Ágora was founded in March 2019 by: Beba Rivera, a communications and production manager, and Elsa Mosquera-Sterenberg, a bridge-building cultural jedi, Beba and Elsa joined forces to accelerate the creative ways in which Latinx culture can be seen and enjoyed. Together, they have assembled a dynamic team of rebels and insurgents that enjoy creative challenges.
Singer/songwriter Jim Healey is the guitarist and vocalist for Blood Lightning, Set Fire, We're All Gonna Die, Black Thai, and Shatner. Jim’s solo efforts are filled with emotionally weighted hooks, pleasing guitars, and soaring vocals. Good old fashioned Americana with a hint of grunge and classic rock’n’roll. https://jimhealey.net/ (Photo Credit James Jay Fortin)
In the late 1990s Cameron Keiber formed and co-fronted Boston indie noise pop outfit The Beatings. The band released six albums. The Beatings toured the US for years opening for the likes of The National, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mclusky and other notables.
One of the busiest, most visible members of Boston’s thriving DIY music scene, singer-songwriter Matt Charette plays his own brand of hard-hitting, punk-laced Americana. “Or,” as Charette put it recently, “whatever reformed-punk version of bastardized Americana I’ve come up with.https://matt-charette.bandcamp.com/
Most soul artists can caress listeners with a song, but how many can say their music reaches out and asks for a caress in return? Jill McCracken knows comfort goes both ways, and she’d like her share of the love, please and thank you. As one of Boston’s leading singer-songwriters, McCracken paints with strokes of...
Andrew O’Keeffe is the singer/songwriter for The Old North, a lively New Americana band that blends the traditional folk genre with jazz, bluegrass, and blues. Based in Boston, the band's style fits in with similar sounding artists like Ray Lamontagne, Tyler Childers, and Shakey Graves. The Old North currently have several releases available for streaming...
Aaron Perrino is the songwriter and singer for The Sheila Divine and a new project called Aaron & the Lord. He has a fervent following in three B’s of Boston, Buffalo, and Belgium. He is hoping to conquer Scotland, Santa Fe, and Scranton someday.