ON RECORDS: A CALL TO ACTION
Imagine a station that plays records that are hits now. (5/29a)
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HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
K-POP'S NEW ARRIVAL
Who's next to grow the profile of Seoul music?
FESTIVAL SEASON
Are we about to see new attendance records set?
RAINMAKERS: GEORGE SANTOS
He signed Elvis.
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Stormzy and Wet Leg are among the first winners announced for this year’s O2 Silver Clef Awards, which will be held in London on 6/30.
Stormzy will be honored with the flagship O2 Silver Clef Award, which celebrates artists who continue to impact the music industry with their contributions to music.
Wet Leg will receive the New Music Award after hitting #1 in the U.K. with their debut last year. Biffy Clyro will win Best Live Act. Neneh Cherry is the winner of Outstanding Achievement, Mark King of jazz-funk band Level 42 will get the Icon Award, and musician Ayanna Witter-Johnson will receive the Classical gong.
Winners of Best Male, Best Female, Best Group, International and Innovation will be announced in June. The ceremony, which will raise money for music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins, takes place at Grosvenor House on London’s Park Lane.