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Guest Occupation: Singer/Songwriter
Guest Biography:

Piper Hays is an Americana-soul singer/songwriter from Los Angeles.

She began her musical journey overseas while on various adventures through Africa and Europe.  Piper realized the traditional path was not for her, so she packed a backpack and her guitar and started playing on the streets of Spain, Germany, and England to survive while so far away from home.

Her music can be described as soulful Americana music, but Piper herself refers to it as “Astro-Soul” which is a mix of all her various influences including Billie Holiday & Norah Jones to Lead Belly & Led Zeppelin, Shakey Graves and Florence and the Machine and many more.

Her producer Matt Ross-Spang explains that “Piper’s music has moments of cool darkness with a real grown-up groove”. During the pandemic, Piper redirected her path from helping others through music to working directly with people struggling with mental health and substance use disorders which she has been doing for the past 4 years. She is excited to dedicate more time to music and continue helping people wherever she can.

More About Piper Hays at; Instagram: @piperhays www.instagram.com/piperhays/

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter
Guest Biography:

Anika Paris is an award-winning singer/songwriter for theater, television and film. Her poems have appeared in Poetic Voices without Borders II, The Mom Egg, Extreme, Ghost Anthology, Whirlybird Anthology of Kansas City Writers and is a co-author of the book Woven Voices: Three Generations of
Puertorriquena Poets Look at Their American Lives (Scapegoat Press) which was nominated for the International Latin Poetry Award. Most recently, her poetry has been chosen to be on NASA’s Codex Polaris rocket mission to the moon in Nov 2024! Anika’s written two music educational books (Hal Leonard) and teaches at UCLA and the Grammy.

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Literature, Entertainment, Games & Hobbies, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film, Variety
Guest Occupation: Author, Poet
Guest Biography:

Florence Weinberger is the author of six published collections of poetry, most recently These Days of Simple Mooring, winner of the Blue Light Book Award.

Six times nominated for a Pushcart, her poetry has appeared in literary magazines, including Nimrod, Poetry East, Rattle, Baltimore Review, Calyx, The River Styx, December, North American Review, The Los Angeles Review, Shenandoah and numerous anthologies.

Guest Category: Arts, Literature, Entertainment, Games & Hobbies, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film, Variety
Guest Biography:

Lee Rossi is a winner of the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize. He is the author of five poetry books Say Anything (Plain view Press) Darwin’s Garden (Moon Tide Press, 2019), Wheelchair Samurai (Plainview Press, 2011), Ghost Diary (Terrapin Press, 2003) and Beyond Rescue (Bombshelter Press, 1992.

Individual poems have appeared in The Southwest Review, Rattle, Spillway, The Chiron Review,
The Southern Review and many other venues. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and a Contributing Editor to Poetry Flash.

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Literature, Entertainment, Philosophy, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Poet, Award-Winning Author, Founding Publisher, Editor,
Guest Biography:

Gloria Vando’s is the author of three poetry books, Promesas: Geography of the Impossible, Shadows and Supposes (Arte De Publico) and Woven Voices (Scapegoat Press) and has won numerous awards, including the Poetry Society of America’s di Castagnola Award, Latino Literary Hall of Fames: Best Poetry Book of the Year, and others. She’s founding publisher/editor of Helicon Nine, which received the Kansas Governor’s Arts Award, is a contributing editor to the North American Review, and serves on the boards of the Venice Arts Council and Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles.

Guest Category: Arts, Literature, Visual Arts, Entertainment, Games & Hobbies, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: American Singer, Dancer, Actress, Songwriter
Guest Biography:

Chloe Lowery is an American singer/dancer/actress/songwriter born in Largo, Florida. By the age of nine she was performing professionally at corporate events and by age 12 she was signed to RCA Records. She was featured on two movie soundtracks during that time, “Boys and Girls” and “Joe Somebody.”

While honing her crafts at prestigious music and acting schools in Boston and New York City, she toured with Big Brother and the Holding Company filling Janis Joplin’s shoes. Chloe simultaneously worked closely with world-renowned producer, Ric Wake that led to her collaboration with Yanni. Chloe lent her vocals and songwriting talents to the 2009 Yanni Voices Project produced by the Disney Pearl Imprint. She was featured on PBS as a featured artist in “Yanni Voices Live from Acapulco.”

Her most successful performance/release, Change, quickly became a fan favorite. After US and Mexico Tours with Yanni, she was signed to Disney/Hollywood Records as a solo artist. Chloe has since been featured on Yanni’s 2013,2014, and 2016 releases: Truth of Touch, Inspirato, and Sensuous Chill as vocalist and songwriter.

