At the Loaded Awards, comedian, actor and writer Andi Osho took home the Best Female Comedian and Nivea's Funny Women Awards. Andi is a stand-up comedian with an award-winning style of humor who has performed at places including the London Apollo. She has made appearances on several popular comedy shows on television, including as Tonightly, Ask Rhod Gilbert and Mock the Week. As... read full bio
Al has backing Al has received great praise from comedians Adam Bloom and Jerry Seinfeld, who both said that Al had "the most original first ten minutes of comedy I've ever seen" and "one of the best jokes I have ever heard." Al Lubel went into law to appease his mother. Then, in order to satiate his urge to let her... read full bio
Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland and went to the Dragon School in Oxford, Harrow and Cambridge to study history, where he received a double first. He graduated from the University of London with an MA in philosophy and started a PhD program but stopped to focus on writing novels. He started crafting his distinct brand of popular philosophy with "How Proust Can... read full bio
During his "An Evening with Ant Middleton" tour, Ant traveled across the United Kingdom. Published by HarperNonFiction, his book "First Man In: Leading From the Front" peaked at number one on The Sunday Times Best Seller List. In addition, Ant was captured on camera ascending Mount Everest, an experience that put him to the ultimate test. In Channel 4's recreation of... read full bio
Amanda Brown was inspired by the legal students she saw at Stanford legal School to write the novel Legally Blonde, which served as the basis for the popular 2001 film of the same name. Stanford welcomes her because of her inventive film and the necessity for diversity in all its manifestations. Her perseverance ensures her success at Stanford, but not... read full bio
Amelia Coburn is both light and dark. She has a talent for making the uncommon sound ageless, whether it's through songs of playful romance or tales of spiteful widows and midnight stream-of-consciousness. Characters she encounters while traveling to foreign places, reading literature in the shadows, and watching film noir are included in her works. Amelia weaves Tin Pan Alley tunes... read full bio
Since the late 1980's, Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones of A Man Called Adam have been creating innovative electronic music. They resist classification by experimenting with and absorbing a wide range of musical influences while maintaining a distinctive sound and they have created iconic songs in genres like Acid Jazz, Balearic House, Ibiza Chill and Nu British House. They are revered and... read full bio
Throughout his career, Alejandro Aranda (f/k/a Scarypoolparty) has gone through several pivotal moments. After making an appearance on the seventeenth season of American Idol, Alejandro's life was thrown into a state of near constant motion, going from performing bars and backyards to sold-out headline tours and enormous festival stages. Simultaneously, Alejandro was showered with praise from critics after three consecutive... read full bio
The pop-rock ensemble Affection Place was formed in the 1980s amid the international New Wave/Post-Punk music scene and is located in Lyon, France. The original lineup toured alongside bands like Magazine, the Cramps, A Certain Ratio, Marquis de Sade, and many more gave several shows in France and Switzerland. After coming back together, the group put out a compilation of previously unheard... read full bio
Arthi has collaborated with party collectives in France, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland in addition to doing sold-out headline performances throughout Europe. She performed at some of the biggest summertime events in the UK this year, such as FourTet's All-Dayer at Finsbury Park, Shangri-La at Glastonbury Festival, and a pop-up rave in east London presented by Fred Again with Kenny Beats... read full bio
After thirty years of creating music, Alan Sparhawk is venturing into new realms. Sparhawk and the late Mimi Parker, the drummer and singer of Low, co-founded the band. Their music's daring exploration of serene, soft regions gave it an essential strength. Thirteen albums later, Low inspired a wave of roomy, elegant, personal, and constantly changing music. As time went on, the... read full bio
Antonio Aguilar, who was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, is the eldest child of two well-known Mexican performers who have been in stage, film, and television: Doña Flor Silvestre and the late Don Antonio Aguilar. His parents performed in musical rodeos all over the world. When their son Antonio was four years old, they incorporated him in the musical performance while... read full bio
Based in London, AK PATTERSON is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She crafts raw, honest songs that explore difficult themes like heartbreak, sadness, and loneliness in an effort to uncover their beauty and promise. Her songs tell the tales of marginalized people, such factory workers or prisoners, or the underdog. Her powerful voice and intense emotional singing are the focal points... read full bio
After garnering over two million streams for her previous track, "Bedroom," breakout star Aiyana-Lee has returned with her most recent single, "Rich Kids." Given that Aiyana-Lee is a performer descended from a long line of artists, among them The Temptations' David Ruffin, it should come as no surprise that she has made a big splash in the music industry. Wednesday's... read full bio
Garret Meyer, a Wisconsin native, is a musician whose project Artifakts melds several electronic genres together. Artifakts, a constantly changing artist, founded his project and has been able to contribute sonically and graphically to it while also breaking free from the limitations of contemporary electronic music. This producer has proven that he belongs in the ranks of both seasoned beat... read full bio
Skilled in both poetry and performance, Allysha Joy has amassed a devoted following worldwide thanks to her powerful lyrics, distinctive musicianship, and amazing vocals. Known for being the lead vocalist for 30/70 Collective, Joy has skillfully developed her own style over the years, showcasing her abilities as a singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and selector. And with a strong roster of... read full bio
Ardalan, a Tehran native, discovered at a young age that he had an unusual affinity for music. Ardalan was first enthralled by classic jazz and rock as well as traditional Iranian music, but as he grew older and lived back and forth between Iran and California, his tastes started to change. Ardalan's collection of mixtapes featuring rare musical jewels such as... read full bio
Acclaimed as the queen of Japanese hip-hop, Awich embodies everything that makes the genre so essential to culture. Over the course of her boundary-pushing career, the Okinawan-born artist has struck a balance between cutting-edge musicianship and forward-thinking storytelling, a fierce devotion to her homeland and heritage—a Japanese prefecture whose troubled history and near-mystical beauty have served as an endless source... read full bio
Andromedik, a newcomer to the drum 'n' bass world, has already left quite an impression. Being the first drum 'n' bass artist in five years, the Belgian musician set himself apart from many of his contemporaries with an almost festival-like sound design, sweeping the globe with two incredible premiere performances on Tomorrowland's legendary Mainstage. Andromedik has amassed over 75 million Spotify... read full bio
Abby Holliday is a singer-songwriter from Nashville who has been penning songs for as long as she can remember. The highly talented young artist is most recognized for her exploration of weighty subjects without overly serious self-portrayal. With a sound that is reminiscent of Phoebe Bridgers and Japanese House, Holliday is a unique songwriter who combines pop sensibility, deep poetry,... read full bio
