Specializing in quality roots and Americana music since 1978.

Record collector / DJ / Broadcaster / Producer / Brownswood Recordings boss / occasional remixer

Church Team Ministries International (CTMI) is an informal Christian network, formed in 2001 by Miki Hardy and his wife Audrey with a few leaders from different partner churches, who are united by the message of the cross and the work of God in their lives. 
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Church Team Ministries International (CTMI) est un réseau chrétien informel, créé en 2001 par Miki Hardy et Audrey son épouse, et quelques leaders de différentes églises partenaires, unis par le message de la croix et l'œuvre de Dieu dans leur vie.

GOLDEN BLACK- INSPIRATION MEETS ASPIRATION
With their brand new “new age" genre : A mixture of all genres of music; this German-Japanese/American-Panamanian  duo is one of the most  aspiring pairs  of today's music industry. Tot and Ricky´s multicultural background  gave the group A very eclectic insight in all aspects of life, may it be political, or artistically. Breaking with conventions is a everyday aspect of the duo. Golden Black cant help but stay true to themselves, often sticking out of the norm, whether it be fashion, music or life itself. They are just as influenced by bands like Queen, Evanescence, and  artist like David Bowie,  and Nina Simone as they are by electronic or hip hop acts such as daft punk or Kanye West 
They both worked on solo projects before meeting.
Tot began to explore the arts at a very early age. Writing songs and poems in her youth. Later she attended North springs High school of Performing arts and science in Atlanta Georgia where she studied dance, and learned to play the violin.  During her attendance at Clark Atlanta University, and later Ga State university, she began making beats, and recorded her EP “ The Glittermachine” .While in Atlanta she would perform small gigs, often collaborating with other up- and -coming  artist, and appearing on mix tapes. After moving back to Germany, her place of birth, she finally released "The Glitter Machine " in 2011, the same year she meet Ricky.
Ricky came across music at the age of 12. He started out writing his first songs in German but eventually switched to English later on. In 1998 he signed to an indie record company in Nürnberg where he was involved in a project called “Da Genetix”. He left the label  one year later due to internal conflicts.In 1999 he was in the group DNA SQUAD, which he released one album .The group parted ways and he found himself being a solo artist once again. In 2011 after several guest appearances at radio stations like radio energy Nürnberg, jams and participations in contests like musicnation, he released his EP ” Bastard Chronicles” the very same year he meet Tot.
 

Ricky and Tot met in a club in Bamberg in 2011 and formed Golden Black in 2012.They got married the same year and decided to fuse their musical energy together and create their own genre of music! Since then, they performed shows. in clubs around Germany, and attended as guests at different radio stations like radio z in Nürnberg,where they had the opportunity to appear in the ”Lokale Leidenschaften 2” compilation CD in 2012. In the meantime they worked on their debut album which will be released at the end of 2014 or the early beginning of 2015.

Ólafur Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and beats crossing over from ambient/electronic to pop.

Management:
American International Artists, Inc.
Cynthia B. Herbst, President
+1 (518) 686-0972
Cynthia@aiArtists.com

Much like songbird Edith Piaf, Madeleine Peyroux spent her teenage years busking the busy streets of Paris. Just like the ‘little sparrow’, Madeleine befriended the city’s street musicians and made its Latin quarter her first performing stage. Years later, Peyroux would cite iconic Piaf as an influence on her music and record a rendition of the classic La Vie En Rose, soulfully capturing the tune’s romanticism and melancholy.
 
Born in Athens, Georgia in 1974, Madeleine “grew up in a house filled with music” and from an early age “instinctively realised music’s soothing power” but it was her teenage years in the French capital that turned the childhood notion into an all-consuming vocation for life.

Young Madeleine moved to Paris with her mother in 1987 following her parents divorce. “To soothe me during the upheaval”, she recalls, “I was given a guitar and took to playing in the streets almost immediately.”

Thirty years after her formative busking days Peyroux is the proud curator of nine beguiling albums and an accomplished performer with sell out worldwide tours under her belt. Her atmospheric version of Serge Gainsborough’s La Javanaise was used in the soundtrack of Oscar Winner The Shape of Water and her countless accolades
include the coveted BBC International Artist Of The Year honour.
 
Madeleine’s thirst for creative exploration is unfading and her willingness to face creative challenges remains as solid now as it was three decades ago.

With endearing passion and great curiosity the unstoppable genre-defying virtuoso continues her search for the good and examines life with the treasured William Congreve belief that Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.
 
Madeleine might attribute her success to “mostly luck” but to the industry and loyal fans alike, it is the immense talent and utter dedication to her craft that shines through.
“Peyroux is a tremendous talent and almost a total intuitive” reflects Larry Klein, “she has the capacity to get the magic. When she sings and plays her guitar, great things happen.”

Rihanna is an Academy Award nominated and Grammy winning artist, philanthropist, and businesswoman, recognized as one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. She holds the record for the most Diamond-certified RIAA singles by any female artist. All of her studio albums have achieved Platinum or Multi-Platinum status, including Good Girl Gone Bad, Loud, and Anti, cementing her legacy as a music industry legend. Beyond her musical achievements, Rihanna is celebrated for her humanitarian involvement, entrepreneurship, and fashion industry influence. She established the Clara Lionel Foundation in honor of her grandparents, focusing on investing in community-led solutions across the Caribbean, East Africa, and the US South. She is also one of the most influential moguls in beauty, cosmetics, and fashion, with her trail blazing and culture shifting companies: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Hair and Savage X Fenty.

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