Greater London-based musician Bone Slim (also known as Phantom, Bone, Slim and Shark) performs music. He is the voice of the audio-visual group HOTR and one of NiNE8 Collective's original songwriters. Critics have referred to his work as "UK rap and hip hop merging the established sound of noughties boombap with a new transatlantic twist" and have praised his intricate rhymes and... read full bio
Black Party is an artist, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist who embraces a broad range of musical genres, including R&B, hip-hop, psychedelic soul and what he calls "tropical funk"—his own distinctive synthesis of reggae, dancehall and tropical sounds. With his full-length debut, Endless Summer [Wolf + Rothstein/RCA Records], the Arkansas-born and Los Angeles-based auditory alchemist mixes a lifetime of musical obsession into unusual, indisputable and... read full bio
The Irish singer-songwriter Biig Piig has matured as a composer and a young lady, with a voice that is instantly recognizable, bilingual and capable of fusing a suitably diverse range of inspirations (hip-hop, R&B, dance music, stripped-back soul) into candid, genre-fluid modern pop. Biig Piig's capacity to find moments of serenity and clarity in the most chaotic of situations endures despite... read full bio
With unabashed bars, obvious flare and her own blazing flow, Big Boss Vette declares herself a bright, blunt and brave force for hip-hop. The rapper and vocalist from St. Louis instantly draws attention and brightens up any space. She bosses up on a series of songs for Republic Records and her debut EP after racking up over 30 million streams overall independently... read full bio
For multi-instrumentalist, composer and artist Baird, the idea of home is embodied in the local music. Raised in Baltimore, he also feels at home in Providence where he went to Brown University and Mexico City, where he lived for over a year after graduating before relocating to Los Angeles. Baird is able to enjoy the qualities of music that are both frightening and... read full bio
This exceptional singer-songwriter hails from the lush valleys of western North Ireland. After quitting school, he traveled Ireland with only an acoustic guitar, a suitcase and a heart full of Irish gold. Over the past few years, he has proven to be quick on his feet and unstoppable in his resolve. Brad has found himself in London, signed with a reputable management... read full bio
The performer Blaketheman1000 is known for his enthusiastic performances. He once played in the Lower East Side's Ming's Cafe's outdoor dining hut and he closed up a poetry reading at East Village's KGB Bar with a performance while perched on a diner chair, his makeshift platform. Although he hasn't released an album (though he's thinking about signing his first record deal),... read full bio
The singer-songwriter from Minnesota has a talent for writing songs that are both intensely personal and universally appealing. Her talent for crafting songs on love, life and everything in between has helped the singer amass a devoted following and receive widespread online recognition. The song "Meant To Be" astonishingly became popular over night, garnering several millions of streams and attention from... read full bio
The cancellation of a senior prom because of pandemic worries would be a catastrophic blow to the social high point and pre-adult sendoff that students throughout the nation have been looking forward to for years for the majority of high school seniors. But, the singer, songwriter and guitarist known as Blessing seized the chance and used the wasted opportunity as inspiration for her... read full bio
Some pop stars simply create music for its own sake. However, Be Charlotte sees meaning in music. Her extraordinary songwriting ability, talent for sweeping melodies and fierce sense of identity and self-worth are what turn heads outside of the UK. Be Charlotte has toured around Europe, North America, Asia and Africa in addition to sharing the stage with Major Lazer while still in... read full bio
Chloe Baker performs as Baker Grace, a pop singer and composer with a soft, folk-like tone to her voice. She is from New Jersey and her father, producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Baker, helped her release her debut EP under a different alias, Bitter's Kiss. She was partnered with multi-platinum songwriter/producer Scott Harris by major-label A&R while still a student at New... read full bio
From Sydney comes Brock Jays, a rising star in the pop/R&B genre. As a part of the popular four-piece What About Tonight on reality television show XFactor, Brock Jays first garnered success. The previous two years have given Jays the time and space he needs to find his new direction as a solo artist. He has worked with a number of producers... read full bio
When Thomas Busby saw the multi-talented musician Jeremy Marou strumming his ukele in a verdant woodland close to the banks of the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton, he made the decision to put his "office worker by day, rock star by night" theory to the test. The Australian music landscape is increasingly being impacted by Busby Marou. If you are unfamiliar with them,... read full bio
Brendan Maclean is a well-known singer-songwriter who has amassed over ten million Spotify streams for his original music and an equal number of views for his breathtaking, dance-heavy music videos. After Brendan's debut single gained traction in a developing online market, Maclean was signed to Universal Publishing and released funbang1, an electro-pop album that appealed to Australian listeners and attracted new... read full bio
Ben Zaidi's music mixes the gentle, velvety electronica with the lyrical wit of spoken-word poetry. His compositions, which he alone wrote and recorded in his bedroom, have the intimacy of a personal journal. Zaidi was surrounded by the tranquility of the Pacific Northwest's natural world while growing up in Seattle. He started creating songs while still in high school, which drew... read full bio
The Phoenix-based band Belaganas plays alternative hip-hop and bedroom pop. The band, which was founded by frontmen and vocalists Joey J and Shanker and also includes drummer Nick Wille, is renowned for its mesmerizing live shows and deeply moving songs. Since starting to compose music in the summer, the band has produced a series of tunes that explore teen angst... read full bio
Before becoming a band from Florida, Bad Luck was a Long Island solo project. The next year, while still living in Florida, they put out Cold Bones and Noise in Your Head, two sharp pop-punk albums that combined nostalgia with neuroses. After such fears caused a busy touring schedule and the group's first exposure to the industrial ecology to fail,... read full bio
Kiki Frances and Cameron Breithaupt, two songwriters from Toronto, make up the band Babygirl. The buddies have been writing lovely blue-tinged pop tunes with guitars that express the extremes of their emotions. They either feel "overbored" with life because they feel so unimportant, or they feel so in love that "you would swear I lost my mind," like in the... read full bio
The band Breakup Shoes is located in Phoenix. They are a brand-new alternative-rock band who have sprung out of the vibrant local scene and their EP "so money, baby" has helped them to advance to a new level. Breakup Shoes, which consists of vocalist/guitarist Nick Zawisa, guitarist John MacLeod and drummer Matthew Witsoe, take satisfaction in fusing narrative with contemporary sounds that... read full bio
In contrast to Lucy Dacus and Sharon Van Etten, Blood Root's Taylor Wafford decided to stray away from folk and alt-country and plunge into ambient, deep soundscapes with her move from North Carolina to Nashville. Blood Root's words and song structure generate more complicated, whimsical sensations by dipping a toe into the worlds of jazz and shoegaze while preserving her... read full bio
