SHAYNA STEELE

Throughout her career, Steele has lent her talent to leading artists such as Moby, whose tracks “Raining Again,” (2005) The Bourne Ultimatum theme song “Extreme Ways” (2007), and“Disco Lies” (2008) – which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Dance chart – featured Steele’s blockbuster vocals. Following her 2004 self-titled EP, Steele released her first album I’ll Be Anything in 2009, followed by the careerlaunching Rise in 2015. She has provided background vocals for Bette Midler, Rihanna and Kelly Clarkson, and tours regularly as a featured vocalist with trumpeter Chris Botti. Snarky Puppy’s Michael League handpicked Steele’s original track “Gone Under” from her 2019 CD Watch Me Fly for inclusion in their Family Dinner, Volume 1 album, a viral

MAY 9

FOGARTYVILLE

SARASOTA

MAY 10

FAENA THEATER

MIAMI BEACH

MAY 11

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COCOA BEACH

MAY 12

LEVITT sensation with more than two million views. This year, Steele will debut her solo symphony show, American Diva, with the Rochester Philharmonic Symphony led by Grammy-winning conductor and composer Jeff Tyzik, featuring arrangements of her music and favorite covers. Steele has performed as a guest soloist with more than 40 American symphony orchestras including The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Buffalo Symphony, and The Philly Pops. Speaking of both current projects, Steele says, “My new work reflects my connection with my daughter, social justice, coming up from the ashes, and newfound freedom from isolation…. I’m grateful to be back.” More at shaynasteele.com

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Selwyn Birchwood

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BLUE JAY LISTENING ROOM

JACKSONVILLE BEACH

MAY 19

DOUBLE ROADS TAVERN JUPITER

MAY 20

BUCKINGHAM BLUES BAR

FT MYERS

MAY 21

After first hitting the blues scene in 2011 with Florida Boy, Selwyn Birchwood won the 2013 International Blues Challenge. He then took a giant step forward with 2014’s Don’t Call No Ambulance. The album received the Blues Music Award and Living Blues Critics’ Award for Best Debut Album Of 2014, and he won the 2015 Blues Blast Rising Star Award. He followed in 2016 with Pick Your Poison, to equally stellar reviews. His most recent CD, 2021’s Living In A Burning House, features 13 new Birchwood originals on which his voice and vision are clear, his sound edgy and compelling, and his stories memorable and lasting. Birchwood describes his original music as “electric swamp funkin’ blues,” defined by raw and soulful musicianship played with fireand-brimstone fervor. His gritty, unvarnished vocals draw his audience into his tales of love, passion, pain and pleasure. Birchwood and his band have appeared at festivals across the U.S., as well as on The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise and Joe Bonamassa’s Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea. Internationally, they have performed at festivals in Britain, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland; and concerts in Spain, Norway, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Belgium and Mexico. Says Birchwood, “I tell my stories in my own way, with my own voice. You won’t ever hear me on stage telling someone else’s story. Muddy Waters, B.B. King and John Lee Hooker all told their own stories. That’s what I’m doing.” His new album, Exorcist, is due out June 9. More at selwynbirchwood.com.

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