Emma Jean Thackray: Last News

DEALSSony Music Publishing has signed actor Dove Cameron to a new deal. “I’m so excited to be joining the Sony Music Publishing family where they continue to grow and support me as an artist and a songwriter”, she says. “With this partnership, I look forward to bringing my fans music that can become the soundtrack to their lives”.————————————————–LABELS & PUBLISHERSGESAC – the pan-European grouping for song right collecting societies – has published a new report on streaming.

The nominations for this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards have been announced, with multiple nods for the likes of Dave, FKA Twigs, Wet Leg, Nilüfer Yanya, Taahliah and more.As well as shortlists for the bulk of the awards, a long old longlist has also been put up for the Best Live Performer category, with the decision of the overall winner being put to the public. Have a go at voting in that yourself here.The big reveal of all the winners will take place at the Roundhouse in London on 28 Sep, followed by a live show that will be open to the public. More information on that is still to come, but I guess you can expect sets from some of the nominees.

Little Simz, Róisín Murphy and Bicep have been announced as the headliners of Glastonbury 2022’s West Holts Stage.This line-up news is the latest to emerge from the Worthy Farm festival, which returns from June 22-26, following the reveal of the bills for the Park, Croissant Neuf, Acoustic Stage, Glade, Common, Left Field and Shangri-La areas.Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis previously confirmed that Simz would top the bill on the festival’s West Holts Stage this year, and it’s now been announced that Murphy and Bicep will join the rapper in headlining the stage in 2022.The day splits for the West Holts Stage have also been confirmed this morning (May 24). Sleaford Mods, TLC and Bonobo will perform before Little Simz headlines on the Friday of the festival (June 24), while Black Midi, Caribou, Celeste and Leon Bridges will all play ahead of Murphy on the Saturday (June 25).Bicep’s closing set on the Sunday (June 26) is preceded by performances from acts including Nubya Garcia, Emma-Jean Thackray, Koffee and Angélique Kidjo.A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)“West Holts is back, literally larger than ever and ready to take another musical trip through the best weekend of our lives,” a statement on Glastonbury’s website reads.“West Holts hosts an outernational soundclash of beats, bass, rhythms and rhymes.

NME salutes you.But aside from the doom, pockets of light have emerged. These banging debut albums – EPs and mixtapes included – from Emma-Jean Thackray’s freeflowing jazz to Do Nothing’s righteous rage and Public Practice’s disco-punk grooves suggest that when we look back at 2020 – rising artists continued to thrill.There’ll be some new names and a few familiar ones, but know that these collections are the very best of the bunch.There are songs on this mixtape that deserve to be right up there in the UK charts.