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3/9 Jackson, OH

3/16 Washington, PA

3/23 Clarksburg, WV

4/6 Fairmont, WV

4/12 Hinckley, MN

4/13 Hinckley, MN

4/19 New Brighton, PA

4/21 Keyser, WV

4/27 Hollywood Casino/Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH

5/2 Ocean City, MD

5/3 Ocean City, MD

5/4 Ocean City, MD

5/5 Greencastle, PA - PRIVATE

5/17 St. Croix Casinos, Turtle Lake, WI

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5/24  Spirit of Grafton , Grafton, WV

5/25 Washington, PA

6/4 Sounds of Summer , 6 PM, Waynesburg, PA

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6/12 South Padre Island, TX

6/14 South Padre Island, TX

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6/21 South Padre Island, TX

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7/3 Shillington, PA

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7/6 Elkins, WV

7/11 Hinckley, MN**

7/12 Hinckley, MN**

7/13 Hinckley, MN**

7/15 Urbana, MD

7/18  Terre Hill Days , Terre Hill, PA

7/22 Elysburg, PA

7/23 Elysburg, PA

7/24 Elysburg, PA

7/25 Elysburg, PA

7/26 Elysburg, PA

7/27 Valley View, PA

8/2 Kulpmont, PA

8/3 Stonewood, WV

8/7/24  Concert Series , 7PM, Carmel, IN

8/14  Town & Country Days ,

         New Martinsville, WV

8/17 South Charleston, WV

8/19 Elysburg, PA

8/20 Elysburg, PA

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8/31 Rainelle, WV

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9/21 Columbus, IN

9/24 Bloomsburg, PA

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9/27 New Brighton, PA

10/4 Keshena, WI

10/5 Keshena, WI

10/11 Hinckley, MN**

10/12 Hinckley, MN**

10/19 Bethany Beach, DE

10/26 Ocean City, MD

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11/13 South Padre Island, TX

11/15 South Padre Island, TX

11/16 South Padre Island, TX

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11/19 South Padre Island, TX

11/20 South Padre Island, TX

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11/23 South Padre Island, TX

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12/13 Elkins, WV

12/21 Reading, PA

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“MASTERS OF THE MIC: HIP-HOP 50 TOUR” FEATURING BIG DADDY KANE, DOUG E. FRESH, KRS-ONE, RAKIM, SLICK RICK, AND MORE, CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP

SPECIAL EDITION EVENT LAUNCHES AT THE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS, LA ON JUNE 30; TOUR KICKS ON JULY 20 IN CINCINNATI, OH – OCTOBER 14 IN SAN ANTONIO, TX

New York, NY (June 13, 2023) – Universal Attractions Agency (UAA), RAMP Entertainment Agency and Mahogany Entertainment, announce the “ Masters of The Mic: Hip-Hop 50 Tour ” featuring Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One, Rakim, and Slick Rick , with special guests including EPMD, Roxanne Shante, DJ Spinderella , and more (lineup varies per city, check local listings). The celebratory tour will kick off on June 30 for a special edition event at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, LA, and officially launch on July 20 in Cincinnati, Ohio, through October 14 in San Antonio, TX. The founding fathers of hip-hop are joining forces like never before to celebrate the 50th anniversary in select markets around these legends’ otherwise busy touring schedules. The national tour will see the pioneers of the genre tear it up on stage live as a hip-hop supergroup backed up by a live band in most markets, reminding the world where hip-hop started and how it is now a global phenomenon, selling hundreds of millions of records, gaining billions of followers, and taking over music and culture, globally.

After helping start a movement that propelled NYC Breakbeat / Emcee / B-Boy culture to the forefront of pop culture, these “OG” masters of hip-hop are coming together on the MASTERS OF THE MIC: HIP-HOP 50 TOUR , representing a never-before-seen event in hip-hop history. The tour will see the iconic emcees perform genre-defining songs from hip-hop’s golden age. “This is truly unprecedented,” boasts Universal Attractions Agency’s Co-Owner Jeff Epstein who conceived the collaboration with Doug E. Fresh. To have such an elite group of hip-hop icons from the golden era coming together to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop music this way… it’s truly mind-blowing.”

