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06.07.2020

M.I.L.K Signs Publishing Deal With Wise Music

We are proud to announce Emil Wilk, known as M.I.L.K, as the newest signature with French publisher Première Music Group, part of Wise Music Group. The M.I.L.K sound is as curious as his many collaborations suggests. He effortlessly blends genres and styles into his very own distinctive universe that is liquid from song to song, but still fits together like a collage of summery memories. Since the initial release, Danish singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer M.I.L.K has gained a broad fan base across the world with millions of streams and support from medias. M.I.LK released the debut single ‘Following The Sun’ in 2016, followed by the debut EP A Memory Of A Memory Of A Postcard with the indie hit ‘If We Want To’. This was followed up by a signing to Capitol Records and the second EP Maybe I Love Kokomo. Since then, M.I.L.K has worked with some of the biggest French artists across genres such as Benjamin Biolay, The Avener, The Geek, Nemir and Møme. And now, after a couple of years of sporadic single and EP releases, M.I.L.K is finally ready with his debut album released on March 13th 2020, Always Summer Somewhere that was presented through a string of singles in 2019. Listen on Spotify here Latest Single Release : SUMMERTIME - June 5th 2020

06.07.2020

M.I.L.K Signs Publishing Deal With Wise Music

We are proud to announce Emil Wilk, known as M.I.L.K, as the newest signature with French publisher Première Music Group, part of Wise Music Group. The M.I.L.K sound is as curious as his many ...

01.07.2020

Toots And The Maytals Release New Video For Latest Single 'Got To Be Tough'

Toots and the Maytals have today released a new animated music video for their latest single 'Got To Be Tough' coinciding with International Reggae Day! The video, created by Nick Franco, depicts an animated version of Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert "paying homage to the strength of his fellow Jamaicans" with the message of the song proving to be "universal, and timely". The track is the lead single off Toots' upcoming album of the same name, due out in August via Trojan Jamaica/BMG Records. Check out the video here:

01.07.2020

Toots And The Maytals Release New Video For Latest Single 'Got To Be Tough'

Toots and the Maytals have today released a new animated music video for their latest single 'Got To Be Tough' coinciding with International Reggae Day! The video, created by Nick Franco, depicts an ...

17.06.2020

New Toots & The Maytals Album Announced

Toots and the Maytals have annouced they are releasing a new album, titled Got To Be Tough, via Trojan Jamaica/BMG Records this August. With Toots taking on horn and production duties himself, Got To Be Tough features Sly Dunbar on drums, Zak Starkey on guitar, and Cyril Neville on percussion. Got To Be Tough marks Toots and the Maytal’s first studio album in a decade, following Flip and Twist in 2010. The albums lead single of the same name is the first track to drop. Listen here: Full Tracklist: Side A 1. Drop Off Head2. Just Brutal3. Got To Be Tough4. Freedom Train5. Warning Warning Side B 1. Good Thing That You Call2. Stand Accuse3. Three Little Birds Ft. Ziggy Marley4. Having A Party5. Struggle

17.06.2020

New Toots & The Maytals Album Announced

Toots and the Maytals have annouced they are releasing a new album, titled Got To Be Tough, via Trojan Jamaica/BMG Records this August. With Toots taking on horn and production duties himself, Got ...

