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Welsh-born Donna Lewis - musician, composer, vocalist and producer crashed onto the world music scene with her debut album "Now in a Minute." Her single, "I Love You, Always Forever," rocked the American music world breaking every existing record as the most played single of all time and made her a gold and platinum artist all over the world.
Donna is excited to join the 2007 Rumble panel ahead of the USA release of her new album, 'In the Pink' next April.
For more information: www.donnalewis.com
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Peter Aaron is the music editor of Chronogram magazine, a contributing writer to ROLL magazine, and a former music columnist of the Daily Freeman. His writing has also appeared in the Boston Herald, Jazz Improv, and other publications, as well as at All Music.com, All About Jazz.com, and otheronline journals. In the 1990s he was lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of New York band the Chrome Cranks, which released six albums, toured Europe and the US repeatedly, and was featured on MTV. In the '80s, he was the booking agent and promoter of several clubs in the Midwest, where he organized early concerts by Nirvana, White Zombie, the Flaming Lips, The Jayhawks, and many other groundbreaking acts. He has also worked as a producer and radio DJ. www.chronogram.com
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Elissa Jane Mastel
, empress of chillMedia NORTH, is no stranger to the
music scene. In '89 she began promoting unsigned bands on the internet using a UNIX account, such as Dinosaur Junior and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. With close to 20 years experience in promotions and publicity, she's had the pleasure of working with independent artists as well as mainstream ones including Wu Tang Clan, Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, Roger Sanchez, Todd Terry, Outkast, Allison Krause and Ruth Brown, just to name a few. Elissa Jane has refound her independent music roots since moving back upstate, working with WDST, Chronogram & Woodstock MusicWorks. For more information osend an email to empress@chillmedianorth.com or visit chillmedianorth.com
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Mark McKenna is the Studio Manager at Allaire Studios and also manages Bluhammock artist Swati. McKenna started his career as an engineer at Bearsville Studios, working with the Isley Bros (recorded ‘Between the Sheets’ which was recycled into the chart topping rap “Big Poppa” by the Notorious BIG), Simple Minds, Todd Rundgren and others before moving to A&M Studios in Hollywood where he recorded “The End of the Innocence” for Don Henley and worked with Aimee Mann, Toni Childs, Sting, Bruce Springsteen and U2 among others. When not on the road with Swati or at Allaire, McKenna splits his time between Saugerties and Harlem.Allaire Studios
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Frank McGinnis, Lead guitarist, vocalist and songwirter of Frankie and His Fingers started plunking out melodies on his grandfather's piano as early as age three. He liked it better when he didn't know the words to a song, so he could make them up himself.... .Frankie has played in numerous bands that actually rehearsed in garages. Frankie and his fingers
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