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SF Insights: Why we launched Artist Image Lab
Coming from a fashion background and now working in music marketing, I've always been interested in the relationship...
Mike Smith: Building Relationships in Japan
Building relationships in Japan: How the Northern Music Export Office trade mission is creating long-term...
Daryl Jenkins: The Great Escape
Working in the music industry, The Great Escape has always felt like a right of passage - the wristband that can make...
Black Music Beyond Borders - Why I Built This Programme
Black Music Beyond Borders started with a feeling I couldn't shake after attending Pitch Scotland last year. I...
From House Parties to Headliners - How Afrobeats Took Over The UK
A decade ago, Afrobeats was still treated as a niche sound in the UK, it was the soundtrack to crowded house parties,...
Building a Music Industry That Works for Parents
Earlier this week, Generator was announced as the latest programme partner of Parents and Carers in Performing Arts,...
An interview with Young Rebel Set
Sonic Futures Marketing Coordinator, Olivia Carter, attended Stockton Calling, the much-loved multi-venue festival...
The Black British Indie Shift
There is something culturally significant happening in the UK alternative scene. Jim Lexgacy, Nova Twins, Arlo Parks...
Tommy Caulker - DJ, Promoter, activist and founder of the legendary WHQ
For Tommy, music began in childhood. His parents’ New Year’s Eve parties were his first stage. From then on, records...
Maia Beth Angel Of The North
Growing up in Washington, County Durham, she never imagined becoming a Radio 1 DJ was a real possibility. That sense...
Dean Thompson & Joe Atkinson Mercury Prize Producers
Meet Deano & Joe - 2025 Mercury Prize winning producers behind Sam Fender’s UK No.1 album People Watching, the...
Wendy Smith Artist and Creative Director The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
“If you can’t see it, you can’t be it” Born and brought up in and around Middlesbrough, Wendy Smith always believed...