The Red Room at Cafe 939

Sam DeRosa is a multi platinum songwriter and recording artist from New York, now in Los Angeles. Born into a musical family, Sam is a self taught musician who continued her adult training at the Berklee College of Music. Sam’s songwriting has surpassed 1 billion streams across all platforms, have earned her RIAA multi platinum and gold plaques, and most recently, her work was Grammy nominated for the 2023 Grammys. She’s penned hits for lovelytheband (“broken”), Dixie Damelio (“be happy)”, Lukas Graham, Jonas blue, and many more. Her artist career began with her debut single “pill for this,” (as seen on NBC’s SONGLAND) charted to #3 on the iTunes pop charts, #6 global, and landed her a slot on the Kelly Clarkson show in November of 2019. She has now released two bodies of work, The Medicine EP in 2020 and her sophomore EP, The Good Parts. Rolling Stone magazine recently covered Sam’s latest single and video “After the tears Dry,” which was released off the last EP. People  and Billboard magazines have named Sam an artist to watch, and Earmilk calls her “everybody’s best friend.” If you make it to a Sam DeRosa show, you’ll leave with a feeling unlike any other and you will see what they mean. Sam ended 2022 with a sold out co-headlining bill at Chelsea Music Hall (NYC) and plans to tour and release more music in 2023.

Jillian Dawn is a 24-year-old indie pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Rising from Mansfield, MA, she now lives in Nashville where her style has evolved to dance-driven indie-pop and flares of country and rock. Jillian joined the acclaimed roster of songwriters in the all-female writer's round, Song Suffragettes, in January 2022. Currently working alongside Nashville’s brightest talent, Jillian recently kickstarted a new chapter with the pop-anthem of the late summer “Watered Down,” and her debut as an original cast member of She Believed She Could, a Nashville-based musical revue. Since her graduation from University of Miami Frost School of Music, Jillian has toured with headlining acts and hit festival stages around the country, all while preparing for her next musical project due this year.

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Albino Mbie is a multi award-Winning Musician, Guitarist, Singer, Composer, Sound Engineer, Music Producer, and a Berklee College of Music Professor in Boston. He was born in Kamubukwane District, Bairro George Demitrove, well known as Benfica, in the suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique, the capital city of Mozambique, a country in Southern Africa known for its rich musical and cultural heritage. Fueled by the resourcefulness and determination that have always characterized Mozambicans, he built his first guitar at age 15 from a 5-liter can of oil, scrap wood, and strings made from electrical cords. He moved to the US to attend Berklee College of Music in 2009, being among the first Africans awarded a full tuition scholarship via the Berklee African Scholars Program. In 2013, he graduated with a dual major in Music Production & Sound Engineering and Guitar Performance and dual minors in Acoustics and Electronics. Since then, he has shared his Mozambican roots—music, dance, culture, and native languages enriched by the experience of living and studying in the US with the rest of the world. During the years, he learned to combine rhythmic patterns and musical concepts to create a unique Marrabenta, Nikatche, Afro-Pop, and Moz-Jazz sound.

His passion for travel, discovery, experimentation, to be an active touring musician allowed him to share the stage with godfathers of American jazz, such as Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano, John Patitucci, and more, as well as African giants such as Richard Bona, Jimmy Dludlu, Mulatu Astatke and many more.

Radha is a 24 year old R&B singer/songwriter from Boston, MA. As an Indian American, Radha gained initial exposure within the realm of Indian Classical music before exploring the genres of pop, r&b, and jazz. She has received recognition from the likes of John Legend, Jason Derulo, and Willow Smith for her heart-felt and melodic approach to art. Using artists such as Jhene Aiko, Sade, and Norah Jones as inspiration, she aims to express her emotions authentically and forge a deep connection with listeners using a dark and soulful ambience. 

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VIP ticket purchasers should plan to arrive thirty minutes prior to doors in order to participate in the VIP experience.

VIP Package with mxmtoon
includes:

- Early Entry to the venue (‘Skip the Line’ 30 minutes prior to listed door time)
- Twenty (20) minute Q&A with Maia
- Special one (1) song performance from Maia
- Exclusive flexi disc
- VIP exclusive laminate
- Early access to the merchandise table

Maia, aka mxmtoon, had the career come-up most teen musicians could only dream of. At 17, the Oakland-raised multi-hyphenate artist began releasing music from the privacy of her bedroom and quickly acquired an online fanbase drawn to her earnest yet witty lyricism and no-frills production. Her instrument of choice was a ukulele and she wasn’t above using common household objects (a hair straightener, for example) as a percussive tool. After uploading a stream of one-off singles to various social media platforms, mxmtoon’s debut EP, plum blossom, dropped. It garnered the attention of a broadening fan base with sold out tours and multi Platinum records, but also earned the stamp of approval from mainstream media outlets like The New York Times and NPR. Since then, mxmtoon’s output has been prolific. Last year, she released her sophomore LP, rising, which followed 2019’s the masquerade, all while maintaining a creative practice outside of music.

