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Black Violin is an American hip-hop duo from Florida composed of two classically trained string instrumentalists. Kev Marcus plays the violin and Wil B. plays the viola. Both members attended Dillard High School of Performing Arts. After high school Kev Marcus attended Florida International University and Wil B enrolled at Florida State University. At FIU, Kev met their manager Sam G and the three of them co-founded the production company DKNEX which stands for Di-Versatile Music. The group name "Black Violin" is derived from the influence of a famous jazz violinist, Stuff Smith; six months before Smith's death, he recorded...

Fabio Concato (Milano, 31 maggio 1953) è un cantautore italiano. Il suo vero cognome è Pittaluga. Figlio di una giornalista e poetessa e di un chitarrista e autore jazz, Fabio muove i primi passi nel mondo della musica nel 1974, quando insieme agli amici Bruno Graceffa e Giorgio Porcaro forma il gruppo cabarettistico "I Mormoranti", in cui Fabio scrive testi e musiche e prende a esibirsi nel celebre locale Derby di Milano. È scoperto da Walter Guertler, che lo mette sotto contratto per la Harmony, etichetta del gruppo S.A.A.R., per cui incide nel 1977 con l'album Storie di sempre che...

Fabio XB is a member of Fabio XB & Andrea Mazza. .

Violinski was a shortlived outfit formed in 1978 by the former Electric Light Orchestra members Mik Kaminski on violins, and Mike de Albuquerque on guitar and vocals; plus Baz Dunnery, John Hodson (drums), Paul Mann, John Marcangelo (keyboards), Iain Whitmore (bass and vocals) and Rod Butler who played lead guitar for a while and appeared on the Top of the Pops TV show. At the time Kaminski was still a member of the Electric Light Orchestra, who were then enjoying their greatest success. They released two albums, No Cause for Alarm in 1979, and Stop Cloning About in 1980; and...

Integrat inicialment per quatre violinistes, el grup va néixer, l'any 1996, amb la idea d'oferir una sonoritat nova en el món de la música tradicional. El seu primer objectiu va ser retrobar l'ambient de les festes majors d'abans, quan un sol músic feia ballar tot un poble sencer. Aquest era el cas de violinistes de la vella tradició rural com ara el Pere Blanc de Beget o el Pepito Farré de Tuixent, uns músics molt populars a les valls dels Pirineus durant la segona meitat del segle passat. Els primers treballs de Les Violines es basaven en la música d'aquests...