By his extravagant soundscapes and a storyline that feels like a film, Nate Todd, a Denver local producer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, is actually a major exception.

Hadzilla, aka HZPROD, is a Bosnian refugee turned New York-educated producer and is now based in Doha, Qatar.

Benjamin Quartz is a singer-songwriter from Paris whose music combines the elements of folk, world, and poetic storytelling, with a little bit of French chic mixed in.

Exzenya is an independent artist with a genre-fluid musical style who comes from the United States.

MODUL8 is a Dutch artist and a cutting-edge AI-technologist who is pushing the boundaries of what is possible with sound.

Jolene Lozano is a Filipina American artist who creates soul-pop music.

Ari Joshua is a guitarist, composer, and producer from Seattle, known for his distinctive blend of jazz, rock, and experimental sounds.

Gothic Aesthetic is a Paris-based duo made up of songwriter/producer Savage and vocalist Savannah.

Violet, a queer Latin American artist, lives to tell how she turns her pain into art and how wounding experiences not only influence memory but also identity.

The band, powered by Chris Aleshire and produced by Chris Dawson and Jimmie Beatie, merges emotional rawness with the vigor of well-done hard rock.

Black Silver, or The Navigator, or Silver Synth, is one of the most accomplished live-rap performers in the whole US, and the CFO of Sterling World Records.

A prominent feature of "Bloodsucker" is the artist's ability to create a perfect world where the charm and destructiveness of love coexist.

Martin Howard is an English guitarist, and his training was in classical music.

The Numb Project from Portland represents the quiet, dreamy, and film-like facets of the artist who excels in complex atmospheric productions.

The old country vibes of the song, hinting underneath, take you by surprise.

Patrick Costello is the lead artist of the Knabokov Collective and a San Francisco-based artist who is unafraid to express the truth through his music.

Ava Valianti’s “Clean My Room” talks about the self-realization that comes with growing up.

The young Perth singer-songwriter Kristin Grayden, 23, is definitely right in the center of the spotlight due to the way she fearlessly creates her music.

Kendra Connors is a young Spokane artist who has released her new song "Golden House".

As the song starts, you get ready to be immersed in the country vibes as you hear the strumming of the guitar.