The latest good vibes/ success headlines from the Nottingham music scene over the Summer (that we know of), please drop us a line if we’ve missed anything significant (our definition of significant is a first of national relevance) – nusic@leftlion.co.uk.
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON, a lad from Mapperley Park, won the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year award. Massive!
DAUDI MATSIKO has signed to legendary Indie label Naim Records, home to Imogen Heap, Eska and many more.
GEORGIE played Glastonbury, BBC Introducing styley. Catch her awesome performance HERE.
LONE got some ace National loving courtesy of The Observer. Check it HERE.
Oh, and LONE got a casual 9/10 review for his latest album ‘Levitate’ in DJMag. Ya know, the usual.
APRIL TOWERS received some big money funding to tour, courtesy of PRS for Music Foundation’s ‘Flash Funding’.
ADY SULEIMAN did a BBC Radio 1Xtra Live Lounge, live across the UK and it was AWESOME. Check it HERE.
Jam Cafe was named one of ‘the coolest alternative live music venues in the UK’, in National mag Cosmopolitan. Read HERE.
HECK got a National in-depth, proper awesome, piece of loving from The Independent. See it HERE.
DAUDI MATSIKO has been selected out of a load of worldwide artists, to be a part of the world famous Red Bull Music Academy, and develop his sound in Canda!
County Youth Arts’ ABLE ORCHESTRA played the world famous BBC Proms. At the arguably even more famous The Royal Albert Hall! You can listen back HERE.
ADY SULEIMAN got his first piece of NME loving in the famous ‘Radar’ feature.
HANNAH HEARTSHAPE signs to one of the UK’s leading independent publishers, Tru Thoughts.
THE INVISIBLE ORCHESTRA got some National press loving from one of the UK’s most respected music websites, The Quietus. Check it HERE.
KAGOULE were awarded some big dollar funding, courtesy of PRS For Music’s ‘Momentum Fund’. Album #2 is on the way!
MOWBECK and TUSK both played the world famous Reading and Leeds, BBC Introducing styley. You can check ‘em on the iPlayer, HERE and HERE, respectively.
SAME STREETS also played Reading and Leeds, on the This Feeling stage.
MEGAN KELSEY, TUSK, BENEDICT TRENCHES, JOSEPH KNIGHT and ONE GIANT CAUSEWAY, all received their National radio debut on 6Music, courtesy of Dean Jackson, stepping in for Tom Robinson.
JAMES ELLIS achieved his dream and played one of the main stages at one of the UK’s leading festivals – Bestival. Mini-doc on his experience HERE.
TWIN KIDD got their debut National radio play, on 6Music, courtesy of Tom Robinson.
LIAM BAILEY has been in the studio with Grammy award winners Gorillaz, working on their new album.
GEORGIE is going out on TWO massive UK tours! One with JAKE BUGG, the other – Blossoms. The definition of spreading the love!
YOUNG T & BUGSEY have signed a record deal with Black Butter, part of Sony, and home to Wiley, DJ Khaled, and loads more.
JOEL BAKER has signed a record deal with the legendary Virgin EMI. Big ups Joel!
Eleven Notts bands got some National loving over at Gigwise, thanks to Dom Gourlay. Check it HERE.
THREE GIRL RHUMBA just got their National radio debut, thanks to Tom Robinson on 6Music!