With another album on the horizon 2024, mxmtoon is poised to premiere plum blossom (revisited), a reconsideration of the early songs that propelled her to fame. While Maia is only 23, the amount of growth in the five years since plum blossom debuted is unmeasurable. She came out as queer, moved to Brooklyn, and experienced a year of familial tragedy. Her grandmother, a visual artist who has inspired Maia throughout her life and encouraged her music career, died of cancer. In the aftermath of enormous loss, and in the midst of another close family member’s illness, Maia found a sense of wholeness by reimagining the music that made her. “My mom really loves my early music, so in a sense, I did this for her as much as I did it for me,” Maia says.

She tapped Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) as co-producer, Maryam Qudus as engineer, and together they spent two weeks at Oakland’s Tiny Telephone Studios, where Maia was both overwhelmed by and delighted with the amount of gear she had at her disposal. “I chose to work with Merrill and Maryam because I could see myself shrinking back into the self-conscious person I was at 17 making the EP, and I knew I wouldn’t feel that way with them. I don't think it's anybody's dream to be listening to your 17 year old voice in front of other people,” Maia says. Additionally, in the years since plum blossom came out, she’s rarely found herself in the studio with women, a circumstance that’s frustrated her to the point that she hopes to continue working exclusively with women and gender nonconforming producers on her next project, with mixing on this album from Laura Sisk and mastering by Idania Valencia. 

After a multi-year hiatus, the indie pop maestros, Wild Party, are set to release a new full-length album in 2023. After releasing their debut record, Phantom Pop, in October of 2014, the band toured extensively during the following year and a half before finally calling it quits at the end of 2015.  “We played probably 100 shows in 2014 and 2015… but there weren’t a lot of people at the shows who knew the music, and we weren’t making a lot of money…things just weren’t working out,” frontman Lincoln Kreifels recalls. Family and financial obligations meant taking the focus away from music for a while. While Phantom Pop’s infectious melodies and danceable grooves never found a home with a larger market in 2015, the band’s nearly decade-old release has recently found a new, devoted fan base online. “The Spotify algorithm seemed to suggest us to a lot of new fans who were listening to bands that sounded similar to us, and things really began to take off around 2018.” To date, the band has hundreds of millions of streams and a half a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. A newly found fan-base reinvigorated Kreifels and long-time collaborator Lucas Hughes, and they began demoing songs again in 2018. However, it wasn’t until a close call gave Kreifels what he describes as a re- awakening: “I got really sick about 9 about months ago, and it was almost a miraculous healing… I went from almost dying––my liver almost failed… but I came out of that floating almost, really thankful to be given another chance… music is something I need to pursue.” Together with band member and producer, Ethan Kaufmann, Wild Party has been steadily dropping singles since 2021, culminating into the band’s 2023 EP release, Get Up. 

Columbus, OH natives Will Hoag, Ryan Ulibarri & Mitch Whittaker make up the indie alt-rock band Cousin Simple.

Friends since 1st grade, front man Will Hoag and guitarist Ryan Ulibarri have been inseparable ever since. Mitch joined the crew in middle school and rounded out the trio with his rhythmic bass. Starting as a group of friends with a mutual interest in music, they spent many early mornings and late evenings rehearsing in their parents’ garage. After being validated by their friends and family that the songs their 13-year-old selves were writing were “actually good”, the trio entered their first Battle of the Bands in Columbus, also their first ever public performance, and won.

Since then, Cousin Simple has brought their infectious spirit and high energy to every performance, selling out shows across the Midwest in Columbus, Cleveland, Chicago, and more. Drawing influence from bands like Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys and GROUPLOVE; Cousin Simple has curated their own sound that has resonated with listeners across the world and has landed them playlists slots across multiple DSPs. At half a million streams, their best performing song, "Honeybee”, however is one that listeners have found organically.

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With stunning vocals and lyrics as rich as the soil of her native land Nebraska, Kelli Rachel Belles’ natural charisma, storytelling, heart and wit come through her songs, like the golden rows of corn that grew near her childhood home. After moving to Nashville at age 19 in 2019, her love of songwriting was watered by some of the best on Music Row. Nashville industry tastemakers have compared her to a young Dolly Parton, a female Brad Paisley, and early Taylor Swift. She is bringing her brand of country music, Wildflower Country, to 21 cities across the country this fall/winter. 

Axel & Lolo are a best friend and singer-songwriter duo. They craft indie-pop and folk melodies that are as heartwarming as they are infectious. Through imaginative storytelling, Axel & Lolo write about themes of friendship and feelings. Their unique sonic world transports listeners to a place where every note is a vibrant expression of their profound connection. Axel & Lolo's music invites you to dance, dream, and celebrate the beauty of humanity — making them a beloved fixture in the indie music scene.

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