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New York based sax player/vocalist and songwriter Paula Atherton has shared the stage with such contemporary jazz notables as The Rippingtons, Nick Colionne, Chuck Loeb, Cindy Bradley, Brian Simpson, Four80East, David Sanborn, Bob James, Marc Antoine, Hiroshima, Gerald Albright, and Chieli Minucci. Paula has also worked in the traditional jazz field; Paula also performed with Grammy award-winning singer Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Annenberg Theater, for the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival.

Some past tour dates include The Bishop Arts Theater in Dallas, The Empire Theater in San Antonio, The John Ruffin Theater in Chicago, Jazz in the Park in Birmingham, AL, Smooth Jazz Festival in Atlanta, Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Fest in CA, Las Vegas Jazz Festival, Capital Jazz fest and Low Country Jazz fest with Jazz in Pink, Smooth Jazz at Sunset in MI (opening for Marc Antoine), Southern Tier Jazz festival in Elmira (opening for Rick Braun), Lake Arbor Jazz Festival in MD, the Hub City Fest in NJ and the Pensacola Jazz Festival, and the Gulf Coast Jazz festival as well as the Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival with Cindy Bradley (as the Fabulous Blondes).  Paula performed at the Hot Smooth Jazz festival in Madrid, Spain, in April 2019 at Maria Guerrero theater. Other 2019 performances include Jacksonville Beach Jazz series, Dauphin County Jazz Fest, Potomac Jazz Festival, Brass City, Grand Rapids, and Legacy Jazz Festival. Paula endorses Sax Dakota saxophones and does jazz workshops for them across the country. Paula also does some music therapy type work for a wonderful organization called “Music that Heals,” which brings music to autistic children, cancer patients, people in hospice, and other populations. Paula is also on the board of the F2F Foundation in Houston, TX, which promotes jazz workshops, performances, and jazz education. F2F also helps get instruments to students whose families can’t afford them.

Big Coop aka King Coop, a native of Evansville Indiana, started his rapping career around the age of 12. King Coop recorded his first track at the age of  14, and that did as the whole experience for him, it made him realize that this is his future. Over the years perfecting the craft and played with his skills in ways that know he can get a reaction from a crowd. Big Coop always loved the music scene plus being in the studio.  King Coop started out in a group that was called Rebel Elements. King Coop has started a thing for his name with some of the locals in Evansville Indiana and folks really love his style and music, this show will sound off on  King Coop, where he will tell of his brief journey in music, and his newest singles will be played on-air.

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Shawn Kingsberry is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, and producer from Kensington, Maryland. Shawn has been in the business for over 30 years, also a technology leader, making for an exciting conversation as "MUSIC IS TECHNOLOGY TODAY." In the past, Shawn has worked with many industry music camps like Teddy Riley, Left Eye, Blair Bryant, and TJ and Chuck Thompson, to name a few.  This week a new release single titled "Say Yes," a blend of Smooth Jazz and Go-Go. Kingsberry is originally from the Washington Metropolitan Area "DVM," where Go-Go music is the and will always be the culture of music here. He played with many Go-Go bands over the years and decided to blend Smooth Jazz with Go-Go. Kingsberry has an uncanny ability to merge digital and analog instrumentation to create his inimitable blend of smooth jazz, neo-soul, and R&B.

Another new released single DRIVE, which George Benson inspired. The title DRIVE came from the vibe you feel when listening to it as you feel like you are on the open road driving. He aims to compose purposely uncomplicated musical scores. He explains, “I bridge the gap between the virtual and physical worlds of music with the goal of setting my listeners free to experience what is real. Shawn’s love of music surfaced early in his youth and acted as a guiding rhythm to his life. His mother, Ida Kingsberry was a central and vital influence on him. She introduced all of her children to music and modeling at an early age. Shawn began learning various instruments starting with the drums in elementary school.  Shawn began his musical journey in high school, playing in an R&B band with his brother Michael. Shawn’s mother had instilled the traits within him which would soon make his talents pay off.  Kingsberry has learned that the opportunities for creating music in today’s world are limitless.

