THE NDUSTRY WITH AKIA & NICOLE

THE NDUSTRY SHOW INTRODUCES TWO-TIME Grammy® Award Nominated, Three RIAA Gold Record Award Holder, NAACP Image Award, and National Endowment For the Arts Fellowship Grant Recipient, Author & Speaker,  KEVIN TONEY!

A seasoned composer, jazz pianist and recording artist, Kevin Toney started playing the age of 5 in, Detroit, Michigan. His first teacher was his sister Helen. He also plays the cello and alto saxophone. He attended the prestigious Cass Technical High School and Howard University. During his tenure, he became the leader of the The Blackbyrds, the innovative jazz-soul fusion sextet founded by jazz trumpet legend Donald Byrd.  Kevin wrote and co- penned many of the band's most memorable music including the hit “Rock Creek Park”, “All I Ask,” and the  Grammy®-nominated  “Unfinished Business.” After six now-classic `70s Soul albums, the group disbanded and Kevin recorded his first solo LP, Special K in 1982.

Kevin applied his talent to the literary world and wrote “The Virtuous Man: Breaking The Men’s Code,“ which addresses the misconceptions (“Men's Code”) that men have learned from an early age regarding marriage and family, the baggage that men often bring into their marriages and their struggle in letting go of them. Other published books are The Kevin Toney Collection, Volume I and Heart of Gratitude: Piano Solos.

Kevin is a mentor for the "Manformation Project," an LA-based program boys of 10-18 years of age into contact with Godly minded men to cultivate positive growth. Kevin and his wife – renowned costuming designer Phyllis Toney – also started The Toney Family Foundation which focuses on arts and music related philanthropy.

TUNE-IN TO THE LIVE INTERVIEW, SUNDAY@ 7PM EST/4PM PST. LISTEN VIA LAN OR MOBILE AT 718-766-4964 OR ONLINE WWW.WELCOMETOTHENDUSTRY.NET