The Good Thing

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Kim Jade Fry    The Good Thing Kim Jade Fry’s father was a bebop jazz bass player in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and her mother was a singer, originally from Minnesota. Kim was born in Miami. After four years in warm weather, her mother forced the family to move to a cooler climate – they relocated to […]

“Celebrating their first anniversary of music”

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Jesse Wagner & Jillian Todd    AKA: Jess & Jill – “Celebrating their first anniversary of music”   The hottest duo in Key West, Jess & Jill, is a Gen Z – Gen X mashup of talent that really works. These two artists bonded in a unique way through a fairly obscure Bob Dylan song. […]

still delivering it

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Randy Stindt   “still delivering it”   Born and raised in Fresno, California, Randy had a younger brother, Paul and sister, Ashley but he was the only one in the family with an interest in music. An aunt gave him an acoustic guitar and he began teaching himself songs.  Along with other friends, they started a […]

Oren Polak – loves the new friends he makes every day

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Oren Polak – loves the new friends he makes every day Born in upstate New York and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, Oren Polak started singing at a very young age. He learned piano early on and later, began playing guitar in high school. Oren went to George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, graduating […]

amazing, sad and bittersweet

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Steve Mello     amazing, sad and bittersweet Born March 10, 1954, Steve Mello was originally from Bermuda where his father owned several grocery stores. He had two sisters and a wonderful mother with strong family roots. The family moved to Melbourne, Florida where he finished school, graduating from Melbourne High School. Growing up, he listened to his […]

a double buchi

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Chris Case    a Double Buchi Chris Case was born in New York and was raised in Bermuda and the Bahamas.  His family was in show business, traveling all over. They moved to the Bahamas when his father began working for Howard Hughes as manager of the Emerald Beach Hotel in Nassau. The first-time Chris saw […]

Key West is a kaleidoscope of talent

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Izzy Zaidman – Izak Gabriel Zaidman (aka Izzy) was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. His father was a professional guitarist, teaching and performing roots blues and ragtime in the New York area. Izzy was twelve years old when his father bought him his first guitar. He attended Charles Evans Hughes […]

practices gratitude a lot

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Tantra Grillo    “…….. practices gratitude a lot” Tantra Grillo, a Southern California girl from a small suburb of Tustin near Santa Anna, began writing poetry at age fourteen. She was influenced by the pain and poetry of Tupac. She started recording at Hot Tracks Studio but the head of the studio told her that it […]

Singing is like a natural high

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Raven Cooper  “Singing is like a natural high” Raven Cooper grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and was a competitive freestyle and butterfly swimmer and diver in high school. She began listening to Janis Joplin at an early age, and it was a major music influence. Her grandmother bought her a classical guitar while on a […]

playing piano and accordion for 30 years in Key West

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Rob DiStasi Born to a large Italian family in Belleville, New Jersey, Rob started learning the accordion at five years old. Later he took piano lessons but they were overtaken by a larger interest in baseball. While in Belleville High School Rob’s music interest was renewed and he became part of the chorale group and […]

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