Category Archives: News

A Train Artist Performances at SXSW 2013!

A Train artists Peter Rowan and La Chiva Gantiva have multiple performances at this year’s SXSW: GRAMMY award winner and six-time GRAMMY nominee, Peter Rowan is a bluegrass singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades.  Rowan performs a Townes … Continue reading

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Tommy Guerrero – Winner of The 15th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Legend Award

A Train is proud to announce that Tommy Guerrero is the winner of this year’s TransWorld SKATEboarding Legend Award, given each year to an individual who has given their heart and soul to skateboarding. Given Tommy’s rich and varied history … Continue reading

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14th Annual Native American Music Awards – Canyon Records Artists Earn 20 Nominations This Year

          A Train is excited to announce that Canyon Record artists have been nominated in 12 different categories, some with multiple nominations contributing to an impressive total of 20 nominations for this year’s NAMA. Featured guests … Continue reading

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Celebrate the GRAMMY Awards with A Train

We are pleased to announce that two A Train writers received GRAMMY Awards this year:  Gregg Karukas for writing numerous compositions on Omar Akram’s Best New Age Album, Echoes of Love, released by Real Music (another A Train client) and … Continue reading

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A Train Welcomes Rupa & The April Fishes to Its Growing Family of Composers

              Four years, festivals and village concerts on three continents, two previous albums, several languages from Hindi to Tzotzil to French, many musical traditions, and countless moments of joy, sorrow, loss, and transformation were … Continue reading

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A Train Welcomes David Benoit

A Train is very pleased to welcome noted composer/performer David Benoit and his new works, including 2012’s Conversation on Heads Up/Concord, to its growing catalog of administered works. “Feelin It” from Conversation was #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Smooth Jazz chart for … Continue reading

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Creative Control at House of Vans – Thursday Jan.17th

A Train artists and skateboard legends Tommy Guerrero and Ray Barbee curate CREATIVE CONTROL on Thurs. January 17th in Berlin—the European Skateboard Awards’ official after-show event hosted by the renowned House of Vans in celebration of the DIY skateboarding culture. … Continue reading

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