A Train Artists To Be Featured on “We Are The World” 25th Anniversary Digital Release

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To acknowledge the quarter century milestone and because of the global love and popularity of the song, United Support of Artists for Africa plans to re-release the original recording of “We Are The World”, this time surrounded by songs from artists around the world. A Train artists to be featured on this historic tribute album include Lila Downs, Razia Said, Vieux Farka Toure, and Luisa Maita. Continue reading →

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John Legend And The Roots Cover Mike James Kirkland’s Classic “Hang In There”

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John Legend & The Roots have covered the classic title track from Mike James Kirkland’s Essential LP, “Hang In There”. The cover will be featured on the upcoming album Wake Up! which also features some re-touched versions of tracks by Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Bill Withers as well as new original material. Listen to John Legend and The Roots’ version here via NPR. Ubiquity’s sister label, Luv N’ Haight re-released “Hang On In There” in 1996.

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Notable South African label Icon Records signs with A Train for Digital Distribution

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Icon Records, home of the legendary Hugh Masakela, has just signed an exclusive digital distribution contract with A Train for the Americas. Icon is co-owned by Lazarus Serobe, Managing Director of Gallo Records and CEO of Warner Music Gallo Africa,  and along with recordings by Hugh Maskakela (Including dvds) the catalog contains releases from The Bala Family, Khaya Mahlangu, Tsepo Tshola and more.

Hugh Masakela comes to the US for tour dates starting Oct 8 in Philadelphia and including a Carnegie Hall appearance.

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A Train Artists Dominate Radio

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A  Train’s diverse catalog of music has been heating up the charts this summer. We’re happy to report that several of our artists have reached the top five in their respective genres and we’ve currently got the number one dance song in the US! Check out the full run-down after the jump: Continue reading →

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A Train Picks Up Top 5 Dance Hit!

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A Train signs a new deal with Oyez! representing the publishers Ratatan and Melodica and including the writers Mario Fargetta and Salvatore De Paola. Get Far’s “The Radio” featuring H-Boogie has been tearing up the dance charts – released in over 20 countries including the US, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Czech, etc; “The Radio” has over six million  collective hits on YouTube and the video has been requested by various music channels in the UK due to it’s international success and support from key bloggers and press.

We are extremely excited about this new deal with Oyez! and are looking forward to building a successful relationship with them.

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