'For me, figuring out what I want to say needs to come before I decide how I’m going to say it': award-winning media composer David Housden on his knack for creating epic videogame scores...
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Spinning on an elastic axis of post punk fuzz and African rhythms, the fancy musical footwork of Glasgow’s Sacred Paws has taken some giant steps since the group’s inception, winning the Scottish Album of the Year and dazzling leftfield music fans.
‘This next track I’m about to drop, bro, we’re taking it there, over that threshold,’ teases rising star Izzie Gibb.
As the 64th Ivor Novello Awards ceremony looms, we take a closer look at this year’s nominees and find an exciting crop of songwriting talent in the running.
'I was really excited to put my first song out but I had no idea it would get picked up by the people that it did': rising South London producer Joe Turner on how he won the love of the UK's leading tastemakers...
‘It’s still quite important for artists and they still get quite excited when they hear their songs on the radio,’ says BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Snoochie Shy.
‘Last year we were busking just down there and now we’re in an actual venue, so it’s going to be better than last year, whatever happens,’ beams Archie Sylvester of folk, blues duo Ferris & Sylvester.
'What I fear most is the moment of the performance because I know soon after I will be very sad, and wander melancholic looking for something else to write and create:' award-winning composer Roberto David Rusconi on his creative process.
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