Wyclef Jean News

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has partnered with Arketek Publishing to sign a worldwide publishing deal with rising singer-songwriter Saint Bodhi.

Black Violin brings their 2019 http://blackviolin.net/shows/ to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 16 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $29-$59.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a worldwide deal with Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock from the multi-chart-topping group Little Mix through its new joint venture TwentySeven Music Publishing with seasoned industry executive Barry Weiss and songwriter Jenna Andrews.

The NAACP today announced that mass media icon Tom Joyner will be honored with the Vanguard Award at the 50th NAACP Image Awards. The Vanguard Award is presented to a person whose groundbreaking work increases our understanding and awareness of racial and social issues. To date, the special award has been presented to Aretha Franklin, Clive Davis, surviving Memphis Sanitation Workers, Prince, Russell Simmons, Stanley Kramer, Steven Spielberg and Wyclef Jean. The 50th NAACP Image Awards will air during a LIVE TV special on TV One on Saturday, March 30, 2019 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Anthony Anderson.

Thanks to support from Dell, Ursa Music and a partnership with Blacklane chauffeur service, Wyclef Jean will headline a showcase at SXSW, tonight at The Parish, that features newly discovered talent from his new album Wyclef Goes Back To School, on Heads Music. Listen to the album here.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Benelux has signed a worldwide deal with Dutch rapper Lil' Kleine aka Jorik Scholten in collaboration with music publishing company Hitmen, which is co-owned by Scholten.

This January, Black Violin hit the stage with their new 2019 Impossible Tour with over forty high-energy shows scheduled into the summer. The band makes its much-anticipated return to Cincinnati at Music Hall's Springer Auditorium on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 7:30 PM as part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2018-19 Season.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed the catalogues of British music greats Billy Ocean and Slade among a series of new deals with legacy songwriters and artists.

Wyclef Jean has released the video for his song “Baba” featuring Kofi Black via Complex today.  The track appears on his new album, Wyclef Goes Back To School, out March 15, 2019 via Heads Music. Watch and share the video here.

Ms. Sarah Dash will premiere her new show, 'Full Circle', at The Loft at City Winery, NYC on Saturday, March 23 at 9:30pm.

Critically lauded, Indian born world musician Falu (aka Falguni Shah) has scored her first GRAMMY® nomination in Best Children's Album for her latest album, Falu's Bazaar. Falu's Bazaar was inspired by her desire to address her son's fascination with their cultural values and customs, exploring Indian culture through song, and celebrating the instruments, languages, sights, and humanity of a diverse world. A true family affair, Falu's husband plays on the record, while three generations comprise its voice with vocals performed by Falu, her mother, and her son Nishaad.  Falu's Bazaar is a trilingual album sung in English, Hindi, and Gujarati, with lush traditional instrumentation, gorgeous production, and delicate delivery. 

Possibly connected as brothers in a past life, Adam Deitch (Lettuce, John Scofield, Wyclef Jean) and BorahmLee (Kanye West, Pretty Lights, Lee 'Scratch' Perry) have made Break Science a staple act on the electronic soul scene. Over the course of the group's decade long career, Break Science has continued to evolve, fusing golden era hip hop beats into their signature take on electronic music.

On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., three vibrant New York City-based artists will perform in Zankel Hall as part of My City, My Song, an interactive Family Concert celebrating music from around the world. The performance features Greek folk from Magda Giannikou, Malian traditional music from Yacouba Sissoko, and Indian classical music from Falu Shah. Free pre-concert activities are offered one hour prior to each performance, preparing parents and children to sing and dance along with the artists.

Following on from the success of her single 'Stick Around', which reached over 1 million streams on Spotify, and her latest release 'Dotted Line', Xenia Ghali graces the dance scene with her brand-new single 'Lay In Your Arms'. The Greek DJ, producer, songwriter and classically trained musician has been included in Spotify's most followed official electronic playlists 'mint' and 'Dance Hits', as well as achieving number one spots on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart. 

Wyclef Jean has announced the release of his new album, Wyclef Goes Back To School, out March 2019 via Heads Music.  During the 2018 Carnival Tour, Wyclef visited various colleges around the U.S. At these visits, Wyclef and the students had a positive impact on each other. This impact has led Wyclef to recording the “Wyclef Goes Back to School” album, which will feature student collaborators from each of the schools. The students who made the album will perform with Wyclef during the Heads Music SXSW showcase.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has renewed its worldwide deal with Grammy-winning and Golden Globe nominated songwriter, musician and producer Joel Little.

Black Violin will continue their successful Classical Boom Tour. The band will return to the road after spending the summer working on their upcoming album due out in 2019. The tour is a continuation of their well-received winter run which included back-to-back sold out performances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C..

The Classical Boom Tour takes center stage as Black Violin returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Today, November 27 at 7:30 PM. Wil Baptiste (viola) and Kev Marcus (violin) combine their classical training and hip-hop influences to create a distinctive multi-genre sound. NPR praised the duo and their recent album, saying "their music will keep classical music alive for the next generation."

BLACK VIOLIN is composed of classically trained violist and violinist Wil B. and Kev Marcus, who combine their classcial training and hip-hop influences to create a distinctive multi-genre sound that is often described as 'classical boom'.