Music Week

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Music Week

Music Week…

Precious Stones: Universal & Polydor target ‘big opportunity' with iconic band's return • As the Rolling Stones release hugely-anticipated LP Hackney Diamonds, label execs reveal how the band are reaching new audiences and supercharging their catalogue

Work in progress: AIM & Amazon to tackle music industry barriers • Six independent labels recruit first round of apprentices for Amplify scheme to widen access to the music business with a focus on women and non-binary talent

FOR THE RECORD

SPOTLIGHT • SHINING A LIGHT ON MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES

START ME UP • THE NEW COMPANIES DRIVING MUSIC'S FUTURE

IN POD WE TRUST • INSIDE THE BEST MUSIC PODCASTS

DIGITAL DISCOURSE • Deviate Digital CEO Sammy Andrews guides you through the ever-changing tech world…

TWEETS OF THE MONTH • 2023 Mercury Prize FREENOW

RISING STAR • Meet the industry's brightest new talents…

BYRON MESSIA • Talibans has blown up around the world for Byron Messia, putting his self-proclaimed ‘dance-soul' genre on the map. Here, he unveils his plan to channel painful experiences into music to make the masses happy…

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry's favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES

HEARTSTOPPER/AWAL

KEYRELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • DJ Shadow returns this month with his eighth album Action Adventure, an almost entirely instrumental record that presents an intimate portrait of the legendary crate digger. Here, he talks A&R, working with Nas and more…

HOTSHOTS

S TATE OF THE EART • When it comes to artist development, few acts can tell a story quite like Sampha. Since his internship at his record label, the elusive talent's achievements include winning the Mercury Prize and working with a litany of stars including Drake, Solange and Kendrick Lamar. To mark the arrival of his second record Lahai, Music Week takes a trip into his world, alongside team Young, to talk life and death, collaboration and becoming a star…

THE Music Week INTERVIEW STUART GALBRAITH • Having reclaimed its crown in the Live Music Promoter category at this year's Music Week Awards, Kilimanjaro Live is at the peak of its powers. That said, the company's founder and CEO Stuart Galbraith is in no mood to bask in the afterglow. Here, he updates Music Week on his fight for fairness across the sector and talks expansion, sustainability, new talent and the small matter of plotting Ed Sheeran's return to the global stage…

MENTOR ME • THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ACROSS THE MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SHARE THEIR TOP 5 CAREER LESSONS…

The best goes on • In the years since Don Jazzy started Mavin Records in 2012, the Nigerian label has been at the centre of Afrobeats' global explosion. And with Rema's Calm Down recently crowned as the genre's first song to hit a billion Spotify streams, the label is now scaling new heights. Here, Music Week meets Don Jazzy, COO Tega Oghenejobo, plus director of A&R Rima Tahini and flagship signing Ayra Starr, to plot Mavin's future, talk breaking talent and discuss the inner workings of one of the world's most exciting music companies…

Just the way you A&R • Director of A&R Rima Tahini on the secrets behind Mavin's success…

HIGHLY RATED • Carla Marie Williams has made her mark on the industry in more ways than one. As a songwriter, her glittering CV includes work on Beyoncé's Grammy-winning Lemonade, while the Music Week Women In Music...