-The Earth Harp, the world’s longest stringed instrument, to perform Sat and Sun at global event-
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| ElleKing-SHAME |
CARLSBAD, Calif. – December 19, 2018 - With just over a month to go until the start of The 2019 NAMM Show, The NAMM Campus is set to come alive with a variety of Bands@NAMM performers, a Guinness World Record™-breaking instrument, and household names who will share their own unique mixes of hip-hop and classical, to blues and rock.
On Thursday,
The NAMM Foundation Celebration for Music Education
will celebrate the advocacy and dedication of NAMM members with a performance from the duo,
Black Violin. Composed of classically trained violist and
violinist Wil B and Kev Marcus, the pair combine their classical
training and hip-hop influences with their DJ to create a distinctive
multi-genre sound that is often described as “classical boom.”
Black Violin has shared stages with top names including Kanye West,
Aerosmith and Tom Petty, and has creatively collaborated with the likes
of Wu-Tang Clan, Wyclef Jean, and Alicia Keys. The duo composed music
for the television series
Pitch which debuted on FOX in 2016, in addition to appearances on HBO’s
Ballers, The Tonight Show, The Wendy Williams Show, The Kate TV, and
The Ellen Show. The group’s most recent record, Stereotypes, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart and #4 on the Billboard R&B Chart.
On Friday, an all-star line-up from Yamaha promises an unforgettable multi-artist extravaganza with the “Yamaha All-Star Concert on the
Grand 2019” set to crank up the volume to 11. While the artist
lineup for this year’s concert remains a secret, Yamaha has built an
unmatched reputation for developing and producing the largest and most
energetic concert events at past NAMM Shows. Last
year’s concert featured star turns by celebrated artists Melissa
Etheridge, Sam Moore, Michael McDonald, Butch Walker, Lindsey Stirling,
Marc Broussard, and Sheléa. Past concerts have included such artist
luminaries as Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett,
John Legend, Earth, Wind & Fire, U2 founder and drummer Larry
Mullen, Jr., and many others.
On Saturday evening at the annual “Imagine Party,” The NAMM Foundation and The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus presented by Other World Computing will welcome singer and songwriter, Elle King. King blends pop, blues, and rock ‘n’ roll into a sound that’s all her own. After hearing the all-girl pop-punk band The Donnas when she was nine years old in Ohio, she decided she wanted to be a singer and musician. By 13, she was playing guitar, and later learned to play the banjo. After signing to RCA Records, she released The Elle King EP which featured the “Mob Wives Chicago” theme song “Playing For Keeps.”
In 2015, King released her debut album Love Stuff,
featuring the hit single “Ex’s & Oh’s” which reached the top of
Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart.
She made chart history becoming the second female artist in 18 years to
reach #1 at Alternative Radio, and “Ex’s & Oh’s” earned Elle two
GRAMMY nominations. She was also featured on Dierks Bentley’s
GRAMMY-nominated No. 1 Country Airplay hit “Different For
Girls” (she performed it with Bentley at the CMA Awards and took home
an award for “Musical Event of the Year”). Her just-released follow-up
On Saturday and Sunday, the Arena Plaza will feature the
Earth Harp,
the world’s longest playable stringed instrument, that will reach from
the balcony of the
ACC North building to the Plaza. The harp will be played live by its
creator William Close, the LA-based inventor who holds the Guinness Book
of World Records for the largest stringed instrument in the world.
