JKPOPSTAR
Joshua Kuntz aka “JKPOPSTAR” is an 19yr old Singer/Songwriter from Southwest Arkansas. Joshua has been singing all across the southern states since he was 11, at age 15 he wowed Katy Perry & Lionel Ritchie. Katy described JK as “the next Ben Platt”.
JK now studies songwriting in music city at Belmont University. He brings an upbeat energy to any stage and captivates all ages with his voice and presence.
JK loves to explore all genres with his background in Blues and Country, but loves POP!
JKPOPSTAR is in independent artist with music out on all platforms and more exciting things to come!
LIL' SKINNY
The Lil’Skinny Band is a Arkansas based Southern rock band with heavy influences from Country, Blues and Southern Rock music to create one dominant sound. This band is centered around two time American Idol contestant, singer/songwriter: Ethan “Lil’Skinny” Kuntz.
Lil’Skinny is a 23 year old musician from Nashville, Arkansas. Who got an early professional start at age 15 and is well respected with different touring acts all across the nation. Lil’Skinny is considered an upcoming artist to watch out for, after lighting a fire in many of the music scenes across the Ark - La - Tex region the past couple years with his raw and outlaw stage presence.
Lil’Skinny has now put together a rocking band of musicians that are veterans of the music industry. He recently just recorded a new album in Nashville,TN to be released soon.
With the experience of these musicians and the young drive and songwriting skills of “Lil’Skinny”. They all come together to form the Lil’Skinny Band.
EDEN BRENT
Blues lady Eden Brent is a modern-day piano-pounding, juke-joint hollering powerhouse of American music.
A legendary performer and southern songwriter, she spent the first two decades of her career under the tutelage of Abie “Boogaloo” Ames, before winning the Blues Foundation’s Blues Challenge and bouncing onto the international scene.
Since then she lands steady honors, three Blues Music Awards among them. Her new album Getaway Blues presents nine original songs recorded in London with a four-piece band and will be officially released June 21st, 2024.
Laid down in London. Mixed up in Memphis. Made in Mississippi.
JOHN NÉMETH
As a teenager in the early ‘90s growing up in the muddy potato fields of Idaho, John Németh was drawn to the hard-edged hip hop sounds and rock bands of the day, until a friend, Tom Moore, introduced him to the Junior Wells and Buddy Guy classic “Hoodoo Man Blues.” Together they formed Fat John & the 3 Slims, which is still regarded as a legendary band in the Boise region. John played harp and sang in local bands, often opening the show for nationally touring blues acts and quickly caught the ear of established blues musicians. It didn’t take long before he was releasing his own recordings, “The Jack Of Harps” (2002) and “Come And Get It” (2004), featuring Junior Watson, and performing in Junior Watson’s band.
John relocated to San Francisco in 2004, where he had the bitter-sweet good fortune to undertake a two-year stint with Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, filling in for the ailing Sam Myers. Németh immersed himself in the deep musical waters of the Bay area, absorbing more of the soul and funk grooves of what he calls “the early East Bay Grease sound” of San Francisco and Oakland bands.
John’s talents did not go unnoticed and he soon signed a recording contract with Blind Pig Records. His national debut for that label, “Magic Touch” (2007), produced by Anson Funderburgh and featuring Junior Watson on guitar, received an ecstatic response from fans and the media, and he was hailed as the new voice of the blues. Living Blues enthused, “Magic Touch gives hope that the blues will survive.” In 2008 Németh was recruited by Elvin Bishop to do some performances and contribute four vocal tracks to his Grammy-nominated album “The Blues Rolls On.”
Németh released two more albums on the Blind Pig label, “Love Me Tonight” (2009) & “Name The Day (2010), both hitting #6 on the Billboard Blues Chart, and beginning his long string of Blues Music Award (BMA) nominations, numbering 20 at last count. John has also won two Blues Blast Music Awards – Best New Artist Debut Recording and Sean Costello Rising Star Award. John followed up with two independently released live albums in 2012, “Blues Live” and “Soul Live.”
