News - Wise Music Creative

Wise Music Group signs Smash Mouth's Greg Camp
2nd September 2021
Greg Camp has signed two deals with Embassy Music Corporation, part of Wise Music Group. The first assigns Camp’s share of all Smash Mouth songs and the second is a co-publishing deal for all new compositions, co-writes and scores. Major...
COVER STORY: AJ Smith Turns Engineering Into Creative Fuel
28th July 2021
AJ Smith is a jack of all trades, and well, master of them all, too...One of this generation’s great talents.
Dustin O'Halloran Announces Debut Album, Silphur, Out June 11
10th May 2021
Dustin O'Halloran's debut Deutsche Grammophon album, Silfur, explores the shifting perspective of music through time and place in new pieces and reimagined earlier works. “Silfur is an exploration of the music of my past and...
A Day In The Life Of…AJ Smith
16th March 2021
Genuinely star-powered, butter-voiced talent and charisma.
Toots and the Maytals Win Best Reggae Album at Grammy Awards 2021 for Got To Be Tough
15th March 2021
Toots and the Maytals won Best Reggae album at the Grammy Awards 2021 last Sunday for the brilliant album Got To Be Tough. Beating out strong competition from the likes of Buju Banton, Skip Marley, Maxi Priest, and The Wailers; the...
Oliver Davis' New Release SOLACE named Classic FM and Scala Radio's 'Album of the Week'
9th March 2021
‘SOLACE is a truly international album created during the 2020 lockdown. It involved working collaboratively, yet remotely, with soloists, ensembles and authors from all over the world. A year in the making resulting in a really unique...
Nike Celebrates Black Female Athletes in New 'We Play Real' Spot featuring "Les Fleurs"
8th March 2021
Nike is honoring some of the most successful and inspiring Black female athletes in a powerful new advertisement featuring Wise Music copyright "Les Fleurs", written by Charles Stepney and Richard Rudolph and made famous by Minnie...
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - New Album "Invisible Cities" OUT NOW
26th February 2021
A Winged Victory for the Sullen, the composer collaboration between Stars of the Lid founder Adam Wiltzie and L.A. composer Dustin O'Halloran, have released their newest album ‘Invisible Cities’, the stunning score to the critically...
Wise Music Group acquires iconic Zombies songs in deal with Bocu Group
26th January 2021
Wise Music Group acquires iconic Zombies songs in deal with Bocu Group Wise Music Group has announced the purchase of the Marquis, Verulam, and Mistletoe Melodies music publishing companies from The Bocu Group. In doing so it has acquired...
LIVESTREAM REVIEW: AJ SMITH
26th January 2021
Born for the spotlight, it might just be a matter of time before one of his irresistible tunes launches him to stardom
Soft Kill 'Dead Kids, R.I.P. City' Album Tops Billboard Alternative Charts
11th December 2020
Desperate, redemptive, its contrast of light and shadow favoring the latter, Dead Kids, R.I.P.
Stream Soft Kill’s Gloomy New Album “Dead Kids R.I.P. City” Early
18th November 2020
Tobias Grave answers a few of our questions along with the early stream of the record officially out this Friday.
Ariel Marx Releases New Album 'Luthier'
13th November 2020
Sundance Music and Sound Design Lab fellow and multi-instrumentalist, composer Ariel Marx, known for her work in television and film, has released a "love letter to strings" on Node Records. Luthier, Marx's latest solo album, is available...
Ólafur Arnalds new album 'some kind of peace' Out Now + WHEN WE ARE BORN film coming soon in 2021
6th November 2020
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Ólafur Arnalds has released album some kind of peace, his first album published by Bosworth Music, part of Wise Music Group. As his most revealing and vulnerable work to date, the album features...
RIP Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert
16th September 2020
Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, Grammy-Award winning multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and front-man of the legendary Jamaican group ‘Toots and the Maytals’, sadly passed away on Friday 11th September at the age of 77.The news was...
Dion's 'Blues With Friends' Hits #1 on Billboard's Blues Albums Chart
19th June 2020
Congrats to Dion! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's new album Blues With Friends has reached #1 on Billboard's Blues Albums Chart, and also hit the #1 spot on the IBBA UK charts for May 2020. Among the album's impressive artists...
Toots & the Maytals Announce New Album + Title Track "Got To Be Tough"
17th June 2020
Legendary Jamaican artist Frederick "Toots" Hibbert returns with his first studio release in more than a decade - the title track "Got To Be Tough" from Toots and the Maytals' full-length album out August 28th via Trojan Jamaica/BMG...
Wise Music Group Announces Renewed Publishing Relationship with Hildur Guðnadóttir
16th June 2020
Wise Music Group is delighted to announce a renewed worldwide publishing relationship with the Academy Award-winning Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir, including representation of her back catalogue albums, Saman (2014)...
Rachel Portman Releases "ask the river" Album - Available Now
9th April 2020
The Academy Award-winning composer and pianist Rachel Portman has released her all-instrumental album ask the river on May 8th on Node Records! Buy/stream the album now and watch the music video for "a gift" below.
Rachel Portman's New Single Out Now Via Node Records
17th March 2020
Node Records, part of the Wise Music Group, has released Rachel Portman's first solo single "leaves and trees" through all digital platforms, in addition to the official music video. Of the single, Rachel shares that "leaves and trees"...