In the spring of 2010, Chloe joined multi-platinum selling rock band, Trans-Siberian Orchestra performing as Theresa on their Beethoven’s Last Night Tours.  Lowery joined their annual winter tour in 2011 to rave reviews for her renditions of For the Sake of our Brother (Oh Come all Ye Faithful), Prince of Peace, and Music Box Blues. Chloe continues to work with TSO on stage and in the studio.
Lowery has since had the privilege to tour with Chris Botti, perform with the New York City Ballet as a featured vocalist, and contribute her songwriting talents for artists like Everclear, among other accomplishments.

In 2018, Lowery made her Broadway Debut in Rocktopia leading the show with the likes of Pat Monahan (Train), Dee Snider (Twister Sister), and Robin Zander (Cheap Trick). She continued to tour the project and be part of their acclaimed PBS special.

Other recent credits include; Trans Siberian Orchestra Live at Wacken and Winter Tours, featured vocalist on Joel Hoekstra’s 13 Album, featured artist on Phantasms “The Deviant Hearts” Album, lead vocalist in The Rock Tenor, Broadway Rox, The Music of Queen, CHAMELEON, Forbidden Saints and Friends @ Nokia L.A Live and many more.

In 2019, Lowery released her critically acclaimed debut solo album, “The In-Between,” which she self-penned and produced from her Brooklyn Apartment.  The album touches on the emotional phases one goes through when facing monumental change.  It explores the highs and lows of heartbreak ending with the emotional “Don’t Let Yourself Down,” which touches on the root of self-discovery and acceptance.  Not only did she record a full-length album that seamlessly flows as one storyline, but she also created music videos as a visual background to every song and interlude on the record furthermore depicting the full emotional ark of the album.

Currently Chloe is working on her long-awaited solo follow up, touring the symphony world in shows like “Bond and more” and “Broadway Rocks,”as well as working on several other upcoming projects most noteworthy; Rock Me Amadeus.  Chloe is actively a regular anthem singer for MLB team “The Mets,” and has performed for their hall of fame ceremonies and subway series.

In 2020, Chloe established her Vocal Production company, Vocals By Chloe Lowery.  The company caters to voice lessons, vocal coaching, castings, directing, recordings, masterclasses, and production.  She has extended her knowledge to over 100 students and has been the casting direction and creative consultant for shows such as; Avalona and Emergence.  She also served as an associate director for “Hits” The Musical in 2023.

Chloe released her follow up single, “Girls Like Me” on Decemeber 8th, 2023 to rave reviews, and, “Get Through the Night in February of 2024. 

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Music Producer, Composer, Keyboardist
Guest Biography:

Robert Kinkel is a music producer, composer and keyboardist best known for his role as a co-creator/co-producer/co-composer and musical director of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

He co-wrote TSO’s 2 hit multi-platinum selling songs “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)”, and “Wizards in Winter” resulting in sales close to ten million.

In the past 30 years, Bob has worked with artists such as Five for Fighting, The Who, Aerosmith and Genesis, as well as creating and being the voice on the infamous jingle for Hefty (“Hefty Wimpy”).

He was educated at Columbia University & Hamilton College, and has received honors and awards from Williamsville Education Foundation and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Education, Entertainment, Music, Society and Culture, Pop Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Expert Astrologer, Metaphysician, Medium & Psychic
Guest Biography:

Sloan Bella was born with Psychic-Mediumship abilities, she is a technically trained Astrologer and a modern day “Metaphysician” who also happens to be the mother of 2 boys and GiGi to 2 lovely girls. A published author, psychic to the stars in Los Angeles and beyond, a beloved TV Personality, and a YouTube star who has been working professionally as a psychic, medium and astrologer for 38 years, Sloan is set to release her first astrology book and astrology classes in 2024.

Adopted into a respected, business-minded family as a toddler allowed her temporary stability while exploring the paranormal world that was exploding into her existence. By the age of 4 Sloan began to articulate nightly visits by otherworldly beings and the spirits of people who had crossed over. This was how she began to develop her ability to be a conduit between the other side and those still living her on the earth.

Sloan began her career as a psychic, medium and astrologer on the streets of Toronto, Canada, working with missing and exploited children.  By the age of seventeen, she was established as a professional Psychic-Medium, while deeply entrenched on the street, reading for everyone from Gregory Hines to Don Adams along with a large clientele which still included street kids and run-away teenagers, along with teachers, musicians, businessmen, actors, strippers, Congressmen, housewives, athletes and anyone who needed help. Sloan’s abilities at one point were even sought after by the head of a major crime family. To this day Sloan is still reading people from every walk of life, and for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame “Guitar Gods” who have relied on her medical intuitiveness along with guidance in every area of their lives over the years.

Sloan offers personal psychic, medium or astrology readings, personal astrology chart readings, specialized readings in love, career, finances, energy healing work, as well as crystals, candles and other healing and spiritually-oriented self-care products on her website.

Guest Category: Business, Earth & Space, Cosmology, Cosmogony, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Society and Culture, Spiritual