On August 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc first displayed his new breakbeat technique called the “Merry-Go-Round,” using two turntables to extend the break, he sparked a music and pop-culture revolution that would change the world forever. Through the ‘80s and ‘90s, the genre broke through the mainstream and took the world by storm, with successive generations of artists emerging to global superstardom. Fast forward to 2023, hip-hop dominates music and entertainment culture hands down, both in terms of impressions and dollars. It’s a billion-dollar business.

As Doug E. Fresh tells it, “When we celebrate that block party in ’73 with Kool Herc that started it all, we’re celebrating the true spirit of hip-hop; everyone coming together and having a party sharing the love of their music and community. That’s the true heart of hip-hop culture right there.”

Says UAA’s Nick Szatmari, co-producer of the tour in partnership with Epstein, “While the culture may have started in The Bronx, it resonates with everyone across the globe, and a heap of credit goes to Doug, Rick, Kane, KRS, and Rakim, who were the pioneers that brought it from the block to the billboards. You don’t have any of the iconic rappers of today without them standing on the foundation laid by the ‘Masters of the Mic’ during the ‘80s and ‘90s.” He adds, “name any of the biggest styles to emerge or their most iconic superstars of today, and you must acknowledge the global influence of Doug and Rick, Kane, KRS, Rakim, and the rest of the golden era icons that paved the way for hip-hop to become what it is today.”

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Doug E. Fresh , proudly raised in Harlem, New York, Doug shot from local phenomenon to nationally recognized talent with the help of an appearance in the 1984 cult classic movie “Beat Street.” By 1985, Fresh had become one of hip-hop’s biggest international stars, thanks to the success of his classics, “The Show” and “La Di Da Di,” recorded with his Get Fresh Crew, including MC Ricky D (a.k.a. Slick Rick). As highlighted in a 2019 Wall Street Journal article and in a 2014 TED Talk by multi-platinum music producer Mark Ronson, “La Di Da Di” holds the distinct honor of being the fifth most-sampled song in the history of music. To date, Doug E. Fresh is one of the most actively touring musicians across all genres, averaging a whopping 200 live, domestic performances per year for the past two decades. A tireless act who remains highly relevant and on the pulse of innovation, Fresh plans to continue to use his gifts to be of service to others. “I’ve always lived my life saying I don’t want to be financially rich and spiritually bankrupt,” he says. “So most of my decisions lean toward what’s better for the spiritual growth of others and for myself, and toward creating the best celebrations of life. When I make music, I’ve always been about trying to elevate the culture. Hip-hop is supposed to uplift, to educate people on a higher level, and to make change.”

Slick Rick a/k/a “Rick The Ruler” followed his legendary collaboration with Doug E. Fresh in the 80’s to become a global influencer and icon of hip hop in his own right. The London- born emcee became the most successful British rapper of all time. In the process, he’s become one of the most sampled and interpolated artists in hip hop history by such iconic artists Eminem, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Beastie Boys, TLC, Nas, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Black Star, The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg and Color Me Badd. Many of these new songs became hit singles and spawned new sub-genres, underscoring his pervasive and timeless influence.

Big Daddy Kane was more than just a dapper rapper back in the 80’s and 90’s, famously playing two sold out shows at Harlem’s Apollo theater for women only, and appearing in Madonna’s “Sex” book alongside Naomi Campbell and Madonna. With “Ain’t No Half Steppin’,” he pioneered the battle-rap style that spawned a generation of rappers which helped propel hip hop’s influence globally.

