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Born in 1944, in Ottawa, Canada, Cornish came into the world with music in his blood. His mother, Ada, was a singer for Big Bands, including those led by Woody Herman and Ozzie Nelson. By 1959, he was 15 and had earned a reputation as a talented guitarist. By then, he was fronting his own band, Gene Cornish & The Satelites, with boyhood friend, Pat Proietti. While attending Ben Franklin High School, he started a vocal group called The Nobles, and eventually put out a few records under his own name. In 1964, he moved to New York City and was doing double duty in Joey Dee & The Starliters, and his own group, The Unbeatables. The Unbeatables had a novelty hit with a Cornish song called “I Wanna Be A Beatle.” but lasted only a year. It was in the Starliters that Cornish met singer and keyboard player Felix Cavaliere, and singer Eddie Brigati. All three left to form The Young Rascals with drummer Dino Danelli. After a short few months playing the NY club scene, the explosive R&B flavored rock band was signed by Atlantic Records.They soon became known as one of the best live bands in America. Before 1965 was over, the group would start releasing a string of hit songs that would continue for six years. Brigati left in 1970, and Cornish followed in 1971. The remaining Rascals went in a jazz rock direction, but Cornish stayed true to his love of rock and roll. He re-emerged in 1973, with Dino Danelli in a band called Bulldog, and the pair remained together through a second rock band, called Fotomaker.The Rascals reunited for one tour in 1988. In 1997, were inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Gene Cornish reunited with the other 3 Rascals in 2010 for a star-studded benefit show. In 2013, Cornish a full-blown Rascals reunion finally happened. Gene participated (with the original Rascals line up) in the acclaimed stage production: The Rascals- Once Upon A Dream, which toured North America after a sold out run on Broadway.

In Jills own words, she describe's herself ..Married and a mother of four children has given me a lifetime of incredible experiences as well as challenges. I have also been a business owner for over 40 years, and I have worked with people from all around the world . I am self-taught and diversified in every aspect of my manufacturing business. I had to learn it all, from the ground up. I have interfaced with companies that were just starting out in business to some of the largest mega-corporations in the world. One of the greatest rewards for me over the years was working with hundreds of loyal employees and thousands of clients. Every day brought a new challenge, and I was there, not only with an open ear but with an open heart. It is through these experiences that I had discovered that my passion was to work with others; and help bring balance, clarity, and harmony into their lives. I made the choice to take my life into a new direction and follow my passion. I became a Holistic Life Coach, and earned my Ph.D. in Philosophy, and I am an Ordained Reverend. With a thirst for knowledge, I couldn’t stop there. I studied and received my Certification in Crystal Therapy, and Crystal Healing, which I now incorporate into my practice. It is with great passion that I work with many individuals and their families who have life-altering situations and challenges; such as Family Losses, Divorce, Financial Issues, Drug and Alcohol Problems, and Care for Family Caregivers, to mention a few. And there are those who are searching for direction.  I help others discover their strengths and guide them in the direction so they can flourish in their own light. It is with great pride that I announce the summer of 2016, I will be releasing my first book ~ Fifty-Two Weeks of Clarity: How to Transcend to Self-Reliance, as well as Co-Authoring; The Assertive Woman: Confidence, Communication, & Charisma, which will be released at the same time.

