FilmMusicReporter – Arturo Sandoval is composing the original score for the upcoming crime drama The Mule. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby) who also stars in the movie alongside Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia,…
The Recording Academy has revealed their nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards ahead of the event, taking place on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. The Kurland Agency is proud to congratulate the following artists on their nominations:…
Lauren Onkey for NPR – When a baby grand piano rolls into the office for a Tiny Desk concert, you expect something special. But none of us could have imagined what it’s like to see 15-year old Joey Alexander play that…
Joe Reinartz for CelebrityAccess – The Manhattan Transfer is on tour, promoting The Junction, its first studio album in 10 years and singing Christmas tunes along the way. CelebrityAccess talked a bit about it with the group’s Janis Siegel, who is…
The singer, composer and visual artist’s work focuses on identity, storytelling, and taboos. The world is taking notice: McLorin Salvant’s album “Dreams and Daggers,” released by Mack Avenue Records, won the Grammy award for best Jazz Vocal Album in 2018.…
The Kurland Agency is proud to welcome singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist, poet and actor Pokey LaFarge for all European bookings! Raised on a healthy diet of blues, bluegrass, ragtime, Western swing and old-time country, the Illinois native writes timeless,…
The December 2018 issue of DownBeat announces the winners of the 83rd Annual Readers Poll. TKA is proud to congratulate Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Joey DeFrancesco, Pat Metheny, Béla Fleck, Kurt Elling and Lizz Wright for the following accolades: Chick…
Will Layman for POPMATTERS – “Cecile McLorin Salvant sings with control, art, and a knowledge of the jazz vocal tradition that is vast. Her instrument is rich: with a large range, many tonal colors, and superb rhythmic placement. She also…
Gary Graff for BILLBOARD – The Claudettes’ Johnny Iguana had a feeling his sister-in-law Kate Stone, a Brooklyn-based graphic artist, could do something special with one of the band’s songs. And her stop-motion animation video for ‘Taco Night Material,’ premiering exclusively…
Hank Shteamer for ROLLING STONE – “The Grammy-winning jazz singer’s duets with pianist Sullivan Fortner tease out the Great American Songbook’s tougher truths. The most radical thing a jazz singer could do in 2018 is stick to the basics. One might expect…