Hailing from San Antonio, Femina X is a four-piece alternative Latin group that melds tribal, Caribbean, and electronic beats into a groove uniquely its own. Comprised of vocalist Daniela "ZaaZaa" Riojas, violinist Darian Thomas, Alex Paul Scheel on keyboards and guitar, and bassist Jeff Palacios. The group released its debut, Multiverse, which earned it fans outside the San Antonio music scene. Its follow-up, Kiva, hit in 2018. Recorded during a period in which Riojas was de

There’s a new Country girl on the scene, and her name is Emily Hackett. After the singer/songwriter arrived in Nashville, she began to make a name for herself, collaborating with Will Anderson on the track “Take My Hand “(The Wedding Song)” in 2014. A year later, The Raw EP followed. Featuring six of Hackett’s own compositions, it was praised by the Boot for “Hackett's raw lyricism with sparse melodies, revealing a performer who can create layered and dynamic music with the

Singer/songwriter Anna Leone brings a soulful elegance to her music. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, her early influences were formed by immersion in the works of Nina Simone, Cat Stevens, and Bob Dylan. Finding her own voice and crafting deeply personal ballads, like her debut single, “My Soul I,” released in 2017. Her latest recording is the EP, Wandered Away on Half Awake Records out of Paris. The 5-track release was produced by Bryan Wilson (Arctic Monkeys, Florence and t

Johnny Flynn has a busy schedule. When he’s not acting in TV, films or the stage, he is singer/songwriter and bandleader, fronting Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. Born in S. Africa to a family immersed in entertainment--dad was a singer/actor, half-brother Jerome is an actor as well (Bronn to Game of Thrones fans) and actor Daniel--it’s no wonder he had a hard time pursuing just one art form. Johnny’s first recording, A Larum, was issued in 2008. Since then, he has been steadi

London-based R&B singer Bassette took a rather modest path to her art. It wasn’t until she heard a recording of herself from a friend’s karaoke machine that she realized she had a voice worth sharing. Singing in the school choir, she honed her craft and had performed for the first time at the age of 17. Thought at first gripped by stage fright, her audience helped her through, and she debuted one of her own songs at the show. Spending part of her childhood in Bermuda, she mov