The fourth annual Drake YolanDa Awards have introduced purposes are open for rising artists between ages 16-30.
Based by YolanDa Brown OBE and James ‘JP’ Drake, the money prizes are introduced to rising musicians to allow them to showcase their expertise and help them in taking their profession to the following degree. Ten promising artists will obtain a money award of £3,000 every to assist assist their inventive improvement in areas together with touring, recording new music, music movies, advertising, branding, and buying new gear.
The Drake YolanDa Award has supported the journey of over 60 rising artists since 2019 all around the UK. With over £100,000 of funding, 80% of the grants have been awarded to girls, 97% had by no means acquired a grant earlier than, and 65% of the candidates have been from exterior the London space.
The Drake YolanDa Award celebrates the wealthy and various nature of the UK music scenes, welcoming candidates from all genres. They’re particularly on the lookout for unbiased artists that want assist and at present do not need backing from main file labels or publishers. The applying deadline is September 4 at 12 pm. As soon as the applying interval closes, a crew of main music trade figures will slim the choice to 10 shortlisted artists.
Among the earlier recipients of this award embrace singer-songwriter Jerub, singer and guitarist Rosie Frater Taylor, songstress BEKA, and trumpet grasp Ife Ogunjobi of the Ezra Collective.
“4 years into this award with over 60 artists as alumni and we proceed to be blown away by the affect it has on the careers of those distinctive, genre-bending artists,” provides YolanDa Brown.
“One of many greatest boundaries to most creatives is entry to finance and we’re happy to have the ability to reply that decision for these artists and play part of their evolving journeys at a important stage—we solely want we had the capability to assist extra artists.”