Eric Roberson has spent more than two decades proving an independent artist can build a lasting career on songwriting alone. A GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer, he's released eighteen studio albums, most recently 2026's Beautifully All Over The Place, sold exclusively through his own website. His album Lessons showcased that range, with its lead single …

Patti Austin's career began the way few careers do: onstage at Harlem's Apollo Theater at age four, urged there by Dinah Washington herself. The daughter of jazz trombonist Gordon Austin, she was a teenage recording star by 1969, then one of New York's most in-demand session vocalists through the 1970s, heard behind Paul Simon, James …