Featured Artists 2020

26/8/2020 0 Comments

WILD HORSE

Wild Horse are prodigious in every way, as Jack Baldwin (18), Older brother Henry (21) and buddy Ed Barnes (19) have just released their fourth album, “WE ARE IN AN IDENTITY CRISIS… BUT WE LOVE IT”. A monster release of 16 of the catchiest songs you are likely to hear this year. Expect the unexpected, from Pop, Classic Rock, Punky Reggae, Blue eyed Soul, Dirty Funk, Rap, Latin, and so much more. Yet it flows perfectly! Beautifully produced and highly recommended by critics on both sides of the pond.

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2/7/2020 0 Comments

NORTHERN NIKKO

Northern Nikko is an emerging artist from Sweden producing music that can be described as progressive pop with a touch of retro, electronica and Nordic soul.

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14/5/2020 0 Comments

NIGEL THOMAS

Nigel says: “Stepping Up is about how having very little can help drive you forward and achieve creatively and how you appreciate and value the little things more when they're infrequent. Following on from that, when great things do happen you often don't know how to express yourself and speaking nonsense often the result”!

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30/4/2020 0 Comments

LUCKY IRIS

Lucky Iris are an alt-pop duo who have put their own personal spin on the resurgence of electro-acoustic music, resulting in the production of a set of intimate silky tunes with a fresh aesthetic.
Lucky Iris are made up of two members – vocalist Maeve and instrumentalist Jasper – they are both originally from north London (Watford and Aylesbury). Having attended the University of Leeds, they decided to move to the city after falling in love with the place!

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26/2/2020 0 Comments

LITTLE BROTHER ELI

Hailing from Oxford, U.K, Little Brother Eli are an energetic 4-piece band who combine the best elements of Rock, Disco, Electro and Classic Hip Hop – giving their music an almost nostalgic beat, that is long missed in music.

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25/10/2019 0 Comments

Featured Nominated Artist: Bethnie Rose

An Indie Singer/Songwriter playing original music that's a fresh mix of Rock & Soul, giving live performances that are both riveting & passionate - "Bethnie Rose Music - Facebook"

Hailing from Oklahoma, U.S.A meet Bethnie Rose, a highly talented, highly funny and also a self admitted Smile Radio Stalker ( we joke on the last part... or do we?).

Her music style is a mix of Rock, Pop, Folk and a dash of soul taking her influences from some great artists, some considered Godfathers and Mothers of their genre such as, Coheed and Cambria, Janis Joplin, Mumford and Sons, Led Zeplin, Kings of Leon and much, much more, Bethnie uses these influences and like a mistress of musical magic puts together her own tracks, that come from the heart, inspired by her own journey on the bumpy road that is life!

Writing her first song at 7 years old and learning to play the acoustic guitar at 13, she had early influences of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers and Led Zeppelin, and later added Dave Matthews Band, Big Wreck and Brandi Carlile.
Her desire as a musician is to express the vast emotions of the heart, and hopefully provoking the emotions of the listeners.
Her very 1st album was a 5 song EP of original music that was released June 7th of 2019.

In between making music Bethnie keeps busy by engaging with her fanbase on social media, doing live performances throughout Oklahoma and Texas touring with her band, with a hope to take her journey global. In the meantime you can listen to Bethnie's own blend of awesomeness any of your favourite streaming platforms (Spotify, Itunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon and Youtube Music)

Bethnie is nominated in the following categories: E.P, Rock, Alternative & Newcomer. Keep your ears open over the next month and don't forget to vote for Bethnie Rose when the Smile Radio Indie Awards public vote goes live!

Nominated Songs:

The Return

Can't Let

Over

Come be nominated or nominate your own favourite Indie Band for the Smile Radio Indie Awards coming January 2020 in conjunction with the Live Rooms, Cleckheaton.

E-mail Ritchie Johnston or Richard Harrison: ritchie.johnston@smileradio.co / richard@smileradio.co send us a bio, with social media links, website and a short promo upto 30 seconds for airplay letting us know how and where we can listen to your music and end the promo with "And you can also catch us on Smile Radio".

All submissions must be in MP3 Format. we have the following categories: Newcomer, E.P/Album of the year, Music Video, Cover Song, Pop, Rock and Alternative.

Deadline for submissions: 15th December 2019.

Listen in to Smile Radio for the best of tomorrows hottest artists today!

Listen online: www.smileradio.co or download the app on Smart devices.

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10/4/2019 0 Comments

Evelyn Laurie

"A stunningly beautiful album from a lady who has waited far toolong before making her debut recording." - Jazz Views

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4/4/2019 0 Comments

Freya Roy

Written about Freya’s experiences of coming out during her university years and exploring her sexual identity ’22 Movements’ is a powerful, thought-provoking track, referring to the taboo subject of the sexualisation of gay women, giving us an insight for what is to come with the release of Freya’s self-produced debut album, ‘AHLKE’.

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28/3/2019 0 Comments