Singer/songwriter Jocelyn Faro’s passion for storytelling has provided a reli...

Singer/songwriter Jocelyn Faro’s passion for storytelling has provided a reliable compass throughout her budding musical career. Raised in a home with a variety of music on the dial, Faro quickly came to appreciate the diversity of artists. That Faro’s acoustic guitar work is rhythmically captivating and her singing voice luxuriant only serve to round out that one-two punch so coveted by practitioners of her craft. Steeped in the soulful tradition of songwriters like John Mayer and Lauryn Hill, Faro’s subtle, bluesy voice recalls the easy delivery of artists such as Norah Jones, with the unique ability to channel the funky staccato of modern acts such as Maroon 5. Learning to play guitar in high school, led to performances at a number of talent shows and open mics, where Faro cut her teeth before rising through the ranks of the Maryland metropolitan venues. Faro has since appeared at major sites such as AMP at Strathmore, Rams Head On Stage, Rams Head Live, Jammin Java and Rechers Theater. She enjoys the raw energy of a bar/club, but loves the intimacy and audience connection possible within a concert venue.

An enchanting singer and poetic song-writer, Edy Blu easily and literally dan...

An enchanting singer and poetic song-writer, Edy Blu easily and literally dances between genres of reggae, jazz, rock and even folk. Edy is a Virginia native, born and raised on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley. A country girl with an urban edge, Edy now resides in Washington, DC. Her soulful, rootsy vibe and energizing live performances have been garnering her fans from DC to NYC to Cali. In May 2016, she released her debut EP, Heart Opener, a catchy, danceable collection that serves as a meditation on what comes from living with an open heart. She wrote the material on her guitar after moving to D.C., but it was the process of getting the songs produced that confirmed the EP’s central idea that life works best when you keep your heart open. While traveling in Barcelona during the summer of 2015, Edy met producer and multi-instrumentalist Raul Del Moral; they immediately 'clicked,' and within weeks the entire EP was recorded at his studio. Furthermore, when Sarao Music, a Universal Music subsidiary in Barcelona, heard the project, Edy and Raul were immediately commissioned to record a concept album of pop-soul music for commercial licensing. Radio Friendly was released through Universal Music UK in November 2016.

There's a line that I'm trying to find, between the water and the open sky," ...

There's a line that I'm trying to find, between the water and the open sky," sings Dallas Green on "Friends," the penultimate track off of his fifth release as City and Colour, If I Should Go Before You. For someone like Green, it's hard to imagine that there's much left to search for – he's traversed the globe on tour, released numerous albums (one most recently as You+Me with Alecia Moore, aka P!nk) and collected scores of accolades. Though Green is a musician, he doesn't make a show of things: that's the songs' job. Thus he's done this all quietly, intentionally, still looking for the next answer or dog-eared chapter each record holds. And this time, on If I Should Go Before You, he once again uncovered something new: a certain kind of family in his bandmates. "It's been a very special two years for me," says Green, about the period since the release of 2013's The Hurry and the Harm, which has seen him touring with the consistent ensemble of Dante Schwebel (guitar: Dan Auerbach, Rumba Shaker), Doug MacGregor (drums: Constantines), Jack Lawrence (bass: The Raconteurs, Dead Weather) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Kelly. "They inspired me to want to create new music, just to create it with them – I don't think I wrote these songs for the band, per se, but I certainly wrote them because of the band."