Christopher Williams, a Virginia native, surfaced during the tail-end of the '80s, around the middle of the new jack swing era. His talents were not limited to those of a singer, but also an arranger, producer, and actor. "Talk to Myself" and "Promises, Promises," a pair of Billboard Top Ten R&B singles made with Timmy Gatling and Alton Wokie Stewart, marked his arrival. Those hits[...]
Fat V comes from a musical family where the first concert with music was as a violinist at age 6, after school at Vanja occurs love of percussion, which he started playing as a ten year old. Experimenting with different musical genres over the years after, leading him to electronic music, and in early 2000 he founded the first Bosnian electronic live act "Kazoo". As lead singer and [...]
Carolyn Griffey is an American female soul vocalist, and member of the soul funk group Shalamar. She is the daughter of Carrie Lucas and Solar Records boss Dick Griffey, who worked with Don Cornelius in the television program, Soul Train. Griffey grew up around The Whispers, Shalamar, Midnight Star, Dynasty, Michael Jackson, Marvin [...]
Zonum's beginnings in the mid-80s were as a radio sound technician, radio announcer, resident DJ in theaters until 1990, In the 90s he began his career as a music producer, collaborating in productions with artists, at the national level, founder and member of several groups of electronic music, combining it with live performances. In 2005 Zonum created with his colleague and friend Xavi V, the [...]
Khadeeja Grace is a producer and songwriter with musical influences from past generations. Khadeeja Grace speaks fondly of growing up listening to [...]
Gabriel Alexander was born in the town of Maywood, IL, with his exposure to music coming early at the age of 8. A motivated businessman with varied work experiences, he is known by his friends, family, and associates as trusting, caring, and dedicated. In the arts, his abilities as a singer, songwriter, and producer have shown through his lyrical and beat-making creativity, with his work labeled[...]
Glitterbox Radio Show 161: The House Of Steve "Silk" Hurley glitterboxibiza · Glitterbox Radio Show 161: The House Of Steve "Silk" Hurley This week, Steve “Silk” Hurley of S&S Records Inc. is featured on the Glitterbox Radio show in the UK with Melvo Baptiste. This pioneering house music producer, songwriter, and four-time GRAMMY® nominee takes you on a journey into some of his [...]
Steve "Silk" Hurley of S&S Chicago team up with the City of Chicago to help support the arts There is not one facet of the arts that does not touch and change the quality of our daily lives, now more than ever as we “#stayhome and #savelives” to crush the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Whether we’re listening to music and dancing it out or meditating, reading a book and [...]
Steve "Silk" Hurley's Top 30 House Remixes Steve “Silk” Hurley of S&S Records Inc. (Chicago) is a GRAMMY® Nominated DJ, Producer, Songwriter, Artist and Remixer, but today we wanted to focus on the hundreds of House Remixes he has produced. Certainly everyone has their favorites, and we would love to continue to hear what yours are, but we thought it would be nice to get a top 30 [...]
Shannon "DJ Skip" Syas & Steve "Silk" Hurley of S&S Chicago will be Moderating The Keynote Speech for Dave Pensado and Executive Producer Herb Trawick Overview: IMSTA announces GRAMMY-winning mix engineer Dave Pensado and Executive Producer Herb Trawick to deliver the Keynote Speech IMSTA FESTA CHICAGO on Saturday July 21, 2018. Pensado is acknowledged as one of the leading online [...]