16.06.2020

Wise Music Group renews publishing deal with Hildur Guðnadóttir

Wise Music Group is delighted to announce a renewed worldwide publishing relationship with the Academy Award-winning Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir. Widely recognised for her historic awards season sweep within the past year, Guðnadóttir scored Todd Phillips’ Joker (2019), for which she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and a BAFTA. Additionally, Guðnadóttir garnered a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award for scoring HBO’s acclaimed mini-series “Chernobyl” (2019) and was named Television Composer of the Year at the 2019 World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent. Currently working on a new solo album for the classical music label Deutsche Grammophon, as well as composing for video games which will further showcase her use of modular electroacoustic instruments, Guðnadóttir takes a full circle approach to her creativity, embracing works for film, media, concert hall, installations, and material written for herself as a performer. In her solo works she draws out a broad spectrum of sounds from her instrument, ranging from intimate simplicity to huge soundscapes. Her work for film and television includes Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Mary Magdalene (2018), Tom of Finland (2017), Journey’s End (2017) and many episodes for the Icelandic television series Trapped currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Guðnadóttir has additionally composed music for theatre and dance, with commissions for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the National Theatre of Iceland, Tate Modern, The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, and Gothenburg National Theatre. Jeffrey Duncan, Executive Vice President of Wise Music Group in Los Angeles comments:“Wise Music is thrilled to continue representing Hildur and her singular musical vision. Our truly international publishing services as well as catalogue spanning all genres from contemporary orchestral masterpieces to evergreen pop hits, makes us uniquely suited to support her journey.” In addtion to the above, Wise Music now has UK / Eire representation rights of Guðnadóttir's back catalogue albums, Saman (2014), Leyfðu Ljósinu (2012), Without Sinking (2009) and Mount A (2006) on behalf of Touch Music / Fairwood Music. See an overview of her catalgoue here: Spotlight On: Hildur Guðnadóttir.

16.06.2020

Wise Music Group renews publishing deal with Hildur Guðnadóttir

Wise Music Group is delighted to announce a renewed worldwide publishing relationship with the Academy Award-winning Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir. Widely recognised for her ...

04.06.2020

Frans Bak - "Piano"

Danish composer, Frans Bak, has released his new album "Piano" on Dharma Record. It is an 11 track album inspired by the piano he used to play while growing up and born out of his love for simple melodies. Read Atwood Magazine's premiere of the album here. Listen to the album on our website and on Spotify.

04.06.2020

Frans Bak - "Piano"

Danish composer, Frans Bak, has released his new album "Piano" on Dharma Record. It is an 11 track album inspired by the piano he used to play while growing up and born out of his love for simple ...

08.05.2020

Academy Award-Winning Composer Rachel Portman Releases Her Debut Solo Album 'ask the rver'

“ask the river” is exceptionally composed and performed. It was a thrill to listen to. She is working at a high level of artistry not reached by many composers.” – Philip Glass “Her frequent collaborator, director Douglas McGrath, quotes a line about Truman Capote from the movie Infamous: “'When you look at a candle, at its bright flame, at the center there’s always that little touch of blue.' And I think that’s true in Rachel’s music." – NPR’s All Things Considered Rachel Portman, the Academy Award-winning composer and pianist, releases her debut lyrical all-instrumental collection, ask the river, out today, Friday, May 8, via Node Records, and available HERE on all streaming platforms. Portman is best known to listeners for her musical scores heard in more than 100 major motion pictures. She received an Oscar for her work on Douglas McGrath’s 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, and also collected nominations for the scores for Lasse Halleström’s The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000). Her music for the HBO television feature Bessie (2015) was honored with a Primetime Emmy Award. With ask the river, the British musician steps to center stage for the first time, with an album of thematically related pieces inspired by her closely held personal concerns. She says, “I have a deep interest in environmentalism and protecting the natural world that surrounds us. I’ve written quite extensively and been involved in concert work about the environment and about listening to the earth. I also have a desire to work on projects where I’m free to create my ideas from scratch. I’ve been on this trail for quite a while but hadn’t ever put together an album of my own work and performed it myself.” Several earlier compositions by Portman have addressed the subject matter that underlies ask the river. In 2007, The Water Diviner’s Tale, a choral symphony written with Owen Sheers, was commissioned for the BBC Proms concerts. The orchestral piece Endangered debuted at the World Environmental Day Concert in Beijing in 2012. And Earth Song, penned with poet Nick Drake, was commissioned for and performed by the BBC Singers in 2019; its libretto drew from Greta Thunberg’s headline-making address at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos. Portman spent 18 months composing 13 new pieces, which palpably conjure up the setting in which they were written. “I split my life between London and the countryside,” she says, “spending a lot of time on a small farm which I am gently in the process of rewilding - so no intensive farming practices - with a view to encouraging regeneration of bird and insect life. It has a stream running through it, and when I’m there I can lose myself amongst the trees, in the grasses and under the sky. That really has been my inspiration for ask the river along with a desire to feel deeply connected within nature – for me, it’s about respecting nature as part of ourselves.” Not only did Portman write and produce ask the river, but she also took the unprecedented step of playing piano on the recording. “I’ve never performed before,” Portman says. “I’ve always been behind the scenes. It’s an absolute first for me. While I play the piano most of every day because it’s the friend that I’m with as I’m writing, I’ve never put myself forward to do that on a recording. I realised with this collection of personal pieces that I had to do it. These are very much my pieces, so it needed to be me who was expressing them.” On seven of the album’s tracks, Portman is accompanied by two well-traveled classical musicians whose playing has graced countless film soundtracks: violinist Clio Gould and cellist Caroline Dale. “They’re the cream of players in London,” Portman says. “Clio Gould is an absolutely stunning soloist who has a deep understanding of nuance in music. Playing with her, she immediately and intuitively picks up what to do with the violin, and has been sympathetic to the nature that is flowing out of the music. Both she and Caroline Dale have an extraordinary natural ability to be attuned to a piece of music. I hardly have to say anything. They played so reflectively, just breathing along with the music so easily. They were incredible.” The release of ask the river was prefaced by the release of lead-off track “leaves and trees,” and an accompanying music video that you can watch HERE. The piece then debuted in March at England’s Hastings International Piano Festival, as part of a larger retrospective of Portman’s work. The recorded version features her intricately overdubbed piano work. Also released is “much loved,” watch video HERE, and “a gift” on YouTube HERE.

