Airto gets put on his rightful pedestal as Drum! magazine introduces its own Hall Of Fame.
Check out the issue here: http://www.drummagazine.com/issues/post/february-2011/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d54c60b9bb840a9,0
Airto gets put on his rightful pedestal as Drum! magazine introduces its own Hall Of Fame.
Check out the issue here: http://www.drummagazine.com/issues/post/february-2011/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d54c60b9bb840a9,0

A partnership between noted guitarist, composer and skateboard wizard Tommy Guerrero and A-Train’s owner, Al Evers, Too Good Records is launched to release Tommy Guerrero recordings as well as those of other artists. The first release on Too Good Records is From The Soil To The Soul, previously released on Quannum Records but now with the bonus track, “Better Days”; release date for this is February 1 . Other releases are planned from Too Good Records for later in 2011.
A-Train is pleased to announce that A-Train affiliated artists and labels held 5 of the top 30 recordings in 2010’s World Music Charts Europe, including number #1.
With the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars’s “Rise and Shine” at number one, other A-Train clients were Six Degrees’ “Vagarosa” by Ceu, Cumbancha’s “Lero Lero” by Luisa Maita, “Opa Hey!” by Kottarashky on Asphalt Tango and Konono No 1’s “Assume Crash Position” from Crammed Disc.
Congratulations to all!
Congratulation to the the following A-Train Entertainment artists for earning a top 10 spot on Billboard’s best of 2010!
Smooth Jazz Songs Artists:
#3 Chris Standring
#4 Rick Braun
#8 Spencer Day
Smooth Jazz Songs:
#1 “Bossa Blue” – Chris Standring Blue Bolero
#6 “Christiane” – Rick Braun All It Takes
#10 “Retro Boy” – Richard Elliot Rock Steady
Dance Airplay:
#2 “Radio” – Get Far feat. H- Boogie
53rd Grammy Final Nominations List
Category 8 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
“Imagine” Herbie Hancock w/ Konono (Crammed disc artist)
Category 10 Best Pop Instrumental Album
Pushing The Envelope- Gerald Albright (Peak/Heads Up/Concord)
Category 26 Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
“Hang On In There”- John Legend & The Roots (co songwriter- Mike James Kirkland
Category 43 Best New Age Album
Dancing Into Silence- R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman (Canyon Records)
Category 65 Best Bluegrass Album
Legacy- The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (Compass Records)
Category 71 Best Native American Music Album
XI- Bear Creek (Canyon Records)
Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs- Northern Cree (Canyon Records)
Category 86 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
“Imagine”- Herbie Hancock w/ Konono