Cafe 939 at Berklee

Diego Garcia
Although raised in an Argentinian family, Diego Garcia launched his songwriting career by reinterpreting the sounds of 1980s Brit-pop artists -- namely the Cure and the Smiths -- for an audience of 21st century New Yorkers....

Trails and Ways

Covey Clough
Since relocating to the United States in 2010, British singer-songwriter Covey Clough has managed to connect with listeners through his soul-bearing lyrics and a gravelly and raw voice. Having experimented with different genres such as folk, indie, and electronic, Clough has found a way to craft his own sound....

Star & Micey
According to Josh Cosby, frontman of Star & Micey, Star was (or perhaps still is) a homeless man in Memphis who sang a song to Cosby about his (Star's) fiancée, Micey. The Memphis-based group -- made up of Cosby, Nick Redmond, Geoff Smith, Jessie Munson, Jeremy Stanfill, and Adam Woodard -- makes winsome, feel-good, old-timey-tinged pop tunes that owe as much to sea shanty-spouting indie acts like the Decemberists as they do to straight-up bluegrass bands like Freakwater and Nickel Creek....

Amanda Mair
Swedish singer and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Mair's gorgeously airy melodies reveal an artist wise beyond her years. Raised on an island outside of Stockholm, Mair started singing at age four, soon picking up various instruments and by grade six drumming in a Hellacopters cover band, with things really clicking into place when she backed her singing with piano....