The finalists for this year’s Music Week Awards have been announced today over on the Music Week website. This year the awards ceremony will take place on May 6 at Battersea Evolution and will include three new categories, Independent Publisher Of The Year, Sync Team Of The Year and Sync Of The Year. We’re thrilled […]
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Jan
Jan
The UK Americana Awards took place last night at a star-studded bash in London. Once again hosted by Bob Harris OBE, the show performances from the likes of Danni Nicholls, Amy Speace, Nick Lowe, Billy Bragg with Peter Donegan, The Felice Brothers and The Milk Carton Kids. Congratulations to all of the winners which we […]
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Dec
Dec
Congratulations to ECM Records who celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. 50 years ago, in November 1969, the first ECM album was recorded, Mal Waldron’s Free At Last, made under the supervision of Manfred Eicher. Over the following five decades, a further 1600 recordings have been made: half a century of continuous work as an […]
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Nov
Nov
Songlines Magazine have announced their Best Albums of 2019 (see below) and we’re pleased to see the list include five albums distributed by Proper. These include Miri from Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni ba, 1958 from Blick Bassy, HaitiaNola from Lakou Mizik, Songs of our Native Daughters from Our Native Daughters and The Lost Words: Spell […]
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Nov
Nov
Congratulations to all of the nominees for the 2020 GRAMMY® Awards which were announced last week. This year we’re pleased to see twenty six Proper distributed acts among the shortlist (see below). The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on January 26, 2020, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be hosted, […]
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Nov
Nov
Record Store Day Black Friday returns this year on the 29 November with the release of a list of limited edition records available in independent record shops all across the UK. This year we have exclusive releases from artists including Todd Rundgren, Nick Lowe, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bill Evans and many more. Find a full list […]