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Born and raised in Harlem, New York, Kelis Rogers, better known by just her first name, first came to prominence singing the hook of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s hit Got Your Money. Years of chart dominating songs and thrilling, boundary-pushing music followed resulting in millions of albums sold and numerous top 10 hits. She has released six albums, won Brit, Q, and NME Awards, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards. Her latest ] album Food, made with a live band and horn section, mints a sound that is rootsy, raw, and soulful without ever being retro. Upon release the album was praised as one of her most adventurous works yet. Kelis has toured every corner of the world, performed at every major festival, and shared the stage with the world’s top artists. A fashion icon and designer muse since the early days of her career, she is celebrated for a personal style which is often as creative and forward-thinking as the music she makes. Alongside her career in music, Kelis is a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef with multiple television cooking specials, a debut cookbook with 2015’s My Life on a Plate, and a burgeoning entrepreneurial streak with Bounty & Full, her line of gourmet sauces in stores now.

Gabrielle made an immediate impact when her debut single ‘Dreams’ spent three weeks at #1 in the summer of 1993. Her second #1 single, ‘Rise’, followed in 2000 and was embraced by fans as an anthem that helped them inspire them to keep the faith that better days would follow in the future. Her catalogue of hits includes a further eight Top 10 hits, notably ‘Out Of Reach’ (which featured in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’), ‘If You Ever’ (with East 17) and ‘Give Me A Little More Time’.

That success extended to albums too. Her 1999 #1 album ‘Rise’ was one of the most successful of the era and has been certified 4 x Platinum, a status matched by the compilation ‘Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits’. In total, six of her albums have reached the Top 10, including 2018’s ‘Under My Skin’

Gabrielle’s popularity was matched by a succession of major awards. Highlights included two BRITs (Best British Female and Best British Breakthrough) as well MOBO Awards for Best Single (‘Give Me A Little More Time’) and Best Album (‘Rise’). After being nominated on five separate occasions, she won her first Ivor Novello Award in 2008 when she was honoured with the prestigious accolade for Outstanding Song Collection.

After earning a new generation of fans during her show-stealing performances on the 2021 edition of ‘The Masked Singer’, Gabrielle’s resurgence continued when her album ‘Do It Again’ flew into the charts at #4 - her highest chart position in almost twenty years. Now with a huge tour and two of the biggest shows of her career coming up, Gabrielle’s well-deserved era of rediscovery continues.

Judi Jackson was introduced to the world of music through the Jefferson Centre’s Music Lab in her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia. It was here she met Wynton Marsalis, and opened for Mavis Staples, which sparked her development as a jazz vocalist and performer. Before graduating from the University of Mary Washington with a BA in Musical Theatre, Judi recorded her original song, Only Love with Grammy award-winning band Snarky Puppy under the direction of friend and mentor Michael League. Judi is currently based between NYC and London. Following her critically acclaimed debut EP 'Blame It On My Youth' she recorded her debut live album Judi Jackson Live In London which was recently released on October 5th 2018.

All Day Breakfast Cafe are a seven-piece all-female group who have crowned themselves as South London's favourite disco band. As a band they model themselves as your own personal hype women, with songs about self-love, positivity and ending toxic relationships. Hailing from the London jazz scene, the band was born just in time for lockdown 2020. Having put their energy into the recording studio instead, they released their debut EP Builder's Brew (a play on Miles Davis' psychedelic jazz album Bitches Brew) in 2021. They've been interviewed on NPR, BBC Radio 1xtra and Jazz FM and championed by the likes of Jamz Supernova, Steve Lamacq and Robert Elms. They’ve been the face of Spotify’s Jazz UK playlist and exploded onto the live scene with performances at Wilderness,- Boomtown and London Jazz Festival. They love to bring the party to their live shows with breakfast-themed games like egg-and-spoon races, pancake flipping contests and dance-offs. They're on a mission to spread disco-joy and to get everyone dancing!

Born and raised in the South West of England and moving to East London 8 years ago, Ayda Rose (aka Effie) embodies what it means to work hard and hustle to follow your dreams. Music runs deep from her British father, Drummer and vocalist of 60s rock royalty, DBM&T. Teamed with a mixed heritage of Haitian American & Native American on her mothers side, this combination has influenced and helped shape her journey so far as an artist.