KRS-One (represented by Simone Parker and The Ramp Entertainment Agency), made it clear from the beginning that the world needed to take hip hop seriously, that the message would not be ignored. His 1993 hit “Sound of da Police,” told the story of police brutality towards African Americans long before Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner incidents created a national firestorm behind the Black Lives Matter movement. A prolific educator and philosopher, he’s been called the “conscience of hip hop” (Rolling Stone).

Rakim exploded onto the stage with his then partner Eric B, and their album, “Paid In Full,” went on to sell in the multi-millions worldwide. Billboard, Rolling Stone, MTV and a host of others, consistently refer to “Paid in Full” as “the greatest hip-hop album of all time”. Rakim was

named the “#1 Lyricist of All Time” by The Source magazine, and he received the coveted BET Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

About Universal Attractions:

In business since 1945, Universal Attractions Agency (UAA) boasts locations in the heart of New York City and Los Angeles. The agency’s celebrated history includes launching the career of the legendary soul singer James Brown and representing him for more than 40 years, in addition to a truly jaw-dropping list of talent on its rosters, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Smokey Robinson, and the Miracles, Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, the Staples Singers, The Grateful Dead, Sepultura, Salt-N-Pepa, Coolio, Naughty By Nature, The Jacksons, New Edition, MC Hammer, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, and so many more. UAA has proven itself as an industry leader among talent agencies, continuing to help direct the careers of some of the most prominent artists, comedians, and entertainers of today, such as Nelly, Ludacris, T.I., Ja Rule & Ashanti, Cedric the Entertainer, UB40, Keith Sweat, Flo Rida, and countless others. UAA also created one of the most sensational tours of the last decade with the “I Love the 90’s Tour.” To find more information about Universal Attractions and the agency’s roster, visit the official UAA website .

About Ramp Entertainment Agency:

R.A.M.P. specializes in Research, Advertisement, Marketing, and Promotion and is operated by KRS-One’s manager, Simone G Parker. Visit online .

CONTACT: Asia Jeter-Gelibert Universal Attractions Agency [email protected]

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Slick Rick Receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 GRAMMYs

Slick Rick was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award honoring performers who have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.

Four decades after he dazzled hip-hop fans across the globe with “La-Di-Da-Di,” his witty and unapologetically raunchy solo showcase for Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, Slick Rick ’s legacy as a masterful storyteller, pioneering melodic rapper, and style icon remains secure.

Slick Rick emerged during the early years of hip-hop’s vaunted golden age. He was a platinum-selling solo star in an era defined by world-conquering groups like Public Enemy and N.W.A . Just like his peers, Slick Rick created sounds mimicked in the decades since, whether it’s Snoop Dogg rewriting “La-Di-Da-Di” as “Lodi Dodi,” or Future, Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert harmonizing in a flow reminiscent of Ricky D on Doug E. Fresh’s “The Show.” According to the website WhoSampled, Slick Rick’s voice and music have been used more than 1,800 times, making him one of the most sampled hip-hop artists in history.

Rick raps in a droll, leisurely cadence with a heavy British accent and an unforgettably nasal voice, and sometimes swerves into cartoony vocal tones. His classic single about a stick-up kid on the run, “Children’s Story,” swings between slapstick humor and unexpected tragedy. “Cops shot the kid, I can still hear him scream,” he raps. Then there’s “Hey Young World,” one of the most affecting and moving songs in the genre’s history, on which he dispenses wisdom to troubled youth with gentle yet firm verses. “Believe it or not, the Lord still shines on you.”

Born Ricky Walters in 1965 to a Jamaican family, he immigrated from London to the Bronx in 1976. His famed eyepatch is the result of a childhood accident. While attending Fiorella H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, he formed the Kangol Crew with Dana Dane.

