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The John Butler Trio are John Butler, Grant Gerathy (Drums), Byron Luiters (Bass)  http://www.johnbutlertrio.com @johnbutlertrio

'Grace Savage is probably one of the most impressive artists in the game right now' (Wonderland) 

'This could turn into something quite special' (CLASH)

'Electro-pop as vibrant as the light she dances under' (THE405)

'SO talented and making such ridiculously great songs, we're consistently blown away by Grace Savage's tracks' (BBC Introducing)

'One of my favourite discoveries of 2017...super talented vocalist' (Amazing Radio)

'She delivers enthralling songs crafted with sophistication and finesse' (Unsigned Guide, Spotlight)

'The track exudes personality and individual style' (Fresh on The Net)

With ongoing support from BBC Introducing and listed as one of ELLE’s ‘100 Most Inspiring Women’, the young UK artist and 4 x UK Beatboxing champion released her debut EP “Savage Grace" in 2017 grabbing tastemaker acclaim from THE405, WONDERLAND and CLASH Magazine among others. She followed the release with a UK tour culminating in a sold out headline show at the Archspace in London.

In 2016, Grace performed at Radio 1 Academy in Exeter, at the inaugural SBTV RISE, hosted by Julie Andenuga as well as performing alongside MOBO winner Nadia Rose at the British House in Brazil for the Rio Olympics 2016.

In 2017, Grace was shortlisted for a number of competitions and funding opportunities including having two tracks selected and entered into the SALUTE Music “Top 10”, winning the "Public Choice Award" for the B-side Remix Project as well as being selected for the Emerging Artist and Transmission Fund through Help Musicians UK.

2018 has kicked off to to a great start, with Grace being nominated for "Best Female Solo Act" and "Best Songwriter" at the Unsigned Music Awards alongside impressive acts such as Ray Bak and Jorja Smith and also had a track selected for the highly competitive spot on "Fresh on The Net Faves". She is through to the quarter finals of the Isle Of Wight "New Blood" competition, selected by a panel, as one of only 40 acts from thousands of entries this year. 

With over 140K streams for her debut EP  (landing a placement on Spotify’s Discover Weekly), Grace now brings her first single of 2018 ‘Headlights’ into the spotlight, maintaining her signature electronic pop sound matched with her ethereal tone and emotive lyrics.

Ben Howard returns with his 4th album, Collections From The Whiteout, produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National). The foreboding darkness that coated Ben’s second record I Forget Where We Were and thinly veiled its follow up Noonday Dream, isn’t so evident on Collections. These are songs written from headlines scanned, or news stories scrolled past, providing inspiration for a selection of vivid narrative snapshots – the death of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Crowhurst’s Meme); Russian fraudster Anna Sorokin (Sorry Kid); the man who stole and crashed a plane in Seattle (The Strange Last Flight Of Richard Russell); and the dismembered body a friend of his father found in a suitcase floating along the Thames (Finders Keepers). Alongside them, the personal anecdotes from the same scattered period living between Paris, Devon and Spain. Yussef Dayes features, as does Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), James Krivchenia (Big Thief), Kyle Keegan (Hiss Golden Messenger), and Dessner. Thomas Bartlett, St. Vincent’s go-to pianist, and Rob Moose, a long-standing arranger of strings for Bon Iver, are also present. Long-term guitarist to Ben’s band, Mickey Smith (A Blaze of Feather), remains a reassuring constant. It’s a sonic adventure that continues this nagging suggestion that Ben is one of the UK’s most inventive and naturally talented songwriters. CFTW is his latest opus, and arguably his most fully realised to date.

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