HALL OF FAME ARTIST Andy Shearer is a Singer/Songwriter from North Yorkshire, who writes, records and produces his own music. His main instruments are guitars, bass, piano, mandolin, bouzouki and keyboards. He began writing songs and instrumentals over 50 years ago and his influences are many and varied.

Sometimes Julie, one of San Diego’s most engaging and original rock bands, emerged from a chance collaboration between singer-songwriters Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker in 2012. Walker, former guitarist for Chicago’s Greeley, is a multi-instrumentalist who reveals his rock and roll genius as he defines Sometimes Julie’s unique sound. Sorenson paints the pictures, finds the words, tells the stories, and delivers the melodies with her powerful vocals. Walker is the theory, the rhythm, the science, the skill, and Sorenson is the front woman who is all heart and art. The duo’s first collaboration gave birth to their award-winning 2014 debut CD, HEAD FIRST, the title track of which generated substantial buzz, getting spins on both terrestrial and internet radio, and won an Akademia Music Award for best Americana music video. As implied, this album is all about being impulsive, taking risks, and doing what you love.

HALL OF FAME ARTIST Chris Maragoth is a same-titled musical project based out of Germany. After several other projects, Chris Maragoth was founded in February 2017 to pursue his own musical endeavors. ​Being a guitarist primarily, Chris writes, arranges and records instrumental and vocal parts on his own. Occasionally Chris collaborates with other musicians, but mostly friends and former band mates. ​The musical style is a fluent transition between several genres of rock and metal music, but can be mostly described as modern rock and melodic metal.

HALL OF FAME ARTIST Ravenheart(GB) are a unique and powerful band fusing hard rock/metal to produce music which is a darkly gothic and melodious mix, influenced by metal, rock, sci fi, fantasy, horror and the dystopian times we live in. Their sound is built on a solid dynamic and aggressive rhythm section, precise and melodic rhythm guitars add to the grandeur, the soaring and evocative lead guitars increase the intensity and the vocals top it off with a spooky sense of pending danger.