NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: This rising 24-year-old singer/ songwriter from Hitchin, U.K. was the winner of the 2015 BRITs Critics Choice Award and a finalist in the BBC Sound of 2015 poll. He recorded his album with Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Of Monsters and Men), toured with Hozier, Tom Odell and John Newman and sold out his European headline tour. His worldwide hit single is impacting now at AAA and Alt. in the U.S. And this week finds him #1 in airplay in the U.K., according to Radio Monitor,, with "Hold Back the River" #7 at BBC Radio 1 and Top 5 at Radio2.
ALBUM: Chaos and the Calm
RELEASE DATE: 3/24
SINGLE: “Hold Back the River”
TV: Seth Myers
LIVE: Mostly sold-out N.A. tour through May
INTERNET: 14m+ combined video views, 11m+ Spotify streams; 148k+ Facebook likes, 96.5k+ Twitter followers
RADIO: “Hold Back the River” Top 10 Greatest Gainer at AAA, moving #30-23, up 47 spins; recent Adds at KBCO, KLLC, SiriusXM Spectrum; impacted Alt. 3/10, Hot AC 3/23; A-List at BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2, added to Capital FM; trending #2 in the U.K., #4 in Italy, #11 in Germany
PRESS: Included in BuzzFeed, Spotify, Vevo DSCVR and Shazam 2015 Artist to Watch lists; Mashable 15 Artists You Need to Add to Your Playlist in 2015; USA Today and EW On the Verge; featured in N.Y. Times, Forbes, Teen Vogue, Us Weekly, Nylon/Nylon Guys, Mashable, Yahoo, BuzzFeed, HuffPost, more
BOOKING: Kirk Sommer/WME
PUBLISHING: B-Unique/Kobalt
MANAGEMENT: Ryan Lofthouse & Paul McDonald/Closer Artists Mgmt.