Jazze Belle, The Hipstones, Trot Fox

Jazze Belle is a duo comprised of producer/instrumentalist Jett and singer/songwriter Taylor Simone. Both hail from different parts of the country (Taylor's from LA and Jett's from Richmond), but the two share a sound influenced by jazzy vocals, soulful chords, and hip hop digital production. Playing everywhere in NYC from Nola, Darling to Baby's All Right, they are equipped with a musical tenacity and talent to match. They aim to give music In true surprise album fashion, their debut EP will be released someday in the near future.


In 2010, Anthea White and Mark Palmer, the creative core of acclaimed soul visionaries The Hipstones made a life-changing decision: They decided to leave home. Home in both senses of the word for an artist, geographically and aesthetically. Anthea and Mark had nurtured into existence one of Australia's finest and most critically acclaimed indie soul bands, but they were passionate about taking their music beyond borders and stylistic boundaries—they wanted to artistically challenge themselves. They had to leave home.

The Hipstones' latest, Wise Man, is the story of two accomplished musicians, who are also a couple, making a profound musical and personal adventure away from the allure of hometown success and the comforts of being near friends and family. It's an epiphanic and masterful album of abstract, futuristic, jazzy, hip-hop soul-pop album, brimming with introspective lyrics and poetic social commentary.

Wise Man was three years in the making and it's a breakthrough album in terms of artistic growth. It features the golden touch of iconic producer Justin Stanley (Chaka Khan, Jamie Lidell, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crowe, Nikka Costa, Beck and more), and stunningly beautiful conceptual artwork courtesy of New York buzz artist Shanti Grumbine.

"The album is a storyboard and it captures all the jubilation and heartache from our journey from Sydney to New York," Anthea reveals.

The Anthea and Mark known as The Hipstones, fronting various seven to nine piece lineups, have garnered accolades and awards internationally for a signature soul aesthetic music that draws inspiration from the James Brown tradition of stone funky grooves, the reflective nature of folk, the sweet concision of pop, and the expressive possibilities of all eras of jazz. Back home in Sydney, Australia, they've had their songs featured in primetime television shows; they've been the house band on a popular morning television program; they've performed twice at The Sydney Opera House; they've played numerous festivals; and they've earned regular rotation on local radio stations.

Outside of Australia they also achieved acclaim. In the U.S.A., The Hipstones were runners up for "Song Of The Year" in the prestigious Just Plain Folks Awards. The Hipstones shared a bill with soul icon Chaka Khan at Indonesia's Java Jazz Festival, playing in front of 100,000 festival attendees. USA Radio DJ George Graham of WVIA enthused their previous record was "a very appealing and distinctive recording that combines a kind of thread of 1960s-style soul with an intriguing mix of other ingredients, such as jazz harmonic complexity, and sometimes a kind of dreamy atmospheric texture. "


Trot Fox is a brand new, fresh five-tet out of New York/New Jersey, playing all of the best old and new soulful tunes - the ones you know and the ones you'll be glad you heard for the very first time.