In 2013 John relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, where he teamed up with producer Scott Bomar and his classic Memphis Soul band, the Bo-Keys, to create an album of revisited soul classics, “Memphis Grease” (2014 Blue Corn), which debuted at #4 on the Billboard Blues Chart. John won the 2104 BMA for Best Soul Blues Male Artist, followed by “Memphis Grease” winning Best Soul Blues Album in 2015.
In 2017 Németh released “Feelin’ Freaky” (produced by Luther Dickinson) on his own Memphis Grease label, crushing all barriers of style and genre with an album of original songs that defied all the usual pigeonholes, drawing from his strong influences in blues and R&B, as well as contemporary sounds in hip hop and rock ‘n’ roll. Later that same year, Németh was part of a side project “The Love Light Orchestra Featuring John Németh” recorded live at one of Memphis’ favorite watering holes, Bar DKDC. The 10-piece band was initially envisioned by guitarist Joe Restivo, vocalist John Németh and arranger/trumpeter Marc Franklin.
Németh returned to Electraphonic in December of 2019 with his seasoned road band of young gun players, The Blue Dreamers, featuring 19 year-old guitar phenom from Philadelphia, Jon Hay, drummer Danny Banks and Matt Wilson on bass for a rowdy southern swamp roots session resulting in his 10th album, “Stronger Than Strong” demonstrating, yet again, his uncanny ability to skillfully blend retro and modern blues and soul into compelling music that is simultaneously old and new.
BILLY RIGSBY BAND
The Billy Rigsby Band was formed by Billy Rigsby himself in Tallahassee, Florida.
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The band has a soulful style that has been inspired by the music of Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Michael Jackson, and Robert Cray.
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The Billy Rigsby Band has been performing since the late 1990s and has opened for some of the biggest names in the music industry, including James Brown and Earth, Wind, & Fire.
THE CINELLI BROTHERS
The Cinelli Brothers is an award-winning 4 Piece band from London comprised of Marco and Alessandro Cinelli from Italy, Tom Julian Jones, a London native, and Stephen Giry from France. A true melting-pot of musicianship, showmanship and charisma.
Their sound is an amalgam of Soul & Blues with a contemporary twist that honours the songwriting craftsmanship of their biggest influences -The Beatles, The Band, Little Feat, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and Steve Winwood.
The band tours extensively in the UK, Europe & USA, and were named the best blues band in the UK in the 2022 UK Blues Challenge, followed by 2nd place in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January 2023.
THE LAUREN SPRING BAND
Singer songwriter Lauren Spring is an Americana artist as well as a member of the two-time IMA Song of the Year winning group, The Krickets, whom Paste Magazine calls a 'truly stunning, one-of-a-kind sound.’
Signing with Saint In The City Records in 2021, her solo releases have amassed over 5M streams on Spotify while her first production effort with The Krickets premiered in American Songwriter’s Best New Music feature.
Also enjoying writing for other artists, Lauren is a member of a Nashville staff writer group writing for country and pop. Her cuts include the title track on Jerry Salley's #1 gospel album All God's Sing (2019) as well as cuts with Dallas Remington, Chandler Stephens, Franky C, Trinity Wiseman and Jason Byrd, and Riley Taylor.
Critically acclaimed blues maverick, Shane Dwight, will pull you into his house by the ear after the first chord of No One Loves Me Better out on Red Parlor Records out on April 5, 2019. This new collection of songs is some of his most personal yet– gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking to date.
Shane’s songwriting has evolved so far that he may be untouchable for a while, and fans won’t be able to get it out of their heads, critics won’t know what to do with him. But one thing’s for sure; he’s here to stay.
He has performed over 3500 shows over the past 20 years, headlining at some of music’s most significant events; Beale Street Festival, Portland Waterfront, Reno Blues Festival, Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise, Ottawa Blues Fest; sharing the stage with household names such as Blake Shelton, The Doobie Brothers and B.B. King.
Country and blues music is about the same. You see, they are rooted from the same soil with a Bible and bottle in each hand. And that’s why Guitar World said that Shane Dwight, “rocks