Tuesday, December 4, 2018

2018 BEST NEW/EMERGING ARTISTS...




another exciting set of talent out for your listening pleasure...





Head of the class:






Kali Uchis: the Colombian-American’s debut showed exactly how smooth Latin-drenched pop can be when done right.






and the rest (in no particular order):



Clarence Clarity: I think the Guardian sums him up best when it said he is “funk played by a swarm of bees”.








Noname: previously best known for a guest spot on a Chance the Rapper mixtape, Noname has now risen to her own acclaim and its stunning.






Gaika: while so many young Brit acts continue to get dancehall horribly wrong, here is a young man who dishes it out like gold effortlessly.






SerpentWithFeet: the black queer brigade marching out of the US increases each year and here’s among the best of them.






Cardi B: sure, you’d have to be outer space not to know “Bodak Yellow” from a year ago but Cardi backed it up this year with an album that forces everyone to pay attention and bop along.






Salad Boys: the Kiwis return and they’ve delivered the goods big time.






Caroline Rose: reinvention is vital, that seems to be the big take-away from Rose’s stunning switch from country to pop.






Virginia Wing: the British band quietly doing alternative goodness.






Cautious Clay: think along the lines of Frank Ocean, without the gay subtext.

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