‘This next track I’m about to drop, bro, we’re taking it there, over that threshold,’ teases rising star Izzie Gibb.
As the 64th Ivor Novello Awards ceremony looms, we take a closer look at this year’s nominees and find an exciting crop of songwriting talent in the running.
'I was really excited to put my first song out but I had no idea it would get picked up by the people that it did': rising South London producer Joe Turner on how he won the love of the UK's leading tastemakers...
'What I fear most is the moment of the performance because I know soon after I will be very sad, and wander melancholic looking for something else to write and create:' award-winning composer Roberto David Rusconi on his creative process.
‘Last year we were busking just down there and now we’re in an actual venue, so it’s going to be better than last year, whatever happens,’ beams Archie Sylvester of folk, blues duo Ferris & Sylvester.
‘It’s still quite important for artists and they still get quite excited when they hear their songs on the radio,’ says BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Snoochie Shy.
We caught up with the affable emcee at The Great Escape the other day to chat collabs and songwriting camps, and hear why he’s running ‘in full gear’ right now…
‘I’d been holding it in for all this time, and I had a lot to say. That’s why I got back into music to help others who are going through the same shit as me,’ says rapper Anon.
As Mental Health Awareness Week launches in the UK, Dr Claire Renfrew explains the impact of music on your psychological, physical and emotional wellbeing.
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