PledgeMusic and PRS Foundation announce the latest artists to be selected for the Emerging Artists Fund
01 November 2018 - Press releasePledgeMusic and PRS Foundation, the UK’s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development, have announced that the next 12 artists to receive support from their joint Emerging Artists Fund are:
Sunken
Louis VI
Kamakaze
Skatta
The Tin Pigeons
Sisteray
IORA
Kevin McGuire
Crosa Rosa
Talkboy
Hands Off Gretel
Man of Moon
Each winner will receive grant support up to £2,500 from PRS Foundation, alongside a tailored PledgeMusic funding campaign.
Speaking of the awards PledgeMusic’s Luke Arthur says, “Spanning genres from grime to grunge, we’re delighted in this second round of the Emerging Artists Fund to get behind and extend our support to a range of great new talent.”
PRS Foundation’s Senior Grants and Programmes Manager Joe Frankland “The Emerging Artists Fund continues to unearth incredible new music from across the UK. We’ve been pleased to see Round 1’s artists launching great PledgeMusic campaigns, with many reaching targets already; and we’re excited to be supporting a dozen more artists to record, release, tour and promote their next projects.”
Over 100 submissions were submitted in this round and the winners were chosen by a panel of industry executives and experts. Included on the judges’ panel in this round was Sandy Trappitt, Head of Partnerships at leading music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins who said; “It was great to play a part in the development of emerging artists and to help them on their way. It’s such a crowded space now for artists and to get the opportunity to see the quality of new music was brilliant. I think that the project is amazing and support the work of PledgeMusic and PRS Foundation."
Brighton based and BBC Introducing band Lazybones, who benefitted from the previous funding award round said; “Being awarded the Emerging Artist Fund has been a fantastic experience. It's not only helped us reach new fans worldwide but allowed us to grow more significantly in a short period of time: we've sold out shows, got back into the studio and we've connected with both industry and fans on a new level. We also reached our PledgeMusic target in just over a week which was incredible - we can't wait to see what comes next!” (Candi Underwood/Lazybones)
The third round of the PledgeMusic and PRS Foundation Emerging Artists Fund will take place in early 2019, dates and deadlines to be announced soon.
For more information https://prsfoundation.com/buttons/emerging-artists-fund/
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