New Signings & Rising Stars

NEW SIGNINGS & NEW MUSIC

LISTEN TO ’S ‘NEW MUSIC’ AGENCY PLAYLIST HERE

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 (UK)

AGENT Sarah Joy

ATC Live D 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.

KARA JACKSON (US)

AGENTS Rob Challice & Clementine Bunel

Paradigm K 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 anticipated debut album in autumn 2022.

Agents Clementine Bunel and Rob Challice are currently exploring ideas for song and spoken word performances in 2022 and 2023.

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ARTIST LISTINGS

Abraham Alexander (US) Alicia Creti (US) Olly Hodgson, Paradigm Noah Simon, UTA

Amy Wiles (UK)

Cecilia Chan, Paradigm ayrtn (UK) Mike Malak & Nick Matthews, Paradigm Bad Boy Chiller Crew (UK) Sol Parker & Suzie Melki, Paradigm Baker Grace (US) Sol Parker, Paradigm BEX (UK) Steve Zapp, ITB BloodMoon (US) Michael Harvey-Bray, Paradigm Cannons (US) Ryan Penty, Paradigm Cauzer (UK) James Smith, Earth Agency Chelji (UK) Mike Malak & Tom Schroeder, Paradigm Chloe Adams (UK) Ryan Penty, Paradigm Connie Constance (UK) Sarah Joy, ATC Live Denis Coleman (UK) Sol Parker, Paradigm Ed Carlsen (IT) Kai Lehmann, Cabin Artists Eddie Chacon (US) Sinan Ors, ATC Live Ellauro (UK) Tom Schroeder, Paradigm Ethel Cain (US) Matt Pickering-Copley, Primary

Fabio & Grooverider

and The Outlook Orchestra (UK) Clive Mill, Earth Agency Florentia (UK) Jason O’Regan, Earth Agency Georgia Ku (UK) Kara James, ITB Graphic Nature (UK) Christina Austin & Paul Ryan, UTA Harvey Jay Dodgson (UK) Alex Hardee, Paradigm ionnalee (SE) Cecilia Chan, Paradigm

HOTTEST NEW ACTS

FEBRUARY 2022

THIS MONTH LAST MONTH ARTIST

1 - NIGO (JP) 2 1 MUNI LONG (US) 3 - IAYZE (US) 4 - SMILE, THE (UK) 5 - DREAMER ISIOMA (US) 6 69 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN (US) 7 24 YUNG KAYO (US) 8 61 JISOO (KR) 9 - MADDIE ZAHM (US) 10 2 ISHOWSPEED (US) 11 35 FRESCO TREY (US) 12 37 JESSICA DARROW (US) 13 19 GAMES WE PLAY (US) 14 13 CAT BURNS (UK) 15 5 LUUDE (AU)

PREDICTIONS FOR MARCH 2022

ISABEL LAROSA (US), FLOWEROVLOVE (US), JX.ZERO (US), JBEE (UK), NEMZZZ (UK) Artists not in the current top 15, but growing quickly Ishi Vu (SE) Junior Simba (UK) Justus Bennetts (US) Kara Jackson (US) Kemi Ade (UK) Kiki Rockwell (NZ) Miss Grit (US) Nathan Dawe (UK) November Ultra (FR) O. (UK) Oden & Fatzo (FR) OhEm (UK) Oxxxymiron (RU) Pablo Brooks (DE) RealestK (CA) Regard (US) Renao (UK) SIDEPIECE (US) Spill Tab (US) TASH (UK) The Caracal Project (FR) Tom A. Smith (UK) Uffie (US) Vanessa Maria (UK) Walker County (US) Jan Bouwhuis, Earth Agency Ollie Seaman, Earth Agency Ryan Penty & Mike Malak, Paradigm Rob Challice & Clementine Bunel, Paradigm Daniel Turner, Earth Agency Sol Parker, Paradigm Colin Keenan & Graham Clews, ATC Live Max Lee, UTA Jules de Lattre & Nikos Kazoleas, UTA Clemence Renaut & Roxane Dumoulin, ATC Live Ollie Seaman, Earth Agency Sally Dunstone, Primary Talent Mike Malak, Paradigm Kai Lehmann, Cabin Artists Mike Malak & Alex Hardee, Paradigm Cris Hearn & Cecilia Chan, Paradigm Mike Malak, Paradigm Paul McQueen, Primary Talent Mike Malak, Paradigm Giulia Spadaro, ITB Francesco Caccamo, Primary Talent Alex Hardee & Chris Smyth, Paradigm Lucy Atkinson, Earth Agency Daniel Turner, Earth Agency Olly Hodgson, Paradigm

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