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In this online showcase, with  Lee Alston, will be the 13th show on my platform. Alston has worked with individuals who were contestants on American Idol and Sunday Best as well as producing projects for independent artists and musicians for over 30 years. Alston of GULLAHSOULMUZIK has 500,000 profile views and 400,000 plays on n1..com. Lee Alston understands clearly the science of music and how utilizing music theory along with logarithms, exponents, and intervals are paramount in creating "musical motifs". Lee Alston a Multi-Instrumentalist Musician, Internationally Known, Songwriter/Composer with 201 music works registered and published with BMI and now a member of the  ISSA, International Singer/Songwriter's Association, and with Da Real Banks, also with JUST US Productions. Lee Alston and Gullahsoul Muzik are ready to collaborate and/or network with other musicians, artists, music producers, movie and TV producers, and businesses that may require his services. His genres feature a variety of Soul, Jazz, Gospel, Spiritual, Funk, R&B, Instrumental, Spoken Word, Love Ballads, Hip-Hop, Latin, Country, Classical, Rock, Zydeco and Holistic (Feel Good) songs and Collabs. New music singles will be played on-air.

Born in Valdivia, Chile Pablo Ojeda moved to the United States at an early age growing up in Texas and then in Oregon.
Pablo began playing bass in 1989 and immediately fell in love with Funk music listening to such greats as James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Parliament.


In 1991 he and his brother Ricardo Ojeda formed one of the Northwest’s most popular Funk bands Rubberneck. Rubberneck toured the United States several times opening for acts like Maceo Parker, WAR, and The Greyboy Allstars and even lived in Malaga, Spain for a summer playing music.
More recently Pablo has been performing with Sabroso, a band that mixes Latin rhythms with the Funk he loves so much.


His first release was a 6 song EP named “Gotta Move” named so by the need to stay busy during quarantine but also because it was the goal of the EP to make you move. His next release was a single called "Treat Yo Self" featuring a slinky funk slap line and funky horns by Mr. John Nastos.



Pablo's most recent release, a single entitled "Thankful" was written in November and influenced by the spirit of thankfulness given by the holiday. This song again features some amazing sax work by local Portland saxophonist John Nastos. Thankful is an up-tempo, feel-good, song meant to make you forget about the problems of the day.

Y.L.A.N. GBaby, born as Albert Darius Hunt IV was born on July 15th, 1993 in Chicago, IL to Calandra Hobbs and Albert Hunt III. He is the oldest of 3 and his mother’s only Son.  He would do in his free time was write stories or random lyrics. He always had an ear and a passionate desire for music. No one knew how talented he was at such a young age because of his shyness.  In 2012, YLANs senior year in high school, he ran into trouble with the law. But through the battles of the law and near-death experience, he still managed to walk across the stage and graduated from Osborne High School on Favor Rd in Smyrna, GA. He always dreamed of becoming a rapper and performing in front of crowds. He became so loyal to the music he literally tried to write a new song every day. Even though he had so much love for music, that didn’t stop him from getting in trouble with the law. Being away, the lonely nights, the crying, etc. Between all that pain it just gave him pen power and motivation. YLAN learned from his situation and sitting down it made him wiser and think twice about his decisions to stay out. It was long enough. He got a low-end job was where he met his other best friend, Jarod Mason aka BKA Takari. The two were also like brothers they were unstoppable together…. On the streets and the studio. They make magic in the booth every time they collaborate. Through the years of being out, YLAN had made enough money to where he could afford studio time. In 2020, he released two, ear-opening songs which were  “Mixed Emotions”, and “Time Heals”. April 20th, 2021, his best friend BKA Takari got him on the phone with the woman that signed him and immediately changed his life, as he say on the phone with CEO, Lisa  Marie, Through all the trials and tribulations and ups and downs, his dreams have come true at the age of 27, and he is now a signed artist of World Wide International Records LLC.

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Chenitha Reddick is a Trombone Player with 30 years of experience from Albany, GA. Her influences are Helen Jones Woods (International Sweethearts of Rhythm 1940s), Melba Liston, Delfeayo Marsalis, Trombone Shorty, Jeff Bradshaw, and Fred Wesley. She was awarded a Band Scholarship to attend Morris Brown College in 1999. Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morris Brown College with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 2003 while being a part of the Morris Brown College Marching Wolverine Band. Chenitha participated as a musician on board the Norwegian Star Cruise Ship and movies, such as 'Drumline the Movie’. Chenitha came out with her first single entitled “80’s Baby” August of 2021. It has been topping the charts ever since. This is a feel-good 80's R&B-inspired, Smooth Jazz track that you can listen to with your soul mate, gazing in their eyes and slow dancing the night away. The single was done by Chenitha Reddick on trombone along with her friends. It was produced by Christopher Irvin, Kari Epps is on vocals, John "JSaxx" Watkins is on sax, Nate Myers, IV is on sax, and Keith White is on trumpet.

