Overview
As part of The Greene Space’s Wanderlust Wednesdays series, live music producers and curators Rob Lewis and Ash Rodriguez host FREE ARTST MVMT, a new live music platform featuring stripped-down performances and in-depth conversations by some of today’s breakout independent artists and undiscovered talent from around the world, including Nick Cassarino, Matt Cusson, EduArdo Omondi, Mia Taylor, and Oh Alice.
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With a career that spans over 25 years, Rob Lewis is a premier name in the music industry for music direction and music show production, producing and arranging the music for world tours, television performances, and several GRAMMY Award-winning singles and albums with superstars like Christina Aguilera, New Kids On The Block, Babyface, Toni Braxton, and many more. Lewis’ production, songs, and arrangements have been featured on the GRAMMY’s, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, The Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic, Rockin’ New Years Eve, the People’s Choice Awards, television theme songs, gold and platinum singles, and in theaters and arenas across the globe.
His television experience includes VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live, a vocal coach and judge on MTV’s Making The Band, music supervisor for the daytime talk show STEVE, and music supervisor and on-camera music director for Nickelodeon’s America’s Most Musical Family.
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Ash Rodriguez is an accomplished singer, dancer, and creative producer. With over ten years in the entertainment industry, she has recorded and toured extensively as a featured vocalist and dancer for global superstars Lana Del Rey, John Legend, Robin Thicke, and more.
Rodriguez’s career is multifaceted, with appearances on the biggest music television shows like TRL, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and The Tonight Show. As a featured dancer with Lana Del Rey she has performed in front of audiences up to 100,000, headlining some of the biggest global music festivals including Lollapalooza, Montreux Jazz Festival, Osheaga, and Electric Picnic.
She has been featured on GRAMMY Award-nominated albums and international film soundtracks. Rodriguez serves as co-founder and creative producer of 19 in the 4th Creative Collective.
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Nicholas Cassarino was born in Vermont into a musical family. He started singing publicly at age 5 and at age 11 began playing guitar. Through the genres of punk rock, classic rock, and folk he began studying jazz.
In 2008 Nick moved from Burlington VT to New York City. There he joined a 10 piece hip-hop collective called Lifted Crew and toured with rap icons, Slick Rick the Ruler and Big Daddy Kane. He also worked extensively at gospel churches in the city and began furthering his solo career.
In 2013 he formed his current touring outfit The Nth Power with Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce) and Nate Edgar (John Browns Body). They have been touring nationally and internationally since 2014.
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Matt Cusson has been touring the world on his own and with many other artists for 15 years, and is fresh off one of the biggest years of his career. In 2019, Matt toured with Christina Aguilera, singing the acclaimed duet “Say Something” with her.
Matt also toured with India.Arie, opening with the inaugural winner of The Voice, Javier Colon, and singing in a trio with India and Javier during the shows. He also released two singles with nine-time Grammy Award Nominee, Dave Koz, and is currently producing and being featured on a song on Dave’s upcoming project.
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EduArdo Omondi is an Afro-Pop/R&B artist from Nairobi, Kenya. His rich tone and innovative style take root in Reggae, Soul and traditional African music. He aims to merge these genres in a more modern and original style, ranging from Pop/EDM to Afro- beat and everything in between. His music calls for an ever-expanding audience, free from prejudice and stigmas.
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, singer/songwriter Mia Taylor has developed an incredible and unique sound for herself. With a blend of Soca and R&B music, she has combined her Trini heritage with her Brooklyn vibe. From a young age, she has had a special kind of love for the arts, starting off her journey as a dancer. Her beloved grandfather, a popular steel pan player, poured his love for Soca music into her development, which influenced Mia to carry on her grandfather’s legacy within her music. In fact, it is her dream to create a supportive platform for the genre of music so that it can become more mainstream.
As Mia Taylor’s artistry grew, she found herself attending the world’s most prestigious music college, Berklee College of Music, as a Music Business and Songwriting major. Mia has had the privilege of competing in a songwriting competition for Soca icon, Kerwin du Bois. Following her win, she is now a chosen member of S.P.U.T, and continues to work with an incredible group of underground songwriters and artists.
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Oh Alice is a singer-songwriter and designer weaving fairytales with a voice that feels timeless and unravels in light, color, and memories. Fascinated with other people’s stories, she began playing the piano at a young age and discovered a love for singing which she pursued at Berklee College of Music.
Oh Alice can blend her velvety-vintage voice with fantasies and observations of the world into sounds that almost feel touchable. Music is a creative expression and escape from reality for Oh Alice, and she hopes to bring others comfort and a moment to pause with their emotions. The young artist finds inspiration from alternative contemporary artists such as SZA, Lana Del Rey, Mitski, and IU.
Her debut single Hurricane, a story about a toxic relationship that wreaks havoc on each, was released on all platforms on June 18th, 2021.