About
Metropolitan Talent, Inc.
Metropolitan Talent, Inc. is a multi-faceted entertainment company
that offers artists the opportunity to foster relationships in many
areas of the music industry by providing focused career development.
Led by music industry veterans John Scher and Al Cafaro, and
with multiple divisions (Hybrid Recordings, Metropolitan Talent
Presents, Artist Management, theater and television production),
Metropolitan Talent, Inc. is uniquely positioned to provide
artists with full-service and a multitude of opportunities their
careers require.
Artist Management
Metropolitan Talent Management’s artist roster includes: Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, Art Garfunkel, including co-management of Simon & Garfunkel tour activity; Multi-Grammy winner, songwriter/pianist/vocalist, Bruce Hornsby, who made his Verve Recordings debut with the release of “Levitate”, featuring his longtime touring band, The Noisemakers, and who has also completed his first film score, for the Spike Lee documentary, “Kobe: Doin’ Work” , and is also working on an original Broadway musical project, “SCKBSTD” ; One of the hardest working bands in show biz, Little Feat (co-managed with Cameron Sears), who, since 1969, have been a lasting fixture on the musical landscape with their freewheeling fusion of California rock, Dixie-inflected funk-boogie and polished, first-rate musicianship wrapped around eclectic and memorable songs like Dixie Chicken and Fat Man in the Bathtub; and progressive rock icons Renaissance, who in 2009 returned to the US for a triumphant 40th Anniversary tour, and will return for more dates by popular demand.
Previous management clients include Bob Weir & RatDog, The Allman Brothers Band , the cranberries, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Vertical Horizon, Rusted Root, Los Lobos, John Hiatt, and Donovan.
Hybrid Recordings
Distributed worldwide by SonyBMG's RED Distribution, Hybrid
Recordings, releases
include Johnette
Napolitano's crictically acclaimed solo album Scarred, and
folk-rock group Assembly
of Dust album Recollection. Hybrid also released
the Gin
Blossoms (Major Lodge Victory), Strays
Don't Sleep (CD/DVD Pacakge), Jen
Chapin (Ready), All Hours' In Flgarante
Delicto, The Sound Of Urchin's The Diamond, Shake The Hand That
Shook The World from Pepper's Ghost, and Vertical Horizon's
GO. Also on Hybrid's roster is Weir Here: The Best of Bob Weir, and the Grammy nominated, Tony award winning Liza's At The Palace.
Metropolitan Talent Presents
Metropolitan Talent Presents is a preeminent producer
of world class live entertainment and has presented a vast array
of artists including Bob Dylan, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica,
Tool, Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses, Simon
& Garfunkel, Dane Cook, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical
Romance, Iron Maiden and Green Day. In addition to promoting
events in arenas, theaters and clubs in New York and throughout
the northeast US, Metropolitan was also the tour producer of
the highly successful INXS “Switched On” North American
Tour. Metropolitan holds exclusive booking agreements
at two New York City venues: The Concert Hall, an 815 seat theater
located at 64th Street at Central Park West. For a list of upcoming events please go to Concertstonight.com.
Theater & Television Production
Most recently, Metropolitan Talent Presents produced the Tony Award-winning "Liza's At the Palace…" on Broadway. Winner of "Best Special Theatrical Event," this concert production featured Liza Minnelli singing many of her signature hits followed by a dance-filled tribute to the groundbreaking late-1940s nightclub act of Minnelli's godmother, Kay Thompson.
Past projects spearheaded by Metropolitan include PBS specials like “My Favorite Broadway,” starring Julie Andrews and “A Tribute to Muddy Waters: King of the Blues,” as well as other television network specials like “Elvis: The Tribute” on ABC and “Woodstock ‘99” on FOX. Theatrical presentations include “Victor Victoria,” “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “Damn Yankees,” and “Thwack.”
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Metropolitan Talent, Inc.
100 Fifth Ave.
11th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212.277.7171
info@metrohybrid.com
For media inquiries
please contact Renee@metrohybrid.com
Metropolitan Talent Management
Art Garfunkel
Some Enchanted Evening
Bruce Hornsby
Levitate

Little Feat
Join the Band

Metropolitan Talent Presents

Hybrid Recordings
Releases
Johnette Napolitano
Scarred
Assembly Of Dust
Recollection
The Gin Blossoms
Major Lodge Victory
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