Adrian Quesada has signed a global publishing deal with Concord Music Publishing, covering upcoming projects and his full catalog. The agreement includes his work as co-founder, guitarist, and producer of seven-time Grammy-nominated psychedelic soul band Black Pumas, as well as his extensive output as a solo artist, producer, and collaborator across funk, soul, Latin music, and beyond.
Quesada’s catalog is genuinely wide. His solo albums ‘Boleros Psicodélicos’ and ‘Jaguar Sound’ arrived in 2022, and last year he released ‘Boleros Psicodélicos II,’ a deeply communal record featuring Cuco, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Monsieur Periné, iLe, Dayme Arocena, and more. Billboard called him “a sonic alchemist of unsurpassed vision,” and the record earned him an NPR Tiny Desk slot. In 2023 he won a Latin Grammy for Best Rock Song for his work with Diamante Eléctrico.
His film work is equally sharp. Quesada co-wrote and produced “Like a Bird” with singer-songwriter Abraham Alexander for the A24 film Sing Sing, earning him a 2025 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. His collaborators over the years include Prince, Los Lobos, and Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA, and he has been a member of Grammy-winning Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds.
Quesada is direct about why the deal made sense: “Concord has an unmatched ability to cast a big enough net to reach all the worlds I like to incorporate into my music, from soul to Latin to hip-hop, and beyond.” SVP A&R Jeremy Yohai and VP A&R Pablo Ahogado echoed that enthusiasm, calling Quesada exactly the type of writer they aspire to work with.
For an artist who runs his own studio, Electric Deluxe Recorders in Austin, and continues to push across genres with every project, this is a publishing home built to keep up.