Walters initially called himself Ricky D when he joined beatboxer and rapper Doug E. Fresh’s Get Fresh Crew in 1984. The group’s debut 12-inch, “The Show” b/w “La-Di-Da-Di,” was inescapable on Black music radio stations between 1985 and 1986. The single was eventually certified gold, a major accomplishment for a record that never cracked the Billboard Hot 100. Slick Rick signed with Def Jam as a solo artist and in 1988 released his debut masterwork, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick, yielding breakout singles like “Children’s Story,” “Hey Young World” and “Teenage Love.”

At the height of his success, a dispute with a cousin led to violence and a prison sentence. Bailed out by Def Jam’s Russell Simmons, Rick recorded a second album, 1991’s The Ruler’s Back, highlighted by the rap hit “I Shouldn’t Have Done It” before being convicted and sentenced to years in prison. A third album, Behind Bars, was constructed from verses completed during furloughs and work-release programs. Its highlight is the title track, which boasts jazzy, contemplative production from Warren G and Rick’s softly poignant lyrics about life in the slammer.

Despite being a hip-hop elder statesman upon completion of his sentence, Slick Rick quickly appeared on Outkast ’s “Da Art of Storytellin,’ Pt. 1.” A fourth album, 1999’s gold-selling The Art of Storytelling, proved that interest in his work remained high. Unlike many of his peers, Slick Rick has continued to score high-profile cameos in recent years, from JAY-Z’s hit “Girls, Girls, Girls” to collaborations with Mariah Carey, Mos Def, Black Eyed Peas, and Missy Elliott. His style seems ageless, and representative of a throughline between hip-hop’s mythic New York past and its global present.

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10 Must-See Acts At SXSW 2024: The Black Keys, Automatic, Slick Rick, BALTHVS, Vulva Voce & More

As South by Southwest 2024 kicks off, preview some of the most exciting performances, music film screenings, and music-related keynotes that will hit Austin stages.

South By Southwest lures more than 250,000 people to Austin each year to learn about a range of topics, including education, the cannabis industry, technology, film, and video gaming, but music is the heart and driving force of SXSW. The festival kicks off March 8, and a dizzying array of musical performances brings the festival to life from March 11 to 16.

The festival has grown exponentially since its inception in 1987 as a showcase for mostly unknown alternative acts. Roughly 2,000 musical artists will perform on more than 100 stages spread out across Austin and the possibilities for discovery feel endless.

SXSW can generate much buzz and help launch careers: Odd Future, the hip-hop/R&B collective that provided the springboard for Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean , played just a few short sets there in 2011, and Diddy declared them the future of rap music . HAIM , Janelle Monáe , John Mayer , M.I.A., and countless others have had significant early-career moments at SXSW. And legacy artists like New Order and RZA also come to the festival each year to share their wisdom in interviews and perform new material.

As the 2024 festival kicks off, check out some of the emerging and legacy artists appearing at SXSW, including a multiple GRAMMY-winning garage duo, an all-female post-punk group from Los Angeles that embraces "nihilism and loneliness," a modern Texas cumbia collective, an '80s light rock icon, a funk pioneer, modern funk innovators, Glasgow '90s post-rock, and more.

The Black Keys

The Black Keys helped usher in the garage rock revival of the early 2000s on just two instruments: drums and guitar. Their stripped-down sound, originally just made up of " old blues rip-offs and words made up on the spot " in Akron, Ohio, eventually grew to become a well-crafted, major-label rock soun d that landed them in arenas and earned more than two dozen award nominations and multiple GRAMMY wins. They’ve released 11 studio albums.

The duo will perform at the 2024 festival in support of a new documentary, This Is A Film About The Black Keys , that traces their trajectory from jamming in basements to major-label rock band. Rolling Stone Senior Writer Angie Martoccio will interview members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney in a keynote event.

Since the release of their 2019 debut album, Signal , the gloomy post-punk band Automatic has toured the U.S. and abroad, composed the soundtrack for Hedi Slimane’s 2020 Paris Fashion Week show for Céline, and opened for legendary post-punks Bauhaus ( drummer Lola Dompé is a daughter of the English goth rock band’s drummer Kevin Haskins).