08.05.2020

Academy Award-Winning Composer Rachel Portman Releases Her Debut Solo Album 'ask the rver'

“ask the river” is exceptionally composed and performed. It was a thrill to listen to. She is working at a high level of artistry not reached by many composers.” – Philip Glass “Her ...

08.05.2020

Luke Elliot Releases new album 'The Big Wind'

New Jersey’s Luke Elliot has garnered comparisons to icons such as Hank Williams, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Elmore James, PJ Harvey, and Nick Cave. His latest album 'The Big Wind' has just been awarded Rolling Stone France's "Album of The Month". Purchase/listen to album here Watch Luke Elliot's exclusive performance of 'Never End Up'

08.05.2020

Luke Elliot Releases new album 'The Big Wind'

New Jersey’s Luke Elliot has garnered comparisons to icons such as Hank Williams, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Elmore James, PJ Harvey, and Nick Cave. His latest album 'The Big Wind' has just been ...

29.04.2020

Hugar Release New Single

Multitalented Icelandic duo Hugar have released a new single and announced their upcoming album The Vasulka Effect: Music for the Motion Picture, released through Sony Music Masterworks. The new single 'Faded Reflection' is a hypnotic web of lyrical piano counterpoint and represents a perfect introduction to the full-length album, which will appear later this year. Despite the understandable postponement of the duo’s April European tour, now to be held in October, the duo are pleased to be able to give fans a foretaste of the upcoming album. 'Faded Reflection' represents the first of four singles coming this year and the band will livestream a performance of this first single on their social channels on May 8th. More info

29.04.2020

Hugar Release New Single

Multitalented Icelandic duo Hugar have released a new single and announced their upcoming album The Vasulka Effect: Music for the Motion Picture, released through Sony Music Masterworks. The new ...

27.04.2020

Frans Bak Signs To Wise Music Group

Frans Bak has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Edition Wilhelm Hansen, part of Wise Muisic Group. Considered one of the pioneers of the 'Nordic Noir' genre of music, and with over thirty years of experience scoring for film, television and advertising, Bak has created soundracks to critically acclaimed series such as Lilyhamer, Doctor Foster, Disparue and The Killing, setting a new musical standard for cime TV and inspiring other composers to apply the 'Nordic feel'. In addition to his career as a film and television composer, Bak has also released independent albums such as 2016's Sound Of North, with the main inspiration being his upbriging. Bak is set to release an album of new musical works, Piano, in Spring 2020. The latest single of which 'Waiting' can be heard here.

