Annie Christensen, Senior A&R manager, Island Records“I’ve never really felt a group of people on a campaign be so in tune. It’s testament to her and the music she ...
Because Music UK’s new chief creative officer Nick Huggett has revealed his ambitions to “build on the success” of the indie.
Huggett has been appointed to the newly-created role following ...
The first time Hartwig Masuch and Alistair Norbury met, they were on opposite sides of the table.Back in 2012, Norbury was an artist manager, looking after Bryan Ferry, who ...
Island president Darcus Beese has welcomed two new appointments to the major’s Urban Division.
As exclusively revealed in the new issue of Music Week, out now, Johnny Brocklehurst and ...
Island Records’ head of urban, Alex Boateng, has told Music Week that his two new Urban Division hires represent “the final pieces of the puzzle”.
The Urban Division, which was ...
Oh, she was hot. Adele was lovely, quite childlike still; she was just out of the BRIT School…”
Maggie Crowe OBE, director of events and charities at the BPI, is ...
After doing press for punk bands such as Blondie and The Stranglers, Alan Edwards became a music biz legend through his work with David Bowie, Prince and many more. A ...
It’s 2014, and aspiring indie-rock band Dive Bella Dive are cold, tired and suffering from the effects of sustained consumption of drink and drugs.
Their Ealing residence is falling apart ...
Each week, Music Week profiles the brightest new talents in the business. This week, Island's senior digital marketing manager Faye Williams, tells her story...
How did you break into the ...
The music industry has paid tribute to Dolores O’Riordan, as The Cranberries’ catalogue returns to the charts following her sudden death. She was 46.
Signed to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, ...
