Category Archives: News

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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,  … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

The A Train family grew this week with the additions of Q-Rious Music, Marc Antoine, and Chops Not Chaps to our digital distribution catalog. Germany’s Q-Rious has been publishing great music since 2002 including work from Dominic Miller, Dieter Ilg, … Continue reading →

A Train congratulates Six Degrees Records artist Vieux Farka Touré on tonight’s performance with Alicia Keys as a part of the kick off celebration for this year’s FIFA World Cup. The three-hour concert, considered the biggest entertainment event to date … Continue reading →

A big congratulations to Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman who has made history once again after becoming the first female composer to be honoured with the Richard Kirk Award at the annual BMI Film & Television Awards in Los Angeles … Continue reading →

A Train Entertainment is proud to announce that several of our artists have been nominated for this years Smooth Jazz Awards to be held on October 29th 2010 in Michigan City, Indiana. The following artists are nominated for awards in … Continue reading →

A-Train is pleased to announce the release of several Qnote titles by the late John Dankworth. Jazz Matters features two suites of new music written by Dankworth with lyrics by Duncan Lamont. Recorded in 2007 at The Stables Theatre on … Continue reading →