Andrew Horn’s work has encompassed a wide range -His latest film is, We Are Twisted F*cking Sister! just released by Music Box Films in the US and Monoduo Films worldwide, and is available on DVD and iTunes. Making films on post-modern dance in New York to writing for one of Germany’s most popular soap operas, from film musicals to music documentaries, from Eastern Europe to the East Village. His feature films DOOMED LOVE and THE BIG BLUE, as well as the documentary feature EAST SIDE STORY (named as one of the 10 best films of the year in Time Magazine), and his previous film, THE NOMI SONG (named in the year’s 10 Best on VH1, and Uncut’s Top 25 DVDs), all featured, if not premiered, at the Berlin Film Festival. These, as well as his earlier short films, have been widely shown all over the world and appear in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the BFI, Berlin Film Museum, Cinematheque Francais, Munich Film Museum, and the Lincoln Center Library of Performing Arts. Born in New York, Andrew Horn graduated from New York University School of the Arts where his junior thesis film was nominated for an Academy Award. After living in New York as a filmmaker and graphic artist, he came to Berlin in 1989 as a guest of the prestigious DAAD Berlin Artist Exchange fellowship program, where he has remained, working as a filmmaker, writer, and journalist for such magazines as Screen International, Moving Pictures and Variety, as well as an Emmy Award winning film researcher for projects for BBC, ZDF, Arte, Channel 4, PBS, HBO, The Paul Robeson Foundation, Michael Moore and Spike Lee.

John Kruth is a singer/songwriter/bandleader/poet/multi-instrumentalist (playing mandolin, guitar, banjo, flute, harmonica and sitar) with ten solo albums to his credit. Kruth is also music educator, journalist and author of three musical biographies to date. To Live’s To Fly (DaCapo), his 2007 biography of Townes Van Zandt was the recipient of the prestigious Deems Taylor Award. John also leads the popular NYC based world music group TriBeCaStan. As a sideman Kruth has performed and collaborated with John Prine, Laurie Anderson, Violent Femmes, King Missile, Hal Willner, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Liz Swados, Sam Shepard and Ornette Coleman.

Please help me welcome Zoe Moon Back to Red Velvet Media ! Zoe began her journey as a singer/songwriter with BMG Music and Arista Records, traveling the country, connecting with others of varying spiritual disciplines, sharing song and insights, and honing her techniques as a reader. She worked in television and film where she connected with her first clients, a base which has grown by word of mouth, through referals. She works fulltime now as an astrologer, writing for GlitterBall Magazine, Manchester Gossip, The Cosmic Path, OM Times Magazine,Northwest Woman's Magazine, and Vault of Heaven. She is busy doing radio interviews as well as her own weekly show on Blogtalk radio . She has an upcoming tv show in development and 2 more in talks. You can request a private reading from Zoe by writing her here http://[email protected] , http://zoemoonastrology.blogspot.com

Join Holly Stephey & Spencer Drate as we talk to Queens Museum guest curator Marc H. Miller , Monte Melnick (Ramones' tour manager) about the Ramones two-part exhibition celebrating the lasting influence of punk rock progenitors the Ramones.The exhibition's two parts will share many key objects drawn from more than 50 public and private collection across the world, each will explore the Ramones through a different lens:  In 1976, the Ramones changed music forever with the release of their self-titled debut album. Their minimalist tunes, slapstick lyrics, buzzsaw guitars, and blitzkrieg tempo became the wellspring for a genre of music and a strain of culture.Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of that album’s release, Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk explores the lasting influence the punk rockers had on their hometown, from their start in Queens to their history-making performances at CBGB, highlighting their musical achievements, and placing a special influence on the dynamic synergy between New York City's music and visual arts scenes in the 1970s and 1980s.The Queens Museum in New York and GRAMMY Museum® in Los Angeles have announced they are partnering to present an unprecedented two-part exhibition celebrating the lasting influence of punk rock progenitors the Ramones.Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk will be on view at the Queens Museum from April 10 through July 31, 2016, and will open at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles on Sept. 16, 2016, on display through March 2017.

Join us as we talk to both Dennis Cieri (NYCIFF) and Ava Leigh Stewart ( SIFF) about Film and the Indie Film fest in NYC. Ava Leigh Stewart is a director, writer, producer, and artist. She cut her teeth at CNN, climbing the ranks of news production, until 2005.  She founded Art West Film, a full service production company that specializes in film, television, and new media.   She is one of the founders of the Southeastern International Film Festival, which promotes an independent distribution model to the Southeastern United States.   Dennis Cieri is the executive director of the New York Indie Film Festival, which features works of independent filmmakers from around the world. His latest work includes a series about New York’s booming brewery and street cart food business, and The End of Fair Trade, an investigative documentary of dynamic pricing and customers’ perceived ability to pay—a system in which internet algorithms store all aspects of your life to induce you to pay the highest prices for goods and services.

