NEW SIGNINGS & NEW MUSIC
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Each month, ’s partner agencies help us to compile a playlist of new music, much of it released by the new signings to their rosters. Among the tracks on March’s playlist are submissions from ATC Live, CAA, ITB, Mother Artists, Paradigm and UTA.
CONNIE CONSTANCE AGENT
Sarah Joy ATC Live
KARA JACKSON AGENTS
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Rob Challice & Clementine Bunel Paradigm
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rawing on a diverse palette that ranges from jazz, reggae and dub to the late 70s/early 80s punk and indie that was obsessed over by her record-collector stepdad, Connie Constance’s compositions have always been both soulful and innately defiant. She is a refreshingly frank storyteller, recounting compelling, real-life encounters, be it feeling wildly out of place at boujee dinner parties (Monty Python) or the surreal date she had taking shrooms at a safari park (Costa Del Margate). On WOAH she uses a wild trip to Los Angeles to reflect on her journey so far, which finds her uttering in disbelief, “How did a little town kid / Picky afro that didn’t fit in / Make all of this from her bedroom / Never should have doubted.” Inspired and more determined to push boundaries than ever, Connie’s next chapter promises to be even more exciting than the last.
ara Jackson is a poet, prison abolitionist, and jazz vocalist who uses her voice, activism, and multidisciplinary art to document her lineage of divine womanhood in a country that demands its erasure. Hailing from Oak Park, Illinois, her writing has been recognised nationally in her home country, where she served as the third National Youth Poet Laureate from 2019-2020. Jackson is also the author of Bloodstone Cowboy (Haymarket Books, 2019). “Being a youth poet laureate is an honour and privilege to me,” she says. “I am grateful for the opportunity to use my poems as catalysts for changes much larger than poetry.” Supporters in the music community include Noname, Clairo, Moses Sumney, Jamila Woods, Sen Morimoto, Phoebe Bridgers, Kacey Musgraves, Nnamdi, Jean Deaux and Kaina, as well as Adele’s manager Jonathan Dickins, whose September Records label will be releasing Jackson’s highly of Thousands anticipated debut album in autumn 2022. professionals read Agents Clementine Bunel and Rob Challice are currently IQ every day. Make exploring ideas for song and spoken word performances in the sure you get 2022 and 2023.
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