lows of love. Her writing is evocative – a kind of melodic poetry that can make you sing along even when you don’t know the song. Sarah balanced her classical training with a 4 year immersion in Nashville’s singer-songwriter community, allowing her voice to transition easily from genre to genre, creating a sultry sound that’s all her own. She tackles a range from classic country to jazz standards, sprinkled with her own take on pop.

 Single “Good Fight” instantly shows off Sarah’s beautiful story telling along with her vocal range; her voice has a bold and assuring quality compared to Norah Jones and Alison Krauss. Song such as the up-tempo title track “Lonely or Free” shows off her well-seasoned group of musicians that accompany Sarah throughout the album. Each instrument makes an equal contribution that puts an angelic sparkle on the album.

Sarah Morris - Good Fight

Sarah Morris - Lonely Or Free

Sarah Morris - As Much As I Could

Rock, Folk, Americana

Bethany Larson & The Bee’s Knees, one of Twin Cities best kept secrets as declared by Twin Cities Metro, brings a preacher’s daughter from Austin, MN to the forefront of the local music scene. Bethany grew up with three older brothers singing in the church choir. She picked up the guitar at fifteen, and during her college years she trained in classical voice. She began writing songs and soon after hit the stage. In the process of recording her sophomore album she joined forces with the “Bee’s Knees” – comprised of her brother Chris Larson on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals, Sara Horishnyk on drums, and Brennan Goetzman on bass.

Bethany Larson and the Bee’s Knees have been moving up the scale playing venues that include the Dakota Jazz Club, the Aster Cafe, the Red Stagg, the Midwest Music Festival in Winona and the Paramount Theater in her hometown of Austin, MN.

“…Bethany’s voice has evolved beautifully: as much Ella Fitzgerald and Juliette Greco as Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. Bethany’s lyrics about love and heartbreak have a worldly sophistication and the band has fleshed out unique and sweet arrangements that both swoon and rock.”  –Adam Levy, The Honeydogs

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