East of England | Youth Music

Lex Gibbon

Lex Gibbon is a singer based in the East of England. Her music has regularly been featured on BBC Introducing Essex and BBC Introducing 3 Counties, and she has performed a three-song acoustic live lounge session for them. Her songs have also received placements on Spotify editorial playlists, including 'Fresh Finds UK and Ireland', and her single 'Rather Be Lonely' has been played on ITV This Morning.

ELATRASI

ELATRASI is a British-Moroccan singer-songwriter, vocalist, composer and pianist. Her music has raised awareness for invisible disability and chronic pain conditions, for which she has won the European Ballad Award at the InterContinental Music Awards, Honourable Mention at Nashville's Unsigned Only, and Third Prize at the International Songwriting Competition. She has also been named an 'Artist To Watch' by BBC Introducing Three Counties Radio.

Yung Yusuf

Yung Yusuf is a Palestinian rapper based in the East of England. He has performed at a variety of renowned venues and events, including at Independent Week 2025. He also delivers rap workshops in collaboration with charities and social initiatives which support refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, such as Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA) and Compass Collect.

LDEEA

LDEEA is an artist from Luton. She has headlined and organised jams, open mics and talent showcases, and performed at events like Newtonville Carnival, Peng Femme Jam and and Luton's Christmas Light switch-on. With the NextGen Fund, she is working on her latest EP, 'REGROWTH'.

Maple Ward

Maple Ward is a singer-songwriter based in Norwich, originally from Southampton. She performs regularly across East Anglia, and has previously performed at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, and Latitude Festival.

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is a producer and DJ from the East of England. He is currently working on an 8-12 track drum-and-bass album which branches out across jungle, UK garage, drill, soul, reggae and new school R&B. He has worked with a number of other rising artists and creatives in the UK music scene, including Young Athena, spoken word poet Yemi Yohannes, and Nia Archives.

Y Shadey

Y Shadey is a rapper from a Nigerian background, who has already garnered a growing fanbase of 300,000 monthly Spotify listeners, and has just finished a tour across Australia. He now has 100,000 followers on Instagram and over 300,000 on TikTok; and his Spotify listeners have streamed his music from 170 different countries.

Jayahadadream

JayaHadADream is a Jamaican-Irish rapper based in Cambridge. In 2024, she won Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition, and performed on the festival's Main Stage that year. She has also performed at Leeds Festival, The Great Escape and the Southbank Centre.

Gabby Rivers

Gabby Rivers is an indie-pop artist based in Norwich. She has played at Latitude Festival, Secret Garden Party Festival and Wild Fields Festival, and has sold out her own headline shows.

Aphra

Aphra is a songwriter, performer and guitarist. They have performed at festivals including Sundown, Latitude and Moseley Folk Festival, and their single 'Candyfloss' was longlisted for Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition.

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