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Birmingham’s Austin Riddle is an interesting artist. He manages to blend hip-hop elements with pop in a flawless smooth manner.

Nina Nesbitt’s critically lauded second album, ‘The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change’, raised the bar for the singer, songwriter and producer as she emerged from a rising prospect to an artist with a global reputation.

JONES’ previous releases, the ‘Camera Flash’ EP and ‘Giving It Up’, ignited her reputation as a vital new talent in UK Pop Soul with widespread acclaim and airplay that spanned Radio 1, Radio 2, 1XTRA and Capital XTRA. Since then, JONES has connected with a host of talent from South London’s burgeoning modern jazz scene to bring a fresh and vibrant flavour to her sound.

The pioneering, Grammy award-winning composer, conductor, orchestrator, curator and artist Jules Buckley has teamed up with long-time collaborator and producer Chris Wheeler, Heritage Orchestra and percussion collective Ghost-Note to release ‘Apache’, the stunning debut single and fresh take on the Incredible Bongo Band classic. Listen HERE. The single release comes alongside the announcement that the album ‘The Breaks’ will be released 3rd September 2021 on Decca Records.

NEW YORK, NY -- Sha-La Music Inc. announces the release of the And You Know Why single by US Roots Rocker DownTown Mystic on June 22.

Atlantic Records has announced the resounding label debut single from acclaimed Glasgow, Scotland-based alt-pop brother duo SAINT PHNX. A touching ode to their late father, “Happy Place” is available now. The song arrives alongside an epic music video, streaming now.

The 22-year-old South London-based singer Imen has signed to New York based record label, icons+giants. The company was launched by chart topping industry figureheads Billy Mann and Benton James as a global joint venture with ADA / Warner Music Group.

Brave James’ debut single ‘Soldier’ made a strong first impression for an artist with the imagination and distinction to occupy a space all of his own. Word of Brave James’ exploratory artistry will continue to spread as he today shares his second track ‘Lighthouse’.  Listen HERE. Watch the visual HERE.

Tony Carlucci pays homage to Ol’ Blue Eyes through his great tribute album, ‘Fly Me To The Moon.’ It’s a collection of Frank Sinatra greatest hits and a few of his more less popular tunes that have built a strong cult following over the years.

JC Stewart started 2021 in style, when he was named as MTV’s first global Push artist of the year. The single ‘Break My Heart’ continue to fire his momentum skywards. Co-written with Niall Horan and broadening his already engaging pop appeal, it reached a remarkable 37 New Music Friday playlists, a total that matched Taylor Swift’s single from the same week. It continued his airplay support at both Radio 1 and Radio 2, while his Spotify following was elevated over 4 million monthly listeners. The attention continued, most recently when he was highlighted in Hunger’s Britpop 2.0 portfolio.

Aquilo have cultivated a global following which has taken them in excess of 250 million streams, but their current single ‘Out In LA’ is their best moment to date - an expansive hybrid of dreamy, mid ‘70s Beach Boys harmonies and the modern psychedelic swirl of Tame Impala. Now the song’s profile is set to be boosted as Aquilo share its highly imaginative new video. Watch it HERE.

Manchester’s finest Aitch returns with his scorching new single “Learning Curve” - out now via Capitol Records / 10K Projects. Listen HERE and watch the video HERE.

As England’s Euro 2020 campaign rolls into the knock-out stages, Woody & Kleiny x The Hoosiers continue to soundtrack the celebrations with their anthemic ‘Route 66’. After hitting #1 on the iTunes,  Amazon and UK Download Chart, the single is given a fresh boost as the hitmaker and two-time MOBO Award winner Naughty Boy drops his ‘La La La’ remix. 

Two of the UK’s most distinctive talents, Toddla T and Lady Leshurr, have teamed up to release ‘2Gether Now’, a modern update on The Farm’s 1990 Top 5 classic ‘All Together Now’, which has been adopted as an iconic football song. The track is released as part of JD Sport’s #JDPassItOn campaign on TikTok, which has already achieved a staggering 2.1 billion views.

London-based newcomer Freddie Long has quickly built a grassroots following, amassing a million streams each for his first two EPs ‘These Darker Days’ and ‘Blessed Or Cursed’ and then another million alone for his most recent single ‘The Nowhere Times’. Complemented by mounting critical acclaim plus shows for The Great Escape and BBC Introducing, Freddie Long today releases his brand new single ‘In Your Arms’. It’s released via his own Banana Split Records label, with distribution from Sony.

Wherever AHI goes, people fall under his spell - an essential trait for an artist who has travelled everywhere from the creative hotspots of Nashville, Toronto and London to the desolation of the Ethiopian highlands. The seasoned soul of his voice brings his authentic, storytelling songs to life, each of which catalogues the spectrum of experiences that he’s lived through. His talents have been rewarded with a coveted Tiny Desk / NPR session, 14 million streams of his track ‘Ol’ Sweet Day’, and a Juno Award nomination.

A spectacular breakout year for Swedish-American singer-songwriter Lexi Berg keeps on getting better. Her song ‘What If’ prompted a wave of discovery after featuring in the Netflix smash ‘Pieces of a Woman’, a film which gained countless nominations throughout awards season. She then released ‘Into The Sea’ as her debut for the Warner Music UK label EastWest Records, a single which Jo Whiley played on Radio 2 and which, with its dramatic Scandi-style video, earned rave reviews from followers as well as famous fans of Lexi’s music, including Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Pinnock, Bianca Jagger, Amelia Windsor and Rebecca Ferguson.

Setting eternally relevant themes to classic melodies with an ear for modernist production, Gavin James’ unassuming authenticity and songcraft has been the key to him unlocking 1.5 billion streams, 6 million monthly listeners at Spotify, and 32 international Platinum or Gold records. His million+ social media followers are similarly engaged by an artist simply being who he is. Today he shares his new single ‘Sober’. Watch the official lyric video below.

Unafraid to be unique, newcomer Brave James blends dreamy alt-pop, maximalist electro production and multi-layered psychedelic vocal harmonies as he whips up a whirlwind of multi-generational influences into a sound that sits right at home in 2021. Those traits both flourish and prosper in his debut single ‘Soldier’, which is out now. Listen HERE. Watch the lyric video HERE.

Over the course of their first two albums, ‘Silhouettes’ and ‘ii’, Aquilo earned the duo a legion of global fans, exceeded 250 million streams, and picked up Radio 1 airplay plus praise from the likes of The Line of Best Fit and Wonderland. Now the duo, Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher, commence a brand new era in their career as they today share the new single ‘Out In LA’. It’s the first track to preview their upcoming third album, which will follow later this year via AWAL.

On the heels of their explosive track, “Like 1999”, today JUNO nominated, alternative-pop band, Valley shares their new song “SOCIETY” via Capitol Records.