Jerusha is an actor in NYC and a music artist. She has been in The Prom (Broadway) and on FX’s Atlanta (TV series) with Donald Glover.

As the song “This is not a pop song” starts, you can already understand that the artist is not trying to fit into any conventional mold.

Fringe Frontier is a rock band from Florida that combines the core of Americana storytelling with the indie-rock side and the retro guitar pop.

JD Hinton is a singer, songwriter, and actor from Texas whose art is a perfect example of the gritty, soulful nature of the Americana tradition.

Phantom Wave is a Brooklyn-based shoegaze trio that produces a powerful, guitar-driven sonic landscape with emotionally uplifting lyrical themes.

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.