Rina Chanel

International Recording Artist

Singer/Songwriter (ASCAP)

Brooklyn, N.Y. born and Virginia Beach native, Rina Chanel, has captivated audiences through R&B, soul, jazz, swing, pop, and ensemble and opera performance experiences.

Rina fuses her smooth R&B vocals with various R&B era instrumental backings that highlight her unique sound and blend the best elements of Jazz and R&B. Her skillful songwriting and vocal delivery provide a refreshing classic take on the return of the future of R&B music.

Through a strong foundation of music education, Rina developed classical proficiency and dexterity; learning to sing in French, German, Italian, and Czech from attending The Governor’s School for the Arts (Norfolk, VA) and attending Radford University on a voice scholarship.

Rina studied voice and performed background vocals for International Recording Indie R&B and Jazz Artist Tracy Hamlin. In 2017, she was a featured artist on Baltimore producer Raymond Barton’s EP “If Only for Love” performing the track “Don’t Give Up on Love.” In 2019, Rina sang lead and female vocals with the “Groove Factor” band in Virginia with fellow bandmate and bass player, Bennie Pearce.

Rina’s debut single “Worthy” was released in January 2020. 

Ms. Chanel teamed up again with producer Bennie Pearce (Phillie-BOP Productions) and songwriter Shawnee Crudup to co-write her follow-up single “Made,” released in September  2020.

Rina’s latest single “More than Enough” is co-written by herself and was released in September  2020. The newest single for 2021 is called 'Sweetest of Melody' just been released recently, will be played on air during the interview.

Kenya Soulsinger is a singer/songwriter/producer who uses her sensual alto and haunting falsetto to tell stories of life, love, joy, and pain, laced with a smooth mix of R&B, Jazz, Funk, and Soul. Music, especially soul music, has always had a huge influence on her life. Her perpetual love for the sound led to the recording and release of her debut album ‘Groovy Way’ in 2011, followed by The ‘DJANGO Project’, ‘The Love You To Life Album’ and ‘Meet Me In The Glow’ which was a CD Baby Top Album, Featured album of the week on Crackers Radio UK, The Essence Of Soul UK’s Album Of The Month, and also climbed to #6 on The UK Soul Charts.

Riding the wave of the amazing love shown here in the states and Internationally, KSS has performed in NYC, LA, Philly, The DMV and 3 times  in the UK including the sold out #Moments4Love show at Hideway Live UK.

Kenya’s 5th studio album ‘The Bridge’ was released in 2018 with several tunes from the album being played across the airways. The single “Make My Day” taken from the album landed the #1 spot on The Breaking Artists Independent Chart Show for 5 weeks!

Kenya’s 6th offering ‘Catch This Smoke’, released 9-17-21 has the grooves to further proove that this songwriting Soulsinger is here to stay!

Having opened for such artists as Rahsaan Patterson, Mint Condition, Kem, Jeffrey Osborne, Howard Hewett, Kee Kee Wyatt, Lyfe Jennings, Silk, The Whispers, Karen White, Urban Mystic, Angela Winbush, Bobby Valentino, Lil G, and Kandi, Kenya Soulsinger continues to make her mark in the world of Indie Soul!

His legal name is Jarod Takari Mason but  go by BKA Takari. He came up with the name one day just on some humbug. BKA came up and Takari is my middle name, hence the alias BKA Takari was born and raised in Hampton, VA on December 5, 1993.

 “What influenced BKA ?”  His brother. Growing up always looked up to him. BKA wanted to be just like him.  Would always sit and listen to him rap in ciphers with his friends and watch him write music and rehearse took a liking to artists such as Jada Kiss, Beanie Seagal, BIG, and a few others.

BKA started taking music seriously in 2019 when he came home from prison. BKA  wrote a lot of music while he was on the inside. BKA  moved to Georgia about two days after release. One day BKA  received a DM on Facebook from the CEO, Ms. Lisa Marie, of Worldwide International Records asking me to sign with them. BKA jumped at the opportunity and to continue to write and work on perfecting his craft. 

BKA has done a plethora of shows. BKA did two in Atlanta, GA; one for Myafton and one opening for Rick Ross, and the rest in his home state, Virginia. If he had to give an estimate of how many shows done in total, BKA  would have to say at least 20 and I’m looking forward to adding more to that number. 

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