Janevic and Long's path to that Lollapalooza stage began at age 17, when they met at Interlochen Arts Camp in northern ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A half-decade has passed since the last Black Violin album, "Give Thanks," dropped. But the unique ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus were in the same high school music class. Wil started with strings, and branched out to other instruments and vocals. Black Violin is what they've done ...

The classical and hip-hop fusion duo Black Violin has quite a list of musical accomplishments. They’ve performed with Alicia Keys, toured with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and played for former First ...

EAU CLAIRE — Black Violin excels in combining classical music and hip-hop, two genres that at first glance do not seem at all compatible. The group, consisting of Kev Marcus on the violin and Wil B, ...

Black Violin's Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met on the first day of orchestra class in 1996 at Dillard High School of the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Classically trained by day, they ...

For nearly 20 years, hip hop duo Black Violin has fused classical strings with modern beats, breaking barriers and building community along the way. Members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste first met in ...

BLOOMINGTON — The musicians from the ensemble Black Violin understand the apprehension audiences may have before they begin to play. “The violin doesn’t have a cool stigma,” said musician Wil Baptiste ...

There’s a story that used to make the rounds in the sheet music business about legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman making a stop at the iconic Frank Music Company in New York City. The person who ...

Wilner "Wil B." Baptiste aspired to play the saxophone in high school, and signed up for a class to learn the instrument. He got put into a viola class instead, but didn't find out the real reason for ...

In the second grade, Malcolm McNeish picked up the violin at Bethune Elementary School in Hollywood for the chance to go on field trips to Disney World and Busch Gardens. His brother Umoja saw him ...