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Adrian Ra'Mon Truth" the Kansas City R&B crooner started innocent enough, a quiet kid singing in the church choir. With his mother and older brother coaxing his natural abilities, Adrian discovered his calling at only four years old. 
 Now Truth has surpassed the days of serenading the block and took to the masses flexing his songwriting chops on Tech N9ne's "We Just Wanna Party (feat. Rittz, Darr...

Dax Perrier is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He began taking his music career seriously during his time as a student athlete at the University of Oklahoma. Shortly after, his musical journey was put on hold due to unforeseen complications with the birth of his daughter and the death of his son. Since firing up again, he has formed what is known today as the Dax...

Alicia Underwood was born in Arlington, Texas to a father who is a business owner and a mother who works in radio. From the time she was little, Alicia loved entertaining her family and friends. From skits in front of the fireplace to carrying around a video camera and documenting her days, Alicia felt like she was born to entertain. After competing in a beauty pageant locally in Dallas, Texas whi...

Tennessee-born country music singer-songwriter, Chris Shupe, grew up listening to and playing country music with friends and family in a small town in Georgia. As a child, he was heavily influenced by country music legends such as Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks and Brooks & Dunn. In his teen years and early twenties, Chris decided to step into the rock world where he was su...

Perry Zulu Jr. (bio) Perry Zulu Jr. is an Actor/Singer/Songwriter based in Atlanta GA. He was born in Rhode Island to Liberian-immigrant parents, and raised in Liberia and Ghana. Perry began demonstrating his gifts and talents in Performing Arts since the age of 6yrs old, and developed more of his skills and talent in singing/acting while growing up in church. His music career began in Stockton CA...

Alternative-rock/pop act, Caleb Kopta, is set to independently release his forthcoming single “Heart Attack” on Friday, April 8th, 2022. Caleb Kopta had struggled to write music in 2020- with the pandemic and….well, life happening, it was hard. The spark he once had when he first started writing and making music at 18 was gone. Kopta spent the better part of 2020 trying to figure out why that was-...

Saxl Rose is a multi-instrumentalist, producer recording artist and international touring musician based out of Havre de Grace, Maryland. He has recorded and performed with countless mainstream artists & bands including Wiz Khalifa, Paramore, Chris Brown, Jojo, Bobby Valentino, The Used, Neck Deep & more. Over the years he has made a name for himself through his frequent collaborations, high energ...

He remembers finding someone’s copy of Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited. In a few days, he memorized the lyrics to "Desolation Row." It was the moment when he realized songs aren’t just tunes with words: they’re worlds to be inhabited fully, filled with strange characters, unexpected emotions, and lessons to be learned. Three decades and several hundred songs later, Paul Weinfield is still at work...

Mitchell Phillips is a singer/songwriter, producer and guitarist who recently began writing and producing his own music. With musical influences like Jake Scott, John Mayer, and Ben Rector, Mitchell strives to create music that resonates and connects with people.

Surviving years of toxic relationships, addiction, abuse and mental health struggles is enough to force one into refuge. Fortunately for Doc Fischbach, he found solace among the scenic mountains near Denver, Colorado, but also in the pursuit of making music. Doc’s relationship with nature sits parallel to his love of music, with both of these outlets being places where he can discover unblemished...

Shaun Paul Piccinino (Peach-a-nino) is an award winning Film and Television Director who currently has 5 Feature films streaming on Netflix. "A California Christmas" & “A California Christmas: City Lights” both hit the top of the charts at number one and number two respectively (worldwide) for over 2 weeks in December of 2020 and 2021. Over the past 4 and a half years Shaun has directed 8 feature...

Puerto Rican native Joelle is an up and coming R&B/Pop artist to look out for. Currently working on his full length Album in Los Angeles, California, Joelle is no stranger to music. With an EP 'About You' already out that tackles hard subjects such as heartbreak and addiction, there is no place he isn't willing to go to tell his story and help people get through life with his gift of music. We are...

Born in New Bern, NC and raised down a 7 mile dirt road deep in the woods, Chris Hollacheck grew up in the kind of setting you’d picture being in a country song. His musical journey started very early when he learned cello at 3 years old! Chris has also played piano, trumpet, baritone, and bass guitar and performed doing singing and acting in numerous plays all before the age of 18. After graduati...

