Rants Raves 'N Rock  

Dayna Steele - Author of 'Rock to the Top: What I Learned about Success from the World's Greatest Rock Stars' & CEO of Steele Media Services. Award Winning Rock Radio Personality, for almost two decades, Dayna Steele ruled the airwaves as Houston’s “First Lady of Radio.” Her latest endeavors include: Smart Girls Rock, a line of t-shorts and products that encourage girls to make ‘smart the new cool’, and Operation National Anthem, a series of free videos of soldiers serving in Iraq offered to venues throughout the country to play prior to the singing of our national anthem, and for which Reader’s Digest named Steele one of the “35 People Who Inspire U”’ in their Best of America May 2008 issue.

Lisa Cee – Leading Lady & Singer of Beast of Honey, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Musical Theatre with the major emphasis in Voice. She believes that soul is the core of music.  She has been compared to the Great Janis Joplin, and the sultry Lydia Pense, Lisa’s live show is not to be missed - energy, passion, soul, a true entertainer in every sense of the word. Lisa Cee has played with some of the greats... the likes of The Mama's Boys, JJ Bad Boy Jones, Miss Mickey Champion, Kirk "Eli" Fletcher, Max Bangwell, James Harman, Paul Oscher, RJ Misho, Karen Lawrence, Fran McDonald, Ron Battle, Peter Malick, Jeff Turmes, Jeff Ross, Robert Lucas, Paul DeLay, and many others. She has also opened for some of the greats including Kid Ramos, John Lee Hooker Jr., Canned Heat, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Tinsley Ellis, Mama's Boys, Miss Mickey Champion, and others.

Deb Callahan - Philadelphia’s blues and soul drenched vocalist and songwriter, Deb Callahan has been a fixture on the mid-Atlantic music scene since the late 90’s,  and has a reputation for writing creative blues, soul and roots influenced original music and using her powerful, emotionally expressive voice and engaging stage presence to deliver a unique, high energy live show. She has recorded 3 albums - If the Blues Had Wings, The Blue Pearl, and Grace & Grit was released in September of 2008. Deb Callahan and her band are part of the national blues scene with performances at festivals on both sides of the country. She has shared the stage with Buddy Guy, Billy Preston, James Cotton, Shemekia Copeland, Hubert Sumlin, Debbie Davies, Savoy Brown, Big Jack Johnson, Sean Costello, The Holmes Brothers, Phil Guy, Deanna Bogart, Ann Rabson, Nick Curran, Southside Johnny, Floyd Lee, NRBQ, Joe Bonamassa, Guitar Shorty, Little Ed and The Imperials, Bob Margolin, Paul Cebar, Tommy Castro, Anthony Gomes, Johnny Lee Hooker Junior, Sister Monica Parker. Marcia Ball, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Duke Robillard, Eric Lindell and more.

Nicole Hart - Nicole Hart was the featured female performer of Florida’s “Springing the Blues”, one of Downbeat Magazine’s “Top 50 Blues Fests in the World”; the featured female headline act for Laconia, NH’s Big Three Motorcycle Week; and performed many other prominent festivals including the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival.  Her independent CD release, “Nicole Hart & The NRG Band Live” receives airplay worldwide on hundreds of radio stations. Since coming to the attention of Executive Producer Joseph Morabia, she has just completed mastering her first national studio release for Blues Leaf Records (Albert Castiglia, Janiva Magness) featuring a duet with 2008 Blues Music Award Nominee & label mate, Albert Castiglia.  Produced by Grammy award winner, Jack Kreisberg (Paquito D’Rivera, Elvin Jones), mixed and mastered by Grammy award winning engineer, Ben Elliott (Eric Clapton, Keith Richards), her new CD, “TREASURE” is scheduled for North American release in April of 2009.

Emily Jaye - With a bass guitar in hand, singer-songwriter Emily Jaye takes a lead position fronting a powerful four piece band. Her sound is distinct vocally and lyrically - expressing her belief that “confidence is the sexiest thing you can wear.”  Emily moved to Los Angeles from Colorado to pursue a career in music. She put herself through school, graduating from USC with a business degree in music. She started playing around Los Angeles, singing her own material. Emily landed an ad campaign in 2008 with Fruit of the Loom's subsidiary company "Vassarette.”  She modeled the company's new product line, sang the campaign’s theme song "Are You Ready” and secured a Gibson bass guitar endorsement. She also did a live performance of the song on The Style Network's new reality show, Running In Heels. Emily is currently working in the studio on a solo CD with producer/guitarist Eric Fraley.

Kathleen Lawton has hosted "Crazy 'Bout the Blues" on KCSM-FM (91.1 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area) since 1988.