Featured Artists

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a unique and special force in today’s world
of music. Having recorded on over 400 albums, films, and TV

@ commercials, he effortlessly bridges diverse genres and generations of
musical and cultural elements into cohesive and magical presentations.
One of Atwood-Ferguson’s greatest achievements to date was in 2009
when he composed and conducted the historic Suite for Ma Dukes
concert in LA, leading over 60 musicians in tribute to the transcendent
modern hip-hop producer J Dilla.

Having studied classical music since the age of four and been exposed to cultures and art
from all around the world, Atwood-Ferguson is now able to enjoy a very diverse career,
collaborating with many amazing artists. He has had the great fortune to perform or record
with musical giants such as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Esa-Pekka
Salonen, Wayne Shorter, Billy Higgins, Ray Brown, Brad Mehldau, Hubert Laws, Seu Jorge, Dr.
Dre, Will.i.am, Madlib, and many others.

While performing on violin and viola and arranging highly personal arrangements are
Atwood-Ferguson’s main pursuits, he also is an educator, DJ, producer, music director, and
composer. He leads many of his own ensembles and has had incredible artists like Seu Jorge,
Sly Stone, George Clinton, Shuggie Otis, Flying Lotus, Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, and
many others as his special guests.

In 2011, he had the honor of providing Oprah Winfrey with the music behind the main
promo of her new TV network , OWN, with the intro to his duet with Will.i.am off of the Black
Eyed Peas’ album The Beginning. Other recent achievements include his first TED talk and the
successful premiere of his concerto for flute, viola, and 70-piece orchestra entitled “Love’s
Beckoning,” which was commissioned by the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra through a National
Endowment for the Arts grant.

Atwood-Ferguson plans to release his first album in 2015 on the Los Angeles indie
label Brainfeeder.

 

. Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc's major-label debut album, Lift Your Spirit (XIX Recordings/
Interscope Records), debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
The set follows up Blacc’s collaboration as vocalist and cowriter on
well-known DJ/producer Avicii's track “Wake Me Up,” a song that hit
the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on its Hot Dance Club
Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts, as well as topped charts in
more than 100 countries. Blacc’s single “The Man” also topped the
charts, with more than 2.4 million singles sold. Blacc spent the summer on tour with Bruno
Mars in support of Lift Your Spirit. He made his acting debut in Get on Up, the James Brown
biopic, which opened on August 1.

 

© Bilal

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Bilal developed his aptitude for music in
church, but it wasn't until his father introduced him to jazz and he
began attending the Philadelphia High School for Creative Performing
Arts that Bilal began to envision his future in songwriting. “l wanted to
sing jazz, play jazz, and write jazz tunes,” he says.

While attending the New School for Social Research in New York,
Bilal meshed his classical approach with New York City nightlife,
collaborating with Soulquarians, the Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, and Aaron
Coleman of the Spin Doctors. A demo made with Coleman led to a record deal with Interscope