Author Archives: Ben

Utopia

Utopia acquires Proper Music Group

Utopia Music, the Swiss Music fintech company, has acquired Proper Music Group (Proper), the UK’s leading physical Music distributor. Alongside its existing immense consumption database that includes more than 33 billion global data points, the new acquisition will help Utopia supercharge their song economics and accelerate Royalty payouts for Creators as well as to digitise […]

Little Simz

Little Simz nominated for four BRIT Awards

Congratulations to Little Simz who has been nominated for four BRIT Awards – Mastercard Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act. Little Simz ties with Adele, Ed Sheeran and Dave for the most nominations, with them all receiving four apiece including the Mastercard Album of the […]

Reggie's Retro

Featured Store: Reggie’s Retro

Our latest featured store is written by Graham Jones, Sales Representative. I took a trip over to the Isle of Wight to call on the wonderfully quirky Reggie’s Retro owned by Sharon Holloway and supported by Michael Sumner. Both have amazing backgrounds, so I asked them how they ended up owning a record shop. Sharon: […]

RTE Folk Awards 2021

John Francis Flynn and Ye Vagabonds both win two awards at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards

Congratulations to John Francis Flynn and Ye Vagabonds who both won two awards at last night’s RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards. John Francis Flynn took home the awards for Best Folk Singer and Best Emerging Artist whilst Ye Vagabonds won Best Folk Group and Best Traditional Folk Track for their cover of “I’m A Rover”. […]