The band’s three members — Dompé, Izzy Glaudini, and Halle Saxon-Gaines — draw inspiration from krautrock, dub reggae, and the off-kilter, moody atmosphere of films by auteurs like David Lynch . Their live performances are uptempo and melancholy at the same time, and have shared stages with Parquet Courts, Tame Impala , and Thee Osees. Automatic  once described their music as "fixated on the intersection between ’70s underground culture and the ’80s mainstream, ‘That fleeting moment when what was once cool quickly turned and became mainstream, all for the sake of consumerism.’"

When the Glasgow-based rock band released their first single in 1996, they were anxious to replace the '90s Britpop of well-known UK bands like Oasis and Blur with something a bit more emotional and dark: lengthy guitar-based instrumental pieces full of distortion and heavy effects that offered dynamic contrast and melodic bass guitar lines. 

They’ve since gone on to embrace electronica and instrumental music, and over the years has provided music for multiple film soundtracks. Their basic song formula typically begins with something low-key that grows into something gentle and melodic, and then pushes toward louder, layered driving rock. 

"Calling it ‘art’ would be a pretentious step too far, but it’s certainly something that feels exciting and different to most other pop," one British newspaper wrote . A new documentary from Antony Crook, If The Stars Had A Sound , which follows the independent Scottish band’s trajectory, will premiere at SXSW 2024. 

El Combo Oscuro

Modern-day interpretations of cumbia — a percussion-heavy genre of Latin American music originated in Colombia — have become more widespread in recent years, with some calling cumbia " the new punk " for a young generation of rockers who are politically engaged but want to have a good time.

On organ, guitars, bass, drums, and conga drums, El Combo Oscuro sounds modern and retro at the same time, by weaving together an "impenetrable wall of psychedelic Cumbia and Latin sounds" that "throws neon Tex-Mex tribalism," according to the Austin Chronicle . 

Almost immediately after forming in 2020 in Austin, El Combo Oscuro were nominated for an Austin Music Awards’ Best Latin Act, and their debut EP, Que Sonido Tan Rico , was No. 15 on the Austin Chronicle ’s Top 100 Records of 2021. A second EP, 2022's Cumbia Capital , further showcased the sound of Texas. Their 2024 SXSW performance will also feature songs from their latest release, a 2023 debut full-length titled La Danza de las Sirenas.

Bootsy Collins

In addition to showcasing thousands of emerging acts, SXSW each year also honors legacy artists who continue to write, produce, and perform music. Bassist Bootsy Collins — who played with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic throughout the late '60s and '70s and, in recent years, has collaborated with Kali Uchis and Tyler, the Creator — will perform with the group Zapp. 

The performance is part of Bootsy's own anti-violence initiative, "Funk Not Fight," which includes a Cleveland-based (Collins is from Ohio) anti-violence hub designed to offer music recording and mentorship to local youth. During a free performance on March 15 , Collins will release a new song and album of the same name. 

Collins’ previous album was 2021’s Nobody’s Perfect Experience. The GRAMMY-winning bassist was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Collins played on some of James Brown’s best-known and most political records – "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "Superbad" – and also had a hand in pop hits like Deee-Lite’s "Groove Is in the Heart" and Fatboy Slim ’s "Weapon of Choice."

At 72 years old, Collins shows no signs of giving up the funk. "Funk just brings people together, from the ground up," he told the Guardian . "It doesn’t have nothing to do with color. It has nothing to do with status. It just brings you to ‘the one’, and the one thing that we all have in common is that we all just want to live. That’s what it’s really all about. It’s making something from nothing, like me." 

John Oats is one half of five-time GRAMMY-nominated pop-soul duo Hall & Oates . Twenty-nine of their 33 singles charted on Billboard’s Hot 100 between 1974 and 1991, and six of those songs — like "I Can’t Go For That" and "Private Eyes" — peaked at No. 1 . The two were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 and their music has been sampled by artists like 2 Chainz .

