Armed with diverse production and layered lyricism filled with personal narratives, Kastaway is welcomed addition to the already vibrant sound of Chicago Hip Hop. Using his life story as inspiration, Kastaway created 2 mixtapes (The Free Fix 1 and 2) and his first full length album My Life In Music (2013). Shortly after the release of My Life and Music, Kastaway had a succumbed to a year long illness only to use it as inspiration to create his brand new project Who I Am. Continuing with a musically diverse sound, Kastaway tells a story of physical, spiritual and musical strength in Who I Am which features some of his most revealing lyricism to date.

Armed with diverse production and layered lyricism filled with personal narratives, Kastaway is welcomed addition to the already vibrant sound of Chicago Hip Hop. Using his life story as inspiration, Kastaway created 2 mixtapes (The Free Fix 1 and 2) and his first full length album My Life In Music (2013). Shortly after the release of My Life and Music, Kastaway had a succumbed to a year long illness only to use it as inspiration to create his brand new project Who I Am. Continuing with a musically diverse sound, Kastaway tells a story of physical, spiritual and musical strength in Who I Am which features some of his most revealing lyricism to date.

Streets And Soul is a Hip Hop concert series that is dedicated to providing a platform where emerging talent can perform, network, and cultivate a sense of community with and among diverse music scenes.

Vaya is a three-piece. Their sound has been described as “Afro-pop played at 45RPM” and “math rock meets excellent songwriting”. The band merges a wide range of influences and sensibilities with the rhythms and technical agility of Midwestern math rock. Having released a single and an EP, the trio’s first full-length will be released in March 2014.

Vaya is a three-piece. Their sound has been described as “Afro-pop played at 45RPM” and “math rock meets excellent songwriting”. The band merges a wide range of influences and sensibilities with the rhythms and technical agility of Midwestern math rock. Having released a single and an EP, the trio’s first full-length will be released in March 2014.

Streets And Soul is a Hip Hop concert series that is dedicated to providing a platform where emerging talent can perform, network, and cultivate a sense of community with and among diverse music scenes.

Armed with diverse production and layered lyricism filled with personal narratives, Kastaway is welcomed addition to the already vibrant sound of Chicago Hip Hop. Using his life story as inspiration, Kastaway created 2 mixtapes (The Free Fix 1 and 2) and his first full length album My Life In Music (2013). Shortly after the release of My Life and Music, Kastaway had a succumbed to a year long illness only to use it as inspiration to create his brand new project Who I Am. Continuing with a musically diverse sound, Kastaway tells a story of physical, spiritual and musical strength in Who I Am which features some of his most revealing lyricism to date.

The songs of Brad Cole address the ups and downs of the human condition with both wit and raw insight. His passionate and distinctive delivery of roots-based folk music, woven with the grit and groove of old school bossa and rhythm & blues moves the listener’s soul in a direction that is unexpected, yet perfectly familiar. This is all evident on Brad Cole’s latest release, Lay It Down.

Vaya is a three-piece. Their sound has been described as “Afro-pop played at 45RPM” and “math rock meets excellent songwriting”. The band merges a wide range of influences and sensibilities with the rhythms and technical agility of Midwestern math rock. Having released a single and an EP, the trio’s first full-length will be released in March 2014.

Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Phil Circle is not your ordinary songster picking away quietly on his acoustic guitar in the same old folksy idiom as so many others of this genre. Phil manages to blend elements of jazz, blues, alternative, and even classical, to seamlessly create a style truly his own. Add to this his energetic live performance, and he lands far away from what most people think of when you say "Singer/Songwriter."