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Ru is a London-based, multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter. Her original songs include a mix of intriguing funky rhythms, catchy pop melodies and jazz-influenced scat solos, with lyrics that deliver powerful, inspiring messages to both engage and inspire audiences. A creative and industrious professional, Ru has performed over 1000 live shows since 2009 at music venues, radio shows and festivals throughout the world. For example, she has performed at Cargo and the Troubadour in London, Festival da Canção at the Coliseum in Portugal, and the Liuna Downsview Park Festival in Toronto for crowds of over 70,000 music fans. All of the tracks on her Debut Ep ‘About Time’ received positive critical acclaim and were chosen as track of the day by BBC radio. Holding On was number 1 on the top 20 best tracks of the year in 2020 on Susy Radio UK.

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ANOUSKA ASSISI

British born Anouska Assisi is an 18 year old award winning
singer – songwriter whose music is a compelling hybrid of folk rhythms delivered with soul and lyrical authenticity. Musically literate from a young age Anouska has already amassed an impressive body of work and prior to the pandemic was wowing audiences with her live performances. She has a growing fan base internationally and is on the radar of A&R executives on both sides of the Atlantic.

Following a recommendation from celebrated music writer and journalist Mick O’Shea. Anouska is now represented by music industry veteran Michael Garbutt whose credits include David Bowie , Massive Attack , Dr Dre and Robin Gibb.

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CHRIS MURPHY

For 25 years, and with no sign of slowing, violinist Chris Murphy has made a living by writing, performing and recording original music. For Murphy, the path forward is charted by looking backward, to the troubadours and minstrels of ages past. Forget the exaggerated reports of the music industry’s demise. It’s only the record industry, a relative blip in the history of putting tones in sequence, that’s suffering. Music, and the opportunity to make a life’s work out of it, well, that’s not going anywhere. “In another era,” he says, “I would have played square dances, and loved it. I would have been a court musician in Versailles in the 17th Century, or a violinist in a circus orchestra.” For Chris Murphy, inspiration spans eras and aesthetics, but the fundamentals are the same.

Born into an Irish-Italian family near New York City, Murphy was surrounded by the disparate and eclectic sounds of his neighbors’ traditional music. “I heard and was influenced by everything – from Italian-mandolin music, to bluegrass and folk, to Latin music,” he says. Inevitably, he discovered rock ‘n’ roll, claiming still further influence from some of rock’s most adventurous and eclectic icons: Lou Reed and Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson. “My real hero,” he says, “was David Lindley. Hearing him play fiddle and lap steel with Jackson Browne — that kind of esoteric, enigmatic soloing over songs is originally what I loved.”

Murphy has amassed a deep catalog of solo and collaborative albums and made cameo appearances on records by Har Mar Superstar and The Dandy Warhols, among others. Murphy’s recordings include the likes of Steve Hodges and Larry Taylor from Tom Waits’ band, Nels Cline (Wilco), Mike Watt (fIREHOSE), D.J. Bonebrake and John Doe (X, The Knitters), Herb Pedersen (The Desert Rose Band), Tim O’Brien, Joachim Cooder (Buena Vista Social Club), Joey Peters (Grant Lee Buffalo), Walfredo Reyes Jr. (Santana), Trevor Hutchinson (Waterboys, Lunasa) and Pat D’Arcy, L. Shankar (Peter Gabriel), Victoria Williams. In the last year alone, Murphy has written and recorded six new albums in a vast array of styles. Chris has also performed in over 40 US states, in England, Ireland and The Netherlands.

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CASTLECOMBE DRIVE

Castlecombe Drive is a newly formed, london based folk-rock band consisting of long time collaborators James Hall, Charlie Hepburn, Nick Marett, Joey Benstead and Peter Razmus.

Priding themselves on their ability to combine an honest, authentic songwriting style with anthemic musical arrangements, Castlecombe Drive have quickly come to prove their worth both in an intimate setting and a stage environment. Having developed a strong catalogue of new music over the last year, the band is eager to showcase exactly what it is they’re made of and to begin making their mark on the industry as a group to be watched.

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LILO

Lilo is a 21-year-old musician, singer/songwriter from Yorkshire. She’s a classically trained pianist. Lilo began performing in front of her friends at college, whilst studying her A-Levels. She moved to London in 2021 to pursue her career as a recording artist. Her music is cinematic – think, a mixture of Kate Bush and Coldplay. Lilo loves mysterious vibes with lyrical, floating melodies and contrasting sections with a range of pitch and feelings. She aims to move her listener. Her latest release is called ‘Into The Deep’ – it’s available to stream everywhere. A new flurry of releases are on their way and Lilo can’t wait for this next chapter.

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