Collaborating and releasing under the Alias ‘Effie’ for the past few years, she has decided it’s time to step in to a new era releasing her forthcoming project under the name Ayda Rose, a name born out of a long linage of powerful women. Ayda Rose uses her unmistakable voice and creates soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics into a unique sound. With influences from the likes of SZA, Amy Winehouse and Stevie Wonder, you can hear how she takes inspiration from her love of soul and perfectly blends it with urban electronic sounds

Gina Larner is a singer/songwriter from Brighton, whose original songs are a mixture of country/pop-rock. With influences from Fleetwood Mac, KT Tunstall, Lily Allen and Kasey Musgraves. Gina has opened for country/rock icon KT Tunstall, Ferris and Sylvester and Ronan Keating (Coca Cola arena, Dubai). Gina has also joined Emily Capell, Ryan Hamilton and Sound of the Sirens on UK tours. Gina's reviews describe her live performances as having "bewitching folky tones and weaving an intoxicating spell of guitar..." (SLAP Magazine). On top of brilliant performances, Gina’s songwriting shines, not just writing her own material, but with other artists, with songs to be released on their next albums.

Picture House are a DIY indie/dream pop band from Southampton, mixing elements of shoegaze, grunge and new wave. The band have had support from BBC Introducing with tracks aired on BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music. Their new single Opposite Form will be released on the 28th of April - an upbeat jangly track to get everyone ready for Summer, with comparisons to The Cure and Wild Nothing.

English indie icons Razorlight, best known for their singles "Golden Touch" and "America", will be shaking up the rock’n’roll soul of THE PIG-at Bridge once again, headlining Smoked & Uncut 2023.

Formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell, the line-up of the band is composed of founding members Björn Ågren on guitar and bassist Carl Delemo, as well as drummer Andy Burrows. Razorlight made their breakthrough in 2004 with their debut album Up All Night which hit the UK top three and spawned singles Golden Touch and Somewhere Else.

The group are have announced an extensive run of tour dates across the UK which marks the first with the classic line-up in a decade and includes shows at Albert Hall Manchester, Rock City Nottingham and O2 Academy Brixton. The 00’s indie band will also release a forthcoming album titled ‘Razorwhat? The Best Of Razorlight’. The release collates 11 of their finest moments plus two thrilling new tracks, ‘You Are Entering The Human Heart’ and ‘Violence Forever’.

John Illsley is an English musician who rose to fame as the bass guitarist of the critically acclaimed  band Dire Straits. With Dire Straits, John has been the recipient of multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards and a Heritage Award. As one of the founding band members, with Mark Knopfler, his brother David and drummer Pick Withers, John played a major role in the development of the Dire Straits’ sound.

When Dire Straits finished touring in 1993 John  became heavily involved in the Art world. Having carved a reputation for himself as a painter, John had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Sydney and across Europe. He also co-founded the children’s charity Life Education in 1987 which recently was integrated into Coram, one of the oldest UK charities.

John also owns a pub, the East End Arms in the New Forest.

Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, rock artist Kimberly Nichole’s (Kim Nicky) sound was shaped by the ground breaking grunge music of her hometown and the southern blues and rock n’ roll roots of her parents. Her journey soon led her to New York city where she made a name for herself on the underground music scene and in nightlife by way of the late night club *The Box (NYC/LONDON). As a songwriter, her original music has been featured in tv and film (NETFLIX, MTV, VH1, Showtime), and she has shared stages with Rock & Roll Hall of Famers *Nancy Wilson (Heart), *Slash (Guns N Roses) and *Joe Walsh (the Eagles), *Nona Hendryx (Labelle), *Ledisi, *Christina Aguilera, Kehlani, *Janelle Monae and more.

Also a highly sought after mistress of ceremonies (compere) – Kimberly’s style, voice and edgy showmanship has led her to being featured in *VOGUE, *Vanity Fair and even in an international Coca Cola commercial. She made her Broadway debut in 2018, where the New York Times praised her performance in the limited engagement of ROCKTOPIA. Additionally, she was cast as the Gypsy/Acid Queen in the rock opera "The Who’s TOMMY" at the John F. Kennedy Center of Performing Arts: Broadway Series (Washington,DC).

