Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Allen Lethem is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. Wikipedia
His book Motherless Brooklyn was released as a major motion picture in November 2019. Watch Trailer
Joseph Craig English
Joseph Craig English is an American artist predominantly known for his silkscreen prints focusing on street and landscape scenery of and about places around the Greater Washington, DC area. He currently resides and works in the historic community of Washington Grove, Maryland.
John Prine
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John Prine
was an American country folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer since the early 1970s, and is known for an often humorous style of country music that has elements of protest and social commentary. His legacy is being noted in every corner of the globe. Evidenced by the hundreds of recording on Facebook and Youtube by musicians covering his songs almost daily since his passing from Covid-19 in April 2020.
Check out long time lead guitarist Jason Wilber
Check out John’s son, Tommy Prine, carrying on the legacy.
Lawrence
Lawrence the Band
They are brother and sister with an eight-piece band delivering soul-pop music with some hints of funk, R&B, and rock and roll.
Most of all they are young and having fun.
Latest release – Hotel TV
Funniest Video – It’s Not All About You
Clyde Lawrence and Gracie Lawrence have been writing songs and listening to countless Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, and Aretha Franklin records in the living room of their family’s New York City apartment since they were little kids. After years of playing together, they officially created Lawrence, an eight-piece soul-pop band comprised of musician friends from childhood and college. In June 2019, Lawrence became the first band to sign with Beautiful Mind Records, the label of Grammy-winning producer/song-writer/artist Jon Bellion. In the weeks following the signing, they released the Bellion-produced single “Casualty,” and embarked as support on Bellion’s Summer 2019 Glory Sound Prep Tour. The signing followed the release of Lawrence’s sophomore album, Living Room, in September of 2018. Co-produced by bandmates Jordan Cohen and Jonny Koh, Brooklyn-based producer Eli Crews, and Clyde and Gracie themselves, Living Room chronicles the trials and tribulations of growing up, including break-ups, make-ups, and a family loss. Living Room built sonically on the band’s first album, Breakfast (2016), which was produced by Grammy Award-winner Eric Krasno (Lettuce/Soulive). In addition to the band, Clyde has also amassed a considerable resume writing songs and score for films and television, while Gracie is an accomplished film, television, and theater actress. (Splitter.fm)
Jon Carroll
Jon Carroll
At age 18, Jon Carroll was a founding member of Starland Vocal Band, recording the #1 Pop hit “AFTERNOON DELIGHT”. (click to watch video)
The group went on to be nominated for 5 Grammy Awards, winning 2: for Best New Artist & Best Arrangement for Voices (One of Jon’s roles in the group).
Since then, he’s has not slowed down as a performer, composer, arranger, producer, songwriter and musician. His works have appeared in films, commercials and episodic dramas and comedies, and he is highly sought after studio session performer appearing on many recordings.
His songs have been covered by artists such as Linda Ronstadt (Her 80’s hit “Want Love? Get Closer!), Tom Jones and Kenny Rogers, and he’s the long-time keyboardist/vocalist band member with Mary Chapin Carpenter, with touring stints for countless others including Rodney Crowell, Dixie Chicks, Peter Wolf and Eric Lindell.
“Jon Carroll is a one man band, a poet, a songwriter, a singer of every kind of song and above all, a musician’s musician…and I can also attest to his being a not-to-be-missed performer.”
~Mary Chapin Carpenter
Andreas Nottebohm
Andreas Nottebohm
Andreas Nottebohm, born on October 13, 1944, in Eisenach, Germany, is a German-American artist and pioneer known for his groundbreaking work in metal painting. His career is defined by an innovative approach that combines polished metal surfaces, light, and color to create artworks that challenge traditional perceptions of depth and space. Nottebohm’s artistic journey began at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied under the surrealist painter Mac Zimmermann. He then deepened his knowledge of etching with Johnny Friedlaender in Paris and studied lithography in Salzburg, Austria. During this time, he began using metal as a medium and discovered the unique reflective and transformative properties of the material.
In 1978, Nottebohm held his first exhibition in the United States, where his work was highly praised by critics. This led him to settle in the San Francisco Bay Area, which remains his creative home to this day. A significant milestone in his career occurred in 1981 when NASA commissioned him to create official paintings for the first Space Shuttle mission of the Columbia. This collaboration established him as a visionary artist, seamlessly blending themes of science, technology, and the cosmos with his unique artistic techniques. Nottebohm is particularly renowned for using polished aluminum and other metals as his canvases. His process involves polishing, etching, and painting metal surfaces to create dynamic works that interact with light and change depending on the viewer’s perspective. His art evokes a sense of cosmic wonder and is often compared to the Op Art and visionary art movements.
Nottebohm’s works are featured in prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the Kennedy Space Center, the Crocker Art Museum, the Nevada Museum of Art, and the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro. Over the course of his career, he has presented more than 100 solo exhibitions across Europe and the United States. In 2011, the University of Arizona honored him with a major retrospective that highlighted his innovative contributions to contemporary art. In recent years, he has collaborated with musician Pete Sears on a decade-long project that combines his metal artworks with experimental music, expanding the sensory dimensions of his art.
Nottebohm’s ability to transform metal into dynamic, light-reactive artworks has redefined the possibilities of this medium. His works bridge the gap between art and science, inspiring viewers to explore the interplay of light, space, and imagination. With a career spanning decades, Andreas Nottebohm has established himself as a true visionary, leaving a lasting impact on the art world.
He has had over 150 one-man shows. His paintings have been shown in galleries and museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian Museum and the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, Ca. Over the years the value of his artwork in one-of-a-kind original format has steadily increased. Crocker Museum curator observed that Nottebohm “teases the eye and challenges the mind.”
Active galleries: Laura Rathe Fine Art Modernism
Museum Show – University of Arizona
Vis it website for Limited Edition Prints on Metal and Silkscreens on museum quality paper.
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