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Sophie Solomon is a singer-songwriter/violinist born in the United Kingdom, who fuses many different musical influences into her music. Sophie Solomon began playing the violin at the age of two. At four she met Yehudi Menuhin and was taken to see the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. For the first five years she played totally by ear, learning to read music at the age of seven. Even though the National Children's Orchestra and ProCorda said she was one of the most promising violinists of her generation she gave up the violin at the age of 16 because she "was never completely...

The Detroit born blues guitarist/singer first came to national attention in 2008 when his recordings of “Jack me Up” and “Frankie and Johnnie” were featured on HBO’s smash hit series “True Blood”. King Followed his t.v. debut with a live performance at the world famous Whiskey-a-go-go. Legendary Motown producer/arranger Sylvester Rivers saw video of the show on Youtube. He then brought King into the studio with a dream team rhythm section comprised of fellow Detroit native’s Ray Parker Jr. (Ghostbusters), Ollie Brown (Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones) and Reggie Mcbride (Aretha Franklin, Keb Mo, Ricki Lee Jones) The result is...

Shauna Solomon’s impressive vocal ability and range have made her a highly respected artist working with the likes of Barrington Levy, Rod Stewart, Enrique Iglesias, Jon Secada, Betty Wright and Michael Jackson. This New Jersey native began signing with her school choir as a featured soloist under the direction of the late David Cole of C & C Music Factory. In 1994 Shauna’s collaboration with Funky Green Dogs resulted in the Billboard charting hits "Reach For Me" and "If You Really Love Someone". Following her collaboration with the Murk Boys, Shauna concentrated on developing her craft as a singer/song writer,...

Solomon Linda (1909 – 8 October 1962) was a South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became the pop hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to a style of isicathamiya a cappella popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Erlmann). In 2000 South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article for Rolling Stone magazine, highlighting Linda's story and estimating that the song had earned US $15 million for its use in The Lion King alone. Malan and the South African film maker Francois Verster cooperated to make a television documentary called...