The Starside will be performing on June 25th, opening day of The World's Largest Music Festival Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI.
Teri Jendusa Nicolai will be on A & E's "I Survived" soon. Check back for the date
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Nashville comedian Rik Roberts captivates his audiences with clean stand-up comedy & music soaked in country wit. His dad is a tobacco farmer, his mother a former Greyhound employee. Its only natural he'd end up traveling the highways performing for crowds in smoky comedy clubs, variety of college campuses, and corporate shows!
The Sarasota Herald Tribune claims, “Rik can be best described as a hilarious combination of Don Knotts, Steve Martin & Ray Stevens”. The Evansville Courier Press says, "Rik is sharp, smooth ... you'll remember him when you see his name on a sitcom. Bank on it." The Bloomington Music News says, “His versatile style along with his ability to ad-lib or tailor his shows to his audience are proof to the wit that exists within his twisted, southern mind. He kept the crowd involved and laughing during his entire performance, and, if you ask me, was a hard act to follow”.
MooNiE is a cirque style clown with over 4500 shows to his credit! Working improvisationally and without words, he tailors each show to the needs of each audience and you never know what might happen next. He recently was invited to Cirque Du Soleil in Montreal to help workshop one of their upcoming productions. His unique one man show has delighted scores of fans around the country and the world in theaters, renaissance festivals, corporate events, colleges (Illinois State, Northern Illinois, Univ. of Nebraska, Cal State-Stanislaus, South Dakota State, College of Dupage, among many others) and on ABC, Fox, WGN and Comedy Central Television. He is perfect for audiences of any age so book him now for your family weekend, winter carnival or workshop.
Like most comics J.T. started at talent night while attending Southern IL University. Soon he was asked to be the house emcee at a local comedy club. It was there is clean humor and old school flavor mixed in with some new school; won over audiences and comedians alike. After graduating J.T. moved home to the Chicago area and quckly began featuring and many top clubs. Never having looked back he continues to be a rising star. You may have caught J.T. at some of these clubs:
• Zanies-IL
• Comedy Caravan-KY
• Comedy off Broadway-KY
• Stardome-AL
• Comedy Catch-TN
• Crackers-IN
•Juke Box-IL
Like most things, it started in spring, when the world is an ice cream social. Pat—the guy in the grandpa hat— was tired of flying solo. And Katie—with her hot and blue guitar—had some songs that were still half finished. They’d seen each other around their little Ohio town, and they’d played the same stages, but they always seemed to be walking in opposite directions. Then, one day, Katie— with her hot and blue eyes—made contact with Pat-- as he walked right beside her-- and you can guess the rest. Here comes Pat, stage right. He’s more the quiet type, but be warned, your lead guitar man’s a drummer at heart. And there’s Katie, stage left, the spunky acoustic Canadian. She’s got charisma coming out of her leg warmers, and yes, her sweet coos are reminding you of Jenny Lewis and Juliana Hatfield. It’s sweet-hearted folk-pop, but it’s razor sharp, sister! Toss in Pat’s tender gusto de la Sufjan, and you’ve got quite the wicked pair—cuddly and burly, sunny and moody, Batman and Robin Hood! If you’d like to make those Mates of State comparisons, go right ahead. But hang around a while and you’ll want to get hitched, too. This is Katie & Pat.
During the cold harsh winter of Wisconsin in 2004, beaten with a baseball bat by her ex-husband, placed in a garbage can only to be placed on the flatbed of his pick up truck with their two little girls sitting in the front seat, he drove off. Teri was then placed in a storage locker left for dead; Teri Jendusa Nicolai survived to tell her story. The ABC network placed her story on 20/20, newspapers told the horrific story of domestic abuse and attempted murder, national talk shows are helping to get the word out on this tragedy. Teri lost all her toes due to frostbite and lost her unborn baby with her second husband from her injuries. She has somehow dug down deep and is now out speaking to law enforcement agencies, middle schools, high schools, colleges and shelters. Teri will share her experience and will tell the tall signs of domestic abuse only to hope she can save someone else from this tragedy.
Due to copyright laws, we cannot have Teri's video on this site, but please email stacey@mixcom.com to get one mailed to you.
To order a DVD of Teri on ABC news program 20/20
Nicholas barron is a Chicago Singer-Songwriter who is steeped heavily in The Blues, Folk and Soul traditions of the city.He has one of the most recognizable and unique Voices you will ever hear. He is often compared to Modern singer songwriters like Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson, but if you listen a little more deeply, you'll hear Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, Howlin' Wolf and Al Green to name a few. His songwriting is both highly therapeutic and original but also influenced by both the Beat writers of the 50's and 60's, Hip hop artists from Public enemy to Eminem and the great Folk songwriters from Dylan to Leonard cohen, whose emphasis is on Story and Poetic language. He started as a street musician over 20 years ago and worked his way into playing in every space conceivable, often playing 7 night's a week and Sometimes 2 or 3 gigs a day. He also founded CASA (Coalition for the advancedment of street art) to fight the city when they were trying to ban it and he and his fellow buskers won! He is a well known Commercial singer, a Painter (like his father William Barron), but mostly makes his living playing as a true one man band; employing his powerful Acoustic guitar playing and bold and passionate singing. He has over 8 CD's of original music under his own name and recently opened for Al Green, BB King, Maceo parker and others. In 2007, James Taylor introduced him as the launch artist for The New York Times emerging artist's series at Joes Pub in NYC, and called him "Undeniable"! He then signed with Candyrat records (Candyrat.com) and in May 2007, released his first Solo CD called "as I am". In September of 2008, Candyrat records released Live in Transient sound" and a retrospective CD Called "Nicholas Barron; The Swimmer Years".
Guinness book of World Records as the largest living athlete in the world. Recognized worldwide as “International Sumo’s Greatest Ambassador”, Yarbrough is the former amateur world champion in Sumo Wrestling. Certified as 4th Dan/Yodan by Nihon Sumo Renmei in 1996. A World Champion in the Open Division 1995. Emanuel started his Sumo career in 1992 after a successful Judo career and having achieved IKKYU.International fame gave him the opportunities being an actor in many major movies (Hart to Hart, HBO OZ, The Wrestler), worldwide television appearances (Jay Leno, 20/20, CNN), radio talk-show host, commercials, speaking engagements at Colleges, Universities, corporate events and celebrity appearances around the world. Emanuel is a board member of the Sumo Kids Foundation in NY. His newest endeavor is Obesity and the struggle of food addiction.
The Starside is an Alternative Rock outfit from Chicago, IL. Formed in 2007, the project is the brainchild of Ry Herma and Will Schnabel, two musicians who have been in different projects together since 2004. Since that time, they have been honing their professional and musical partnership as well as their ideas about rock music and songwriting.
The Starside is the much-anticipated culmination of this working relationship and musical direction. The first full-length album from Ry and Will as The Starside will be released in summer 2009.
"Nice changes and subtleties..." - Wally Palmar, Singer/Songwriter, THE ROMANTICS
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