Deriving from the city of New York, in the borough of The Bronx, Adam Falcon is a guitarist, singer/songwriter whose music is rooted in the blues and early soul. Digesting early sounds of Fats Domino, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.HFalcon became heavily inspired by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Hal David & Burt Bacharach, Sly & The Family Stone, Smokey Robinson, and the great writers for Motown. As a teenager, he played in countless bars and clubs throughout the city with numerous bands. At 17, he'd written his first song for the legendary jazz guitarist George Benson, but being too shy to present the song, it wasn't until 10 years later that the late, iconic music producer, Arif Mardin, heard the song and decided to have Benson record it for Warner Brothers Records. That song is called "In Search Of A Dream" from the Grammy nominated album "In Your Eyes." At the age of 21, Falcon embarked on a national tour, playing for an act, opening for the Bee Gees.Some of the artists that he's worked and/or shared the stage with are Roberta Flack, Sophie B. Hawkins, Whitney Houston, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jim Lauderdale, Robert Palmer, Phyllis Hyman, Peter Gabriel, and Nona Hendryx. "Either recording an album for The Village People or playing with Jonathan Butler on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson, it was one big musical trip" The Light Shines is Adam Falcon's most recent effort. The EP, released in 2015, marks his fifth recording to date.

Brian Cullman was born in New York City and caught in the web of music at an early age. At 17, he was London editor of Crawdaddy and continued writing about music for CREEM, ROLLING STONE, MUSICIAN, SPIN, CONDE’ NAST and, most recently, for THE PARIS REVIEW. He has won the ASCAP-DEEMS TAYLOR award for excellence in music journalism three times. He has sung back-up vocals with Sandy Denny, produced Lucinda Williams, recorded with Mark Knopfler, Robert Quine and Vernon Reid, and traveled across Siberia in search of shamans and flying saucer cults. 

His new album, THE OPPOSITE OF TIME, released by SUNNYSIDE RECORDS on February 26 2016, is his finest work to date.

 

The Opposite Of Time will be released on Friday, February 26th, 2016

http://www.briancullman.com/#brian

Kris Gruen writes songs about grown up life infused with a mystic wonder, softening the world’s sharp edges like a glass of exceptionally fine bourbon. Kris grew up steeped in classic records. His Americana influenced new folk is grounded in the tradition of great narrative songwriters like Cat Stevens and Paul Simon and yet Kris’s voice is strikingly current. A New York City native who’s put down roots in Vermont, Kris effortlessly blends sagacious wit and emotional depth. Americana UK writes "There is the sense of theatre that artists such as Sufjan Stevens achieve, and Gruen's music certainly stands al While often garnering comparisons to contemporaries like The Avett Brothers, Ryan Adams, and Andrew Bird, Exclaim! Canada’s Music Authority aptly notes, “Kris Gruen is no mere imitator. He possesses a sound all his own.”Building off the success his critically acclaimed albums Lullaby School and Part Of It All, Kris released his third studio album,New Comics From The Wooded World, in the summer of 2013.New Comics From The Wooded World finds Kris Gruen’s voice seasoned, soaring, and at the height of his craft. The album was recorded in San Francisco at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studios and at producer Charles Newman's  Mother West Soho digs in NYC. It features contributions from drummer Butch Norton, Anais Mitchell, Sean Hayes, Shiben Bhattacharya, The Bowmans, Nashville's Jason Gofort and more.In 2015 Kris did a short run release of the Duos and Trios EP which included some and co-writes from friends iJim and Sam, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Rachel Ries and Peppina. This coincided with and 8 country European tour supporting Jesse Malin and Brothers of Brazil. He's currently working on his next full length titled Coast and Refuge, It's slated for a fall 2016 release.