Joey Flowers is a jack of all trades. He is a 21 year old Texas based, artist, producer, designer, and vocalist. He tends to produce a lot of his tracks and has been often referred to as a creative powerhouse. The drive behind his art is a feeling that can be best described as an energy to create new innovative sounds to be found and done. Beginning to shape up to be a "once in a generation" artis...

On today’s episode of “Black Canvas,” I was honored to have the incomparable and multi-talented superstar, Jesse Pattison. He is truly a professional with winning strategies and first-hand knowledge of the TV, film, and production industries which he truly excels in. The sky is the limit for Jesse and we are truly grateful to be a small part of his journey!

I am truly honored to have Cecil Thornton as a guest on “Black Canvas.” He shares his journey in becoming a Light Worker, Energy Healer, Spiritualist, and a Highly Effective Educator. With his many years of defying odds, he takes us on a journey to finding what inner peace means for our own lives. I am grateful to have shared my space with his and I hope you have the opportunity to discover what s...

Growing up in Northeast Ohio, Styles Haury connected with music at a very early age. Styles formed his first band in the 4th grade, playing country music out of his dad’s garage. Influenced by his favorite entertainers Kenny Chesney and AC/DC, he channeled that same energy into entertaining crowds of his own. He notes his live show has become a personal journey for him, one where he lets you in on...

New York City, singer, songwriter, Jake Lancer encapsulates the art of storytelling, the nostalgia of pop music, and the vitality of the New York City club kid scene in his debut EP as a solo artist. His forthcoming project Take Off!, explores the defiance of his own fears, love, trauma, and joy, using his life’s stories as a canvas to create a compilation of tracks that serve as one singular func...

Hailing from the humble city of Columbia, South Carolina, K.Starr is is reintroducing himself to the world. This time he’s tinted in an engulfing Pop hue with a R&B influence undertone. With a background in Music, Theatre, Dance and Television production, K.Starr has trained, performed, and worked with some of the greatest names in entertainment. Those names including the likes of Bobby Brown, Mon...

On today’s episode, we are blessed to have the amazingly talented sensation: Jusef René. He shares his humble beginnings growing up in New Orleans, LA to serving our country in the Armed Forces to becoming “the voice” of our current generation! I am honored to call him a friend, but I hope you this episode and you learn more about his journey in life!

Maro is a Pop-Rock Singer, Guitarist, and Songwriter. Maro's long-time interest in blues, rock, and pop music has fueled his white-hot passion for songwriting and composing stories that make his audience feel less alone and more heard. Maro’s sit-down-conversational approach to his songs enable him to give listeners a sense of humility and empowerment through his storytelling lyrics and compositio...

Born & raised in New York, Dan Kiernan is an emerging pop-soul singer & songwriter.  After performing in over 30 countries in multiple concerts, cabarets and regional theatres on both land and sea, Dan broke into the NYC music scene in 2018.  Dan's shows & music are both raw and electric.  His debut live album, "Dan Kiernan: LIVE + UNPLUGGED", recorded at the iconic Bitter End has over 60,000 stre...

Matt Boylan-Smith is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, who left his hometown of Bathurst, regional NSW, to travel the world and tell his stories. Recently recognised at the Madrid International Film Festival, Matt took out the Best Short Films category for his unreleased music video “Johnny”. Having toured extensively throughout Australia and Europe as well as a foray into...

Jed Craddock’s musical sound can best be described as soul pop, a melding of many genres that maintains an air of predictable unpredictability. Jed’s dynamic voice serves as a bridge that connects many musical genres. While his genre may jump from tender acoustic to heavy hitting trap, he always writes and produces songs that appeal to a wide variety of listeners. 
 Jed started his musical life wi...

Harlan Silverman is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Harlan believes in the power of music. Specifically the power music has to comfort our minds and relax our bodies. He began studying classical cello when he was 4. Harlan has worked as a songwriter/producer in a wide variety of styles ranging from hip hop to classical. He has collaborated with artists such as Duckwrth,...