BBC Music Introducing endorsed Indie band Southchurch are a multi-talented and popular ever-growing act from Southend, Essex which have widely captured the imagination of music aficionados throughout the United Kingdom courtesy of their unique sound, captivating live performances and inimitable organic production; Southchurch cites The 1975, Kwabs, Jack Garratt, James Blake, Kings of Leon, MNEK, Tourist, Craig David, Artful Dodger and Louie Lastic as musical influences.
#12Watch | Phoenix FM Broadcast Journalist/Presenter Antonia Jones
Antonia Jones is a versatile Broadcast Journalist, Presenter and DJ for popular Brentwood-based radio station Phoenix FM.
The multi-talented Phoenix FM presenter is a former newspaper journalist who is presently embarking on an empowering mission and vision to change both the face and voice of British media. Antonia Jones was born in Walthamstow, east London and subsequently moved to Stratford, London Borough of Newham before settling in Essex where Jones currently resides.
#12Watch | LA Fashion Week Runway Model/Singer-Songwriter/Actress Alexa Villa
Alexa Villa is a multi-talented singer-songwriter/musician, television/film actress and LA Fashion Week Runway fashion model. The dynamic Los Angeles-based performer sings, plays piano/synth, guitar and writes pop and pop-rock music; Villa additionally models and acts in Los Angeles and San Diego part-time.
Villa’s prominent career highlights to date include Runway for LA Fashion Week and marquee features in Women’s Wear Daily, Forever 21 and appearing on Spike TV to name a few.
Alexa Villa began her entertainment career at the age of 7 when she started taking piano lessons and playing for school talent shows, local recitals and singing/harmonizing in theater shows.
The multi-talented entertainer grew up going to band practices and shows for her parents’ band and later her brothers band and inevitably started her own band Oversoul at age 16. Oversoul played live shows at the Whiskey in Hollywood, Soma in San Diego and at the prestigious Vans Warped Tour among other marquee venues and events.
Alexa Villa is an extremely passionate, inspirational and relentless individual in pursuit of creating music and performing live. The gifted musician/actress/model recently released brand new EP entitled “Act I” and 3-time Award-winning In-spire LS Magazine caught up with Alexa Villa to talk about the “Act I” EP, the most positive influences in her life, featuring on Runway for LA Fashion Week, her all-time favorite frontwomen in music history, acting in Los Angeles and San Diego, her passion for modelling and much more only on In-spire LS Magazine.
#12Watch | Singer & Songwriter Matt Linnen
Matt Linnen is a multi-talented singer-songwriter based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex who continues to carve out an ever-growing reputation courtesy of his uniquely eclectic sound, live acoustic splendor, impressive work rate and innate musical ability. Linnen’s immense passion for music and performing live is unprecedented and the ever-growing Essex-based act frequently performs live at various key events to the positive acclaim of audiences around the United Kingdom.
#12Watch | Recording Artist/Musician/Songwriter Marcus Samuel
Marcus Samuel is a Recording Artist from Essex who’s diverse style and genre varies from