This classically trained hip-hop duo from South Florida played before Dave Grohl’s keynote conference speech at SXSW. They got as big a standing ovation from the crowd as the Foo Fighter. Wil B is on viola and Kev Marcus on violin; they’ve described themselves as “the biggest independent group that no one has ever heard of.” Until, that was, the Obamas invited them to play their Inaugural Ball.Now they’ve performed with Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar as well. Their album, Black Violin – Classically Trained is out on 7 May. Someone book them a Sunday-afternoon slot at Glastonbury. blackviolin.net
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