The latest good vibes/ success headlines from the Nottingham music scene (that we know of), please drop us a line if we’ve missed anything significant (our definition of significant is something of national relevance) – nusic@leftlion.co.uk.
CROSA ROSA signed to Esther Creative Group management – the same peeps who look after bands as big as The Gaslight Anthem and Spector!
Hockey Hustle raised a whopping £15,000 for Framework, Dolly’s Imagination Library, Refugee Forum, CYF Project, Nottingham Rethink and John Van Geest Cancer Research Centre. Big up HH!
And Oxjam Beeston raised a whooping £17,000 too. Massive respect Oxjam!
FEROCIOUS DOG made #Nistory as they became the first ever unsigned local act to sell out Rock City! And they collected a shedload of food for Framework too!
THE MOCKING JAYS, THESE YOUR CHILDREN and FEROCIOUS DOG all received their debut National radio play on 6Music, courtesy of Dean Jackson, filling in for Tom Robinson.
IN ISOLATION also received their debut National radio play on 6Music, but theirs was courtesy of Tom Robinson himself!
RAPHAEL BLAKE got his debut National radio play thanks to DJ Target on 1Xtra!
SNOWY, YAZMIN LACEY, CONGI and THREE BODY TRIO were all chosen as “Future Bubblers”, which means they’ll get a year of mentoring and development from Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood company!
ADY SULEIMAN got his debut Beats1 play, courtesy of the legend that is Elton John!
