Worship Artist XAVIER JOLLIFF has inked a management agreement with The Management Agency (TMA). Xavier Jolliff is an American Contemporary Christian singer, songwriter and musician. As a teenager Xavier began writing lyrics and singing to family and friends. He became a member of the AARC Mass Choir in 2005 and recorded Gospel Music chart topper “I’ve Got a Testimony” which stayed at the top of the charts for weeks and won multiple awards. His love for music transcends genres. At an early age he was able to play with Hip-Hop and R&B sensations Destiny’s Child, R. Kelly, Chico DeBarge, Do or Die, Flavor Flav, Bobby Brown and Al B. Sure. After becoming a Ravinia Jazz Scholar he has played alongside jazz greats Ramsey Lewis, Willie Pickens, Charlie O’Neil, Ernie Adams and Rubin Alvarez. After leaving the University of Minnesota where he successfully worked with the university’s Gospel choir to much acclaim, Xavier returned to his hometown of Chicago and took a job teaching Gospel Choir at his alma mater, Gordon S. Hubbard High School. From there, he went on to teach at Hyde Park High School, earning his first major award for Best High School Choir. In March 2018 Xavier   Read more…

Instrumental rock guitarist Mike Dekleva releases his second four song instrumental rock music EP, “Psychedelia,” on Friday, November 9, 2018. “Psychedelia” follows in the footsteps of Dekleva’s critically acclaimed and award-winning 2015 debut instrumental rock EP, “Synergy.” Like “Synergy,” Dekleva’s new EP “Psychedelia” is a collection of four new original instrumental rock songs and was recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, and in Dekleva’s home recording studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “Psychedelia” was co-produced by Dekleva and Nashville session guitarist Robbie Calvo, and features performances by Dekleva (lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars), Robbie Calvo (rhythm guitars), Jason Webb (piano and keyboards), Amanda McCoy (bass guitar) and Grady Saxman (drums and percussion). “Psychedelia” was mixed by Casey Barker at Paragon Recording Studios, and mastered by John Mayfield at Mayfield Mastering, in Nashville Tennessee. Dekleva’s guitar playing has drawn favorable comparisons to the playing of renowned guitarists Steve Lukather, Neal Schon, Dan Huff, and Eric Clapton. His music features strong vocal-like guitar melodies and pop-style musical arrangements, but also incorporates elements of classic hard rock music from the ’70’s and ’80’s. Dekleva’s music has been described as having an abundance of “melody, timbre, tone and all-round class,” that should appeal   Read more…