When you think of classical music, chances are you don’t often think of an underlying hip-hop beat. That's where two musicians, Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus come in. The pair has been blending hip-hop ...

Brothers Tourie and Damien Escobar were just young boys when they began earning money by playing the violin on New York's subways. While attending Julliard School of Music, they started incorporating ...

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 ...

This is something you won’t see every day at a concert billed as “classical”: a DJ working the turntables. Or a drummer banging out a solo in classic rock ‘n’ roll fashion, set against the backdrop of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black Violin, the sting instrument-wielding hip-hop duo, will close out its Black Violin Experience Tour with a performance in Dayton this fall. The duo will play the Schuster Center on Tuesday, Oct.

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 ...