EXCLUSIVE: Former top ICM talent and literary agent John Burnham, who left earlier this month to become a manager and partner at Atlas Artists and Atlas Literary, has signed Alex O’Loughlin as a client.
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The and the are delighted to announce a new headline partnership with for both the Official Americana Chart, and the association’s annual festival UK Americana Music Week and awards ceremony, taking place in January in Hackney.
The Official Charts Company and AMA UK have worked hand-in-hand for the past six years, to promote the vibrant UK Americana scene. January 2016 saw the launch of both the inaugural UK Americana Awards at St John Hackney, and the introduction of the UK’s first official chart for the genre – the Official Americana Albums Chart. In fact, the UK led the charge on the chart front, beating Billboard to develop an official rundown for the genre; the US chart compilers have since followed suit. It is fitting for this new partnership with Sweet Home Alabama - a state steeped in musical history - to arrive on the sixth anniversary of such important UK developments for the Americana genre, connecting the scene in Britain with its influences across the pond. Including naming rights to both the chart and festival, the year-long partnership will include a series of new Americana talent profiles, live music showcases, competitions, guides to the best music and tourism experiences across Alabama and exclusive artist interviews with the likes of Lucinda Williams and rising stars Ferris & Sylvester.
In the first of the interview series, Lucinda Williams spoke to OfficialCharts.com about defining the Americana genre:"For me, in the beginning when it first established, it appeared to be anything that wasn't more commercially accepted. It was the stuff that fell through the cracks; the songs that didn't get a lot of radio play. It was the anti-commercial genre...but it's grown a lot."The partnership launch coincides
EXCLUSIVE: Former top ICM talent and literary agent John Burnham, who left earlier this month to become a manager and partner at Atlas Artists and Atlas Literary, has signed Alex O’Loughlin as a client.
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