27.04.2020

Frans Bak Signs To Wise Music Group

Frans Bak has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Edition Wilhelm Hansen, part of Wise Muisic Group. Considered one of the pioneers of the 'Nordic Noir' genre of music, and with over thirty ...

24.04.2020

'We'll Meet Again' NHS Charity Single

Dame Vera Lynn and Katherine Jenkins have released a duet of 'We'll Meet Again' with all the proceeds donated to NHS Charities Together to support NHS staff and volunteers caring for coronavirus patients. Dame Vera Lynn said "The words 'we'll meet again' speak to the hope we should all have during these troubling times". Katherine Jenkins added "As Dame Vera herself has said, while the lyrics of 'We'll Meet Again' take us back to the time of WW2, the sentiment feels appropriate and meaningful today and relevant to the current crisis". Listen here

24.04.2020

'We'll Meet Again' NHS Charity Single

Dame Vera Lynn and Katherine Jenkins have released a duet of 'We'll Meet Again' with all the proceeds donated to NHS Charities Together to support NHS staff and volunteers caring for coronavirus ...

24.04.2020

Drexler Releases New Single 'Blossoms'

Drexler has released his first single 'Blossoms' off his up-coming album to be released later this year. Drexler writes "'Blossoms' is all about growth, as gradual as it may be". Listen here

24.04.2020

Drexler Releases New Single 'Blossoms'

Drexler has released his first single 'Blossoms' off his up-coming album to be released later this year. Drexler writes "'Blossoms' is all about growth, as gradual as it may be". Listen here

03.04.2020

Rachel Portman Announces Up-coming Album

Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman has announced up-coming album ask the river will be released via Node Records on May 8th. Her latest single from the album 'much loved' was released on Friday 3rd April along with a video. Pre-order the album and buy/stream 'much loved' here

03.04.2020

Dame Vera Lynn turned 103 on Friday 20th March and marked the special occasion with a new video to her wartime classic and Wise Music favourite 'We'll Meet Again'. In the video, which features archive footage of her performing the anthem, Vera urges the nation to "keep smiling and keep singing" during these difficult times. To celebrate the incredible birthday and to keep everyone "smiling and singing", we have created a playlist of all the Wise Music tracks covered by the great Vera Lynn. Listen here

25.03.2020

Vera Lynn Turns 103

Dame Vera Lynn turned 103 on Friday 20th March and marked the special occasion with a new video to her wartime classic and Wise Music favourite 'We'll Meet Again'. In the video, which features ...

M.I.L.K Signs Publishing Deal With Wise Music

M.I.L.K Signs Publishing Deal With Wise Music

Toots And The Maytals Release New Video For Latest Single 'Got To Be Tough'

Toots And The Maytals Release New Video For Latest Single 'Got To Be Tough'

New Toots & The Maytals Album Announced

New Toots & The Maytals Album Announced

Wise Music Group renews publishing deal with Hildur Guðnadóttir

Wise Music Group renews publishing deal with Hildur Guðnadóttir

Frans Bak - "Piano"

Frans Bak - "Piano"

Academy Award-Winning Composer Rachel Portman Releases Her Debut Solo Album 'ask the rver'

Academy Award-Winning Composer Rachel Portman Releases Her Debut Solo Album 'ask the rver'

Luke Elliot Releases new album 'The Big Wind'

Luke Elliot Releases new album 'The Big Wind'

Hugar Release New Single

Hugar Release New Single

Frans Bak Signs To Wise Music Group

Frans Bak Signs To Wise Music Group

'We'll Meet Again' NHS Charity Single

'We'll Meet Again' NHS Charity Single

Drexler Releases New Single 'Blossoms'

Drexler Releases New Single 'Blossoms'

Rachel Portman Announces Up-coming Album

Rachel Portman Announces Up-coming Album

Wilson Trouvé Releases New EP 'Sensible'

Wilson Trouvé Releases New EP 'Sensible'

Luke Elliot's New Single 'The Big Wind' Out Now

Luke Elliot's New Single 'The Big Wind' Out Now

Vera Lynn Turns 103

Vera Lynn Turns 103