doing what she loves

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Elle Haley  –  feels very fortunate doing what she loves Elle Haley was born in Westfield, New Jersey to parents Drew and Kim Haley. Her ‘large family’ includes brothers, Brennan and James, sister Emma and over 30 cousins. In 2012, when Elle was thirteen years old, she had a liver transplant due to an autoimmune […]

In KW musicians can be their true selves

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Zack Lovering – “Here, musicians can be their true selves”   Zachary David Lovering was born and raised in Bainbridge, a small town in southwest Georgia. He sang in church choirs and musical plays in school. He studied the guitar for a few weeks but vocals were always his main interest. At age 19, he […]

Solaris Hill String Band leader

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Gary Zimmerman  — Solaris Hill String Band leader Gary Zimmerman is from Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey just across the river from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has played music most of his life beginning with piano lessons in kindergarten and learning to play guitar at age 10.  After high school, Gary studied at the Philadelphia School of […]

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 […]

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