Now residing in London, Kimberly Nichole continues to perform on stages worldwide and is finishing her project set for release in 2024 with *Grammy Award Winning songwriter/producers Louis York (Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly).

Dubbed a future superstar of the blues by Joe Bonamassa, 18 year old Toby Lee boasts an impressive musical CV.

Toby’s journey started at just 4-years-old when his Grandma bought him a yellow and green ukulele. This little instrument went everywhere with him and he played it constantly – mainly tunes by Elvis and Buddy Holly.

When he was eight he got his first electric guitar for Christmas while staying at a hotel in Cornwall. By chance, staying at the same hotel was Mick Box from Uriah Heep. Mick gave Toby some great advice and some picks and from that moment, Toby knew exactly what he wanted to do when he grew up! Toby spent a year playing the role of Zack Mooneyham in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber West End production of School of Rock the Musical. He won an Olivier Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Music” with School of Rock.

“It’s a long way to the top if you wanna Rock n Roll” but Toby is definitely living the dream. He has appeared on many TV shows around the world including TFI Friday twice, Little Big Shots USA, Spain and the UK, Comic Relief, Michael McIntyre, The X Factor, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Blue Peter and Tonight at the London Palladium where he performed with McFly.

He jammed with Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Blues Heaven Festival in Denmark and the video went viral with over 115 Million views. Toby now has over 400 million views on social media. Toby represented the UK at the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis – later that year he was announced as the Young Blues Artist of the Year at the UK Blues Awards. He was also featured in a television documentary called Child Prodigies.

In 2019, he was flown to Los Angeles to appear on the Ellen Degeneres Show, where he performed and was interviewed by Ellen. Toby has shared the stage with a host of stars including Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Peter Frampton, Slash, Lukas Nelson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and has appeared alongside his hero, Joe Bonamassa at the Royal Albert Hall. He recently appeared on This Morning with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby promoting his album “Aquarius” which reached number one in the Official Jazz and Blues Album Charts. With restrictions lifting, Toby is looking forward to touring with his band and has dates booked throughout 2022 in the UK, Europe and the USA. Toby has been a Gibson Artist since the age of ten and is endorsed by Blackstar Amplification and D’Addario Strings. He is currently working on a second album due for release in April.

Jai Amore is a British singer and songwriter from London. He won the MOBO Unsigned Award at the Royal Albert Hall, the UKU Best Performer Award at the Clapham Grand, and the BBC Performing Arts Fund Award. In 2020, Jai Amore opened the Formula 1 Grand Prix to an international audience of over 300 million viewers, singing the British National Anthem. As an experienced performer, Jai Amore has sung around the world, especially touring across the UK at some of the countries most notorious venues, like London Jazz Café, the Olympic Copper Box Arena, Alexandra Palace, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, and many more, as well as supported some of the biggest names in R&B such as Beyoncé, Jagged Edge, Kelly Price, Ginuwine and Montell Jordan.

Jai Amore’s music and live performances show a range of inspirations from R&B, Soul, Afrobeat, Folk and Funk, and whether the audience is 50,000 or 50, or with a band of 3 or thirteen musicians, the intimacy of each show gives a truly immersive experience.

For the past 2 years, Brighton-based singer/songwriter Martha Eve has been winning over the masses with her spellbinding live sets and heartfelt releases brimming with true stories from a young girl's heart. Love, escapism, and navigating the world as a young woman are a few of the theme’s Martha visits in her own brand of Indie Soul.

Will James is a guitarist singer songwriter hailing from south west England. James is laying out his own unique stamp to the blues combining elements of soul and jazz creating a modernised version of this classic genre. Yet having been brought up on the likes
of Elmore James and Lighting Hopkins his music is firmly rooted in the blues.

During his earlier years Will was performing on the streets of London and Venice beach Los Angeles, in particular he became deeply attached to the boardwalk of Venice and attributes a
large amount of his own musical development and style to these times.

Having returned to Los Angeles in late 2021, but this time to record an Album with 5 time Grammy winner John Wooler, things are looking up for this young man and his blues. And in a recent review of that said Album "Sundancer" in Blues In Britain magazine "he is
creating inspired collections of modern blues" BIB January 2023 Edition. An in true blues fashion Will James is a truly electrifying performer and is being seen as one of the true innovators of blues guitar and blues music in the UK.