This year Tom Walker could become a household name. He’s a rising singer-songwriter from Manchester and signed with Relentless Records. Beginning with his bedroom studio, Walker has rose up the ranks rather quickly. His single releases have already garnered millions of streams through the support of radio and live performances. He wrapped up a successful tour with The Script and his single Leave A Light On was produced by Steve Mac (Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You”). He’s set to perform the Standon Calling Festival in July.

Building her reputation through featured topline vocals on a number of breakout dance tracks, the LA pop singer Linney stepped out on her own with a new single ‘Outta Of My Heart‘ and a new sound. On a musical level, think Betty Who, M83, and EDEN. She won the John Lennon Songwriting contest and performed on Balcony TV LA. Additionally, the single ‘That Night‘ that comes off The Things We Say EP reached half a million Spotify streams during its’ release week.
caitlin.linney@gmail.com

Whinnie Williams releases the video for the track What About Me . The track which comes off her forthcoming album was produced by Future Cut (Lily Allen, Rihanna). With a serious sensual voice, she looks like she stepped out of Fashion Week channeling 60s/70s TV figures like Charlie’s Angels. With Williams, music and fashion share the same space. Moreover, Williams was featured on Martin Solveig’s album Smash, performing “Let’s Not Play Games” which she co-wrote.
robb@lucidonline.co.uk

PARKWILD releases the radio ready track Too Late. The production, the harmonies, and song structure are near perfection. The NYC based songwriting production can be compared to the likes of Imagine Dragons and One Republic. Both who have been creating music for years have collaborated with a variety of artists including Connell Cruise and Japanese EMA winning artist MIYAVI.
ilana@parkwildmusic.com

The rock genre has fell on darks days. The Grammys didn’t telecast rock. Avenged Sevenfold skipped the Grammys because rock didn’t get respect. What happened to rock? Did the genre bring the demise on themselves failing to change its sound over the course of a decade? Or is this a coordinate effort by marketers to make rap the dominating genre? Regardless, there are a slew or rock bands that do extremely well. Consider Metallica who doubled their ticket prices and continued to sell out stadium after stadium making them one of the highest grossing tour in 2017. If you’re going to breakout as a new rock act today you must offer something undeniable catchy like LA based pop rockers Romance & Rebellion. The band has created a buzz around themselves solely through social media and performing live. After the release of their debut EP in 2017, they took the stage at Warped Tour, SXSW, and headlined Emo Nite LA. Check out the track For The Moment.
kirsten@bigpicturemediaonline.com