{"id":16607,"date":"2016-10-11T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=16607"},"modified":"2019-09-05T18:34:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:34:59","slug":"good-vibes-summer-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/good-vibes-summer-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD VIBES – Summer 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest good vibes\/ success headlines from the Nottingham music scene over the Summer (that we know of)<\/strong>, please drop us a line if we\u2019ve missed anything significant (our definition of significant is a first\u00a0of national relevance) \u2013 nusic@leftlion.co.uk.<\/p>\n

SHEKU KANNEH-MASON<\/strong><\/a>, a lad from Mapperley Park, won the BBC\u2019s Young Musician of the Year<\/strong> award. Massive! <\/span><\/p>\n

DAUDI MATSIKO<\/strong><\/a> has signed to legendary Indie label Naim Records<\/strong>, home to Imogen Heap<\/strong>, Eska<\/strong> and many more. <\/span><\/p>\n

GEORGIE<\/strong><\/a> played Glastonbury<\/strong>, BBC Introducing<\/strong> styley. Catch her awesome performance HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE<\/strong><\/a> got some ace National loving courtesy of The Observer<\/strong>. Check it <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, and LONE<\/strong><\/a> got a casual 9\/10 review for his latest album \u2018Levitate<\/em>\u2019 in DJMag<\/strong>. Ya know, the usual.<\/span><\/p>\n

APRIL TOWERS<\/strong><\/a> received some big money funding to tour, courtesy of PRS for Music Foundation’s ‘<\/strong>Flash Funding’.<\/p>\n

ADY SULEIMAN<\/strong><\/a> did a BBC Radio\u00a01Xtra<\/strong> Live Lounge, live across the UK and it was AWESOME. Check it <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jam Cafe<\/strong><\/a> was named one of \u2018the coolest alternative live music venues in the UK\u2019, in National mag\u00a0Cosmopolitan<\/strong>. Read <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

HECK<\/strong><\/a> got a National in-depth, proper awesome, piece of loving from The Independent<\/strong>. See it <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

DAUDI MATSIKO<\/strong><\/a> has been selected out of a load of worldwide artists, to be a part of the world famous Red Bull Music Academ<\/strong>y, and develop his sound in Canda!<\/span><\/p>\n

County Youth Arts<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 ABLE ORCHESTRA<\/strong><\/a> played the world famous\u00a0BBC Proms<\/strong>. At the arguably even more famous The Royal\u00a0Albert Hall<\/strong>!\u00a0You can listen back <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

ADY SULEIMAN<\/strong><\/a> got his first piece of NME<\/strong> loving in the famous \u2018Radar\u2019 feature. <\/span><\/p>\n

HANNAH HEARTSHAPE <\/a><\/strong>signs to\u00a0one of the UK\u2019s leading independent publishers, Tru Thoughts<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

THE INVISIBLE ORCHESTRA<\/strong><\/a> got some National press loving from one of the UK\u2019s most respected music websites, The Quietus<\/strong>. Check it <\/span>HERE<\/b><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

KAGOULE<\/strong><\/a> were awarded some big dollar funding, courtesy of PRS For Music\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Momentum Fund\u2019. Album #2 is on the way! <\/span><\/p>\n

MOWBECK<\/strong><\/a> and TUSK<\/strong><\/a> both played the world famous Reading and Leeds<\/strong>, BBC Introducing<\/strong> styley. You can check \u2018em on the iPlayer, <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong> and <\/span>HERE<\/a><\/strong>, respectively. <\/span><\/p>\n

SAME STREETS<\/strong><\/a> also played Reading and Leeds<\/strong>, on the This Feeling<\/strong><\/a> stage. <\/span><\/p>\n

MEGAN KELSEY<\/a>, TUSK<\/a>, BENEDICT TRENCHES<\/a>, JOSEPH KNIGHT<\/a><\/strong> and ONE GIANT CAUSEWAY<\/strong><\/a>, all received their National radio debut on 6Music<\/strong>, courtesy of Dean Jackson, stepping in for Tom Robinson.<\/p>\n

JAMES ELLIS<\/strong> <\/a>achieved his dream\u00a0and played one of the main stages at one of the UK’s leading festivals –\u00a0Bestival<\/strong>. Mini-doc on his experience HERE<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

TWIN KIDD<\/strong><\/a> got their debut National radio play, on\u00a06Music<\/strong>, courtesy of Tom Robinson. <\/span><\/p>\n

LIAM BAILEY<\/strong><\/a> has been in the studio with Grammy award winners Gorillaz<\/strong>, working on their new album. <\/span><\/p>\n

GEORGIE<\/strong><\/a> is going out on TWO massive UK tours! One with JAKE BUGG<\/a><\/strong>, the other – Blossoms.<\/strong>\u00a0The definition of spreading the love!<\/span><\/p>\n

YOUNG T & BUGSEY<\/strong><\/a> have signed a record deal with Black Butter<\/strong>, part of Sony<\/strong>, and home to Wiley<\/strong>, DJ Khaled<\/strong>, and loads more.<\/p>\n

JOEL BAKER<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has signed a record deal with the legendary Virgin EMI<\/strong>. Big ups Joel!<\/p>\n

Eleven Notts bands got some National loving over at Gigwise<\/strong>, thanks to Dom Gourlay. Check it <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

THREE GIRL RHUMBA<\/strong><\/a> just got their National radio debut, thanks to Tom Robinson on 6Music<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

#SpreadTheLove<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest good vibes\/ success headlines from the Nottingham music scene over the Summer (that we know of), please drop us a line if we\u2019ve missed anything significant (our definition of significant is a first\u00a0of national relevance) \u2013 nusic@leftlion.co.uk. SHEKU KANNEH-MASON, a lad from Mapperley Park, won the BBC\u2019s Young Musician of the Year award….<\/p>\n

<\/small>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,248,210],"tags":[1550,252,279,469,642,412,1594,324,369,318,660,1311,804,1595,327,1465,1528,1593],"class_list":{"0":"post-16607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-blog","8":"category-good-vibes","9":"category-spreadthelove","10":"tag-able-orchestra","11":"tag-ady-suleiman","12":"tag-april-towers","13":"tag-daudi-matsiko","14":"tag-georgie","15":"tag-hannah-heartshape","16":"tag-james-ellis","17":"tag-joel-baker","18":"tag-kagoule","19":"tag-liam-bailey","20":"tag-lone","21":"tag-mowbeck","22":"tag-same-streets","23":"tag-sheku-kanneh-mason","24":"tag-the-invisible-orchestra","25":"tag-tusk","26":"tag-twin-kidd","27":"tag-young-t-bugsey","28":"entry-post-skin-dark","29":"entry","30":"clearfix","31":"entry-grid","32":"entry-columns-default","33":"entry-post-module-layout-fullwidth","34":"thumbnail-color-tone-dark","35":"entry-post","37":"entry-post-grid"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16607"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20747,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16607\/revisions\/20747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}