Congratulations to the 2025 Indie Music Hall of Fame Inductees
Matt B
Orjan Englund
Stone Horse
Bee Uyen Phuong
Tania Stavreva
Duy Tran
MATT B
Matt B is an international singer/songwriter that hails from the Southside of
Chicago, Illinois. He first reached critical acclaim overseas when his two albums
‘LOVE & WAR’ and ‘DIVE’ simultaneously hit #1 on the iTunes R&B charts in
Japan in 2014 and 2016. He later went on to work with R&B legends and
GRAMMY® Award winning producers Bryan-Michael Cox and Tricky Stewart
on his 2021 US debut album, ‘EDEN’. The album went on to chart at #3 on the
iTunes R&B/Soul chart and hit the Top 40 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart
in the US. To date, 'EDEN' has accrued over 1 million streams globally.
In 2025, Matt B won a Grammy for "ALKEBULAN II" in the Best Global Music Album category.
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Orjan Englund
Orjan Englund is born and raised in Enkoping, Sweden about 43 miles northwest of capital Stockholm. He started playing the guitar by the age of eight years in the mid-50s.
Age 12 he had his first band " Orjans Quintet " and played mostly instrumental music like " Tico Tico, Guitar boogie etc.
Aged 15 he met Tommy Korberg at the S:t. Ilian High School in Enkoping.Korberg is today one of the most sucessful singers in Scandinavia with a international status. Orjan and Tommy started the pop group Maniacs, that was to be one of Sweden´s most succes pop groups with lots of TV shows and radio hits and where on tours with international stars like The Who, Spencer Davies/Stevie Winwood, Bluesbreakers, The Hollies and more.
In 1968 Orjan gets an invitation to Stockholm´s at the time hottest music club, Gyllene cirkel. to jam with Frank Zappa, wich starts greatly. But when Frank wants to change guitars with Orjan on stage it is a full break. " I´ll never lend anyone my white Fender Telecaster " Those words have chased Orjan through his full life.
During the 70s and 80s Orjan was one of the most hired studioguitarrist in Sweden. He played on more than hundred national albums.
Between 1977-1983 he made three solo albums before starting another career building a studio, start a record label, a publishing company and at the same time built one of Stockholm´s most popular music places. Along with Lennart Karlsson, one of Sweden´s most succesful club owners, Orjan started Lone Star Clubin the center of Stockholm.
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Stone Horse
Stone Horse is a Southern California based rock n roll outfit reminiscent of the 1970's era festival bands. Fronted by songstress Dani Spade a' la Joplin-Tyler, the live connection is what it's all about.
In the summer of 2009, La Jolla High Alumni, Dani Spade and Carlos Rodriguez put their musical heads together and wrote songs reminiscent of their early 70's British and American rock influences. A catchy, driving 10-song album entitled "GRIT" ensued and was nominated "Best Rock Album" in 2014 by The San Diego Music Awards. Their southern rocker ballad "Remember When" received a nomination for "Best Rock Song" in 2015 by The Indie Music Channel.
Not unlike the neighborhoods that make up their city, the band's second full-length studio release, "Nobody Rides For Free", became a musical melting pot blending Blues, Rock, and even a bit o' Country twang. However, doing what they do best at the end of the day, the result was good old rock 'n' roll. Their first single "Look What I've Done" was released as a music video in April 2016 and the album followed shortly in the fall.
Their next music video "Time To Say Goodbye" shot in the spring of 2017 and written by band member Jim Nau, won "Best Americana Song" by The Indie Music Channel Radio Awards, and was nominated "Best Americana video under $5000" at The 2018 Indie Music Channel Awards.
While their willingness to jam all night was making them a staple at the local bars, fairs and festivals around Southern California, the Spade/Rodriguez duo co-wrote songs with guitarist and producer Jim Nau for a new album entitled "Gotta Get Back" released in November 2018. Receiving a nomination for "Best Rock Album" of the year for 2018 by The San Diego Music Awards, "Gotta Get Back" delivers all those elements of what people define as rock 'n' roll...gospel, rock, country and blues.
With the exit of Rodriguez in the Spring of 2019, Stone Horse remained under the reins of Dani Spade and continued to broaden their sound after ramblin', timeless acts such as the Allman Brothers Band and The Stone Poneys, while still remaining unique to their own unformulaic brand of rock 'n' roll.
In the fall of 2020 work began on a new album which was released in April of 2021 entitled "Stone Horse IV". A video for the song "Losing My Way" was released in January 2021. Their 2nd video for "The Fastest Jack" was released in September 2021.
2022 brought in a year of change and growth and new members were brought in as the band continued to play live and set their sights on a new writing team.
Stone Horse spent 2023 playing live all over southern California and writing and recording their new CD
HIGH PLACES produced by Dusk Bennett which comes out in March of 2024.
https://www.indiemusicchannel.com/profile/StoneHorse
Bee Uyen Phuong
Bee Uyen Phuong is a pianist, and the founder of Bee Music School. She graduated Master in music at New England Conservatory, also received Bachelor of jazz performance at Berklee College of Music.
Ms. Bee has received many awards and made many television appearances, She played different types of music from classical to jazz and the thrilling possibility of improvisation.She has taught students of all ages and levels of advancement in colleges and her private student.
Bee was "Artist of the Year" at the 2021 Indie Music Channel Awards in Hollywood, CA.
