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 Management

Art Garfunkel
Some Enchanted Evening



Bruce Hornsby
Levitate

Levitate


Little Feat
Join the Band

Little Feat


Metropolitan Talent Presents




Hybrid Recordings

Releases

Johnette Napolitano
Scarred

Johnette Napolitano Scarred



Assembly Of Dust
Recollection




The Gin Blossoms
Major Lodge Victory