Since late 2010, The Wheel Workers’ crisp sound and intelligent lyrics have earned them growing recognition in Houston’s active indie rock scene. In early 2011, lead singer Steven Higginbotham composed and recorded their critically-acclaimed debut album, Unite. Andrew Dansby of the Houston Chronicle praised it as a “lush and radiant pop album.” Paul Viscontini of The Loop Scoop wrote: “The lyrics are full of 
‘everyman’ struggles of day-to-day life and love… Unite is a record that will demand an audience from a hungry Houston music scene."
Signing to ZenHill Records in late 2011 just before the national release of their debut album Unite, The Wheel Workers enjoyed substantial success, earning airplay on nearly 140 stations across the US and charting on several CMJ reporting stations. Following up quickly on their first release, the band is releasing a vinyl single in June 2012 featuring tracks that originally appeared on Unite, but were rerecorded and reimagined with the help of legendary Houston producer Dan Workman.
The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long greatest. Very few singers over the last fifty years have artistry. This eight-time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, performance.
Knight, known as the "Empress of Soul," a longtime Las Vegas resident, returned to the Strip this past year to the famed Tropicana Hotel for a special engagement that ran in the newly named Gladys Knight Theater, 
making her the first African- American performer to have a venue named after her in Las Vegas. Last fall she was honored with the "Legend Award" at the 2011 Soul Train Awards. This spring Knight will release her newest album featuring the hit "I Who Have Nothing."
Last fall saw Knight both honoring and being honored, first at a Michael Jackson tribute concert, and then at the 2011 Soul Train Awards. At the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Knight joined such performers as Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, and Smokey Robinson in a tribute to the legendary King of Pop in a concert event called "Michael Forever." Following that, Knight was honored with a "Legend Award" alongside fellow recipients Earth, Wind & Fire on the BET broadcast of the 3rd annual Soul Train Awards, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer.
A tireless humanitarian, Knight is an iconic supporter of the Boys & Girls Club of America. She just recently donated a Randy Jackson-produced song, "The Dream," to motivate youths to fulfill their dreams, raise awareness of the need for BGCA, as well as create a way to support the non-profit through iTunes purchases. In the song itself, the choir singing along with Knight was comprised of members of the Bronx-based Kips Bay BGC, the same one that superstar and BGCA national spokesperson Jennifer Lopez grew up in.
Last May, Knight – who is famously known for her Grammy-winning hit "Midnight Train to Georgia" – joined Amtrak to host the 4th annual National Train Day in Washington, DC's famed Union Station. As the national spokesperson, Knight helped commemorate the 142nd anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's inception with live entertainment, interactive and educational exhibits, kids' activities, model trains and tours.
A tireless performer who still wows audiences around the country and the world, Knight also finds the time to make forays into film and television. Knight appeared in the Tyler Perry film I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF, and in a cameo on the Emmy- winning NBC hit comedy "30 Rock."
Knight's film and television credits include the holiday-themed 
HOLIDAZE, her first animated project to which she also contributed a track, UNBEATABLE HAROLD, NBC's "Las Vegas," former CBS hit "JAG," HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE, and former FOX talent competitions "American Juniors" and "Duets." Knight has also appeared as a guest judge on FOX's smash hit "American Idol," and has performed in the show's always star-studded finale. Knight also enjoyed a critically-acclaimed four-year run performing nightly at the famed Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, which was hailed "the number-one show on the Strip" by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, in the early 2000s.