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Tania Stavreva
Edgy, knockout, Tania Stavreva's got rhythm" says The Huffington Post about "World-class" (Classicalite News), "Hot, extraordinary, intoxicating, superb, incredible, evocative" (Performing Arts Review), "Spectacular" (The Times of Israel), "Bulgarian-born piano dynamo" (Time Out New York) and "Unique, virtuoso" (AXS) Tania Stavreva who "just might be able to reignite a bigger interest in classical music - especially with young people." (MainlyPiano.com)
Described by more music critics as "exceptional, entrancing, fun!" (Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet.com), "a fully formed and fearsomely talented pianist" (Steve Holtje, CultureCatch.com) and "bold, dynamic, magnificent" (Harris Goldsmith, NY Concert Review"), "Tania Stavreva "has taken solo piano to rare heights" (Classicalite News). She is "a unique pianist, combining genuine quality with a refreshing approach to programing." (Bachtrack.com UK), "a sensuous, dramatically aware keyboardist, fascinating to watch, in her finger work, as well as to hear." (John Osburn, Osburnt.com) and "one of a new breed of self-sufficient young classical musicians... hands of great skill and power, electric flair and colorful musicality" (Jon Sobel, BlogCritics.com). She is recognized as one of the most versatile young artists of her generation, renowned internationally for having “some of the most precise fingering of any of the twenty-something generation of pianists, bar none” (Mark Greenfest, SoundWordSight Arts Magazine), for her "fiery pianism" (The Arts Desk), "unique contemporary style" (AXS), "superior technical abilities", "unlimited virtuosity", "personal sensitivity difficult to find elsewhere", and "huge dynamic range" combined with "demanding and diversified programs”. Her "masterfully delivered" (San Francisco Chronicle) performance of the "White Lies for Lomax" (Winner of the 3rd Van Cliburn American Composers International Competition) by Mason Bates, released on Innova Recordings “is a stunning display of intricate blues playing and a highlight of the recording” (Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz CD Review), where Ms. Stavreva is among artists such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her "knockout of an album" (Blogcritics Magazine), and "a masterpiece, a stunning artistic achievement" (Enlightened Piano Radio) Rhythmic Movement released on January 7th, 2017 on Tania Stavreva Music LLC, reached immediately BILLBOARD Classical Top 10 (at #8) and it is the winner of 17 international music awards. Tania Stavreva has performed at top venues such as Carnegie Hall's main stage Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Grammy Museum Theater, Berlin Philharmonie in Berlin to name a few. She is very versatile and she has opened for Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls at Webster Hall (NY) and the Paradise Rock Club (Boston), performed body painted at Galapagos Art Space, collaborated with Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Will Calhoun (Living Colour), electronica artist Jon Ososki (Filter Label) and did her acting debut on off-off Broadway in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
https://www.indiemusicchannel.com/profile/TaniaStavreva
Duy Tran
Duy Tran is a music producer and composer. Born and raised in Vietnam, he began his music knowledge with the classical piano. His work ranges from studio, concert music in contemporary genres, to scoring for visual media. He is currently residing in Los Angeles.
Duy is the Music Director and Producer for the Grammy-winning soprano Sangeeta Kaur, for her PBS “Front and Center” debut. He is also co-producer of Sangeeta’s new-age, ambient vocal album Aurora, and Sangeeta Kaur in concert - Live at Grammy Museum (Los Angeles, CA), followed by Aurora - Live at Wonderspaces (Austin, TX). Sangeeta was 2020 Indie Music Channel "Artist of the Year"
In 2020, He joined the music team of the Apple TV docu-series Dear… (season 1), to create the original score. He was also involved in the music department of the Netflix film How to Become a Superhero, and Big Sis You’re Mine (Em Là Của Em).
In 2022, he embarked the role as music producer with Studio Hill Austin for the annual Trinh Cong Son concert series in Austin: Nang Khuya (2022), Con Tuoi Nao Cho Em (2023), Chiec La Thu Phai (2024). He was also the producer for A Legacy of Sounds (2024), a cultural connection concert aiming to promote Vietnamese music with the symphonic orchestra.
In addition, Duy Tran’s work with pianist BEE Uyen Phuong has garnered them an array of awards, including Best Instrumental Producer, Producer of the Year and Recording of the Year at the 2021 Indie Music Channel.
Besides his work in Los Angeles, he produced the Pop hit Ve Voi Em (Come with Me) for Vo Ha Tram, which garnered 21 million Youtube views. Other Pop hits that he produced include Vi Doa Hoa Bi Lang Quen (The Forgotten Flower) for Le Quyen (8.7 million Youtube views), Cu Tho Di (Just Breath) for Duc Phuc & Juky San (9 million Youtube views), and Mot Ngay Toi Quen Het (One Day If I Forget) for Cam Van & Cece Truong (3.2 million Youtube views).
Apart from his role as music producer, Duy is an arranger and orchestrator for Musique de Salon, a monthly concert series with Vietnamese most celebrated singers and orchestra, led by composer and music producer Đức Trí.
The U.S Consulate Saigon & Hanoi has offered Duy Tran to produce a concert segment for Sangeeta Kaur for their annual Anniversary of the Independence (Fourth of July celebration), due to Sangeeta’s achievement as the first Vietnamese-American to be awarded a Grammy. The concert is attended by Vietnamese and American government officials.
Duy Tran is also a Voting Member of the Recording Academy. He received his Bachelor of Music in Composition at Musicians Institute, and Master of Music in Screen Scoring at USC.
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