Oates, 75, has released five studio albums as a solo artist and published a memoir in 2017 titled Change of Seasons .

"I made a move to Nashville in the late '90s, early 2000s. The move, and the musicians and people I surrounded myself with, allowed me to rediscover the musician that I was before I met Daryl Hall," Oates told GRAMMY.com . "Because I was a blues, folk, rootsy musician, and I tapped back into my earliest influences.

At SXSW 2024, Oates will discuss fame, fortune, and managing a hit music career. His talk will be moderated by Alex Heiche, CEO & Founder of Sound Royalties. Coincidentally, Oates has been in the middle of a legal battle with his former songwriting partner. 

When asked about hip-hop icon Slick Rick, Roots drummer and Tonight Show bandleader Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson told Rolling Stone , "Slick Rick's voice was the most beautiful thing to happen to hip-hop culture. Rick is full of punchlines, wit, melody, cool cadence, confidence and style. He is the blueprint." 

Slick Rick "The Ruler" — largely considered the most sampled hip-hop artist in history — launched his career performing with Doug E. Fresh’s Get Fresh Crew in the mid-80s, and his 1988 breakout solo album reached number one on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Slick Rick has recently collaborated with Soul Rebels Brass Band. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 GRAMMYs, to honor his legacy as a masterful storyteller and pioneering melodic rapper who raps in a British accent with a leisurely cadence and an unforgettably nasal voice that sometimes swerves into cartoony vocal tones. 

In recent years, Slick Rick has collaborated with Missy Elliott , Mos Def , and the Black Eyed Peas . He performed a duet with Mariah Carey at Radio City Music Hall in 2019, and was signed to actor Idris Alba’s record label. He will perform an all-ages showcase performance — badge-required — at The Mohawk on March 12.  

Funk music in recent years has taken on a more global sound, incorporating elements of Asian and Middle Eastern music, surf rock, reggae, and cumbia, thanks to bands like Khruangbin and BALTHVS, a Colombian psychedelic funk trio that has toured the world and released three full-length albums since forming in 2019. The band aims to make "cosmic music" that can combat anger and anxiety.

Band members Balthazar Aguirre (guitar), Johanna Mercuriana (bass), and Santiago Lizcano (drums) produce, mix, and master all of their music and design all of their artwork. Their most recently release, Third Vibration , incorporates funk, disco, dream pop, vaporwave, soul, and R&B into their songs.

Aguirre hypes those genres and more on his Cubensis Records YouTube page , where subscribers can better understand the BALTHVS universe by exploring a vast library of eclectic music, like the mystical 1968 Gabor Szabo album "Dreams," or Stefano Torossi’s 1974 Italian jazz fusion album "Feelings." For super fans, it’s a giant rabbit hole of discovery that helps illustrate the band’s musical recipe.

Brainstory is another modern funk outfit with an eclectic musical blueprint: the three members of Brainstory grew up in the Inland Empire area outside Los Angeles, and by the mid-2010s, they were developing a version of California retro soul music that combines jazz and funk with psychedelic rock and 70s R&B. 

"That's what we were all into at the time—jazz," says guitarist and singer Kevin Martin , who happens to be a big Bob Dylan fan . "And that's what we wanted to do with our first EP in 2014—take our songs and expand them, improvise, weld jazz onto them. We wanted to trick people into listening to jazz, basically." 

The band, made up of Kevin, his brother Tony Martin, and Eric Hagstrom, has released one full-length album, an instrumental album, and an EP. Their new record, Sounds Good , produced for Big Crown Records by Leon Michels — who recently collaborated with Black Thought of the Roots — drops on April 19. The band is touring this spring. Previously they’ve performed with soul singer Lady Wray, and singer Claire "Clairo" Cottrill has a guest feature on the new album.

SXSW is more associated with rock music than classical, but the UK-based, all-female string quartet Vulva Voce has applied a rock attitude to their ensemble. Formed during Covid lockdown, they compose much of their own music — which combines elements of folk, jazz, contemporary, and experimental music.

"In terms of our identity — and especially in terms of our business model — we treat ourselves like a band rather than a classical string quartet," violist Nadia Eskandari said . 

Vulva Voce also employ a bit of a punk attitude, performing outside classical concert halls, at open mic nights and pop-up performances. They also play a wide range of music written by female composers.

"We want all the music we play to feel accessible to anyone, because when you are playing music by women, it is even more important that anyone can connect to it, not just classical audiences,"  Eskandari adds.

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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch Beyoncé's Heartfelt Speech For Her Record-Breaking Win In 2023

Relive the night Beyoncé received a gramophone for Best Dance/Electronic Album for 'RENAISSANCE' at the 2023 GRAMMYS — the award that made her the most decorated musician in GRAMMY history.

Six years after her last solo studio album, Beyoncé returned to the music industry with a bang thanks to RENAISSANCE . In homage to her late Uncle Johnny, she created a work of art inspired by the sounds of disco and house that wasn't just culturally impactful — it was history-making.

At the 2023 GRAMMYs, RENAISSANCE won Best Dance/Electronic Album. Marking Beyoncé's 32nd golden gramophone, the win gave the superstar the record for most gramophones won by an individual act.

In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind , revisit the historic moment Queen Bey took the stage to accept her record-breaking GRAMMY at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

"Thank you so much. I'm trying not to be too emotional," Beyoncé said at the start of her acceptance speech. "I'm just trying to receive this night."

With a deep breath, she began to list her praises that included God, her family, and the Recording Academy for their continued support throughout her career. 

"I'd like to thank my Uncle Johnny, who is not here, but he's here in spirit," Beyoncé proclaimed. "I'd like to thank the queer community for your love and inventing this genre."

Watch the video above for Beyoncé's full speech for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2023 GRAMMYs. Check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind. 

Tune into the 2024 GRAMMYs on Sunday, Feb. 4, airing live on the CBS Television Network (8-11:30 p.m. LIVE ET/5-8:30 p.m. LIVE PT) and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).

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GRAMMY Rewind: Lizzo Thanks Prince For His Influence After "About Damn Time" Wins Record Of The Year In 2023

Watch Lizzo describe how Prince’s empowering sound led her to “dedicate my life to positive music” during her Record Of The Year acceptance speech for “About Damn Time” at the 2023 GRAMMYs.

Since the start of her career, four-time GRAMMY winner Lizzo has been making music that radiates positive energy. Her Record Of The Year win for "About Damn Time" at the 2023 GRAMMYs proved that being true to yourself and kind to one another always wins.

Travel back to revisit the moment Lizzo won her award in the coveted category in this episode of GRAMMY Rewind. 

"Um, huh?" Lizzo exclaimed at the start of her acceptance speech. "Let me tell you something. Me and Adele are having a good time, just enjoying ourselves and rooting for our friends. So, this is an amazing night. This is so unexpected."

Lizzo kicked off her GRAMMY acceptance speech by acknowledging Prince 's influence on her sound. "When we lost Prince, I decided to dedicate my life to making positive music," she said. "This was at a time when positive music and feel-good music wasn't mainstream at that point and I felt very misunderstood. I felt on the outside looking in. But I stayed true to myself because I wanted to make the world a better place so I had to be that change."

As tracks like "Good as Hell" and "Truth Hurts" scaled the charts, she noticed more body positivity and self-love anthems from other artists. "I'm just so proud to be a part of it," she cheered.

Most importantly, Lizzo credited staying true to herself despite the pushback for her win. "I promise that you will attract people in your life who believe in you and support you," she said in front of a tearful audience that included Beyoncé and Taylor Swift in standing ovation, before giving a shout-out to her team, family, partner and producers on the record, Blake Slatkin and Ricky Reed . 

Watch the video above for Lizzo's complete acceptance speech for Record Of The Year at the 2023 GRAMMYs. Check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind, and be sure to tune into the 2024 GRAMMYs on Sunday, Feb. 4, airing live on the CBS Television Network (8-11:30 p.m. LIVE ET/5-8:30 p.m. LIVE PT) and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).

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GRAMMY Rewind: Harry Styles Celebrates His Fellow Nominees (And His Biggest Fan) After Album Of The Year Win In 2023

Revisit the moment Harry Styles accepted the most coveted award of the evening for 'Harry's House' and offered a heartfelt nod to his competitors — Beyoncé, Adele, Lizzo, Coldplay and more.

After a wildly successful debut and sophomore record, you'd think it was impossible for Harry Styles to top himself. Yet, his third album, Harry's House , proved to be his most prolific yet.

The critically acclaimed project first birthed Styles' record-breaking, chart-topping single, "As It Was," then landed three more top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Late Night Talking," "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" and "Matilda." The album and "As It Was" scored Styles six nominations at the 2023 GRAMMYs — and helped the star top off his massive Harry's House era with an Album Of The Year win.

In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind , revisit Styles' big moment from last year's ceremony, which was made even more special by his superfan, Reina Lafantaisie. Host Trevor Noah (who will return as emcee for the 2024 GRAMMYs ) handed the mic to Lafantaisie to announce Styles as the winner, and the two shared a celebratory hug before Styles took the mic.

"I've been so, so inspired by every artist in this category," said Styles, who was up against other industry titans like Beyoncé , Adele , Lizzo and Coldplay . "On nights like tonight, it's important for us to remember that there is no such thing as 'best' in music. I don't think any of us sit in the studio, making decisions based on what will get us [an award]."

Watch the video above to see Harry Styles' complete acceptance speech alongside his collaborators Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson . Check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind, and be sure to tune into the 2024 GRAMMYs on Sunday, Feb. 4, airing live on the CBS Television Network (8 -11:30 p.m. LIVE ET/5-8:30 p.m. LIVE PT) and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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• Duration: 1 Hr 30 Mins
• Language: English
• Departure Details : Get to the Biblioteka imeni Lenina (Lenin's Library, Red Line) or Alexandrovsky Sad (Alexander Garden, Light Blue Line) metro station. Use any exit. Find the Kutafia Tower of the Kremlin. The guide .. read more

The Moscow Metro has a long history to it. Also, the city has an extremely beautiful subway. It is very well maintained and is also extremely decorated. Each station and spot has a different artistic aspect to it. On this tour, experience the efficiency of Moscow Metro.

• Roam around the Revolution Square, with magnificent sculptures of the Soviet people
• Visit the Kurskaya Station Lobby, the Hall of Fame of the WWII
• Be awestruck at the Komsomolskaya , with impressive mural mosaics of Russian glorious victories
• See the artistic side of Novoslobodskaya , with the stained glass, although under the ground.

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Take our Moscow Metro Tour and discover why our subway is recognized as the most beautiful in the world!

"They used to have palaces for kings, we are going to build palaces for the people!" said one of the main architects of the Soviet subway.

With us you will see the most beautiful metro stations in Moscow built under Stalin: Komsomolskaya, Revolution square, Novoslobodskaya, Mayakovskaya. Our guide will tell fascinating stories and secrets hidden underground, urban legends and funny stories.

How many babies were born on the Moscow metro? Where is the secret Metro 2? How deep is the Moscow metro? And where did Stalin give his speech in November 1941? Join out Metro tour and find out!

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• If you cancel between 0 hrs To 24 hrs before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 100%
• If you cancel between 1 days To 180 days before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 0%
• Please note that in case of No show, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the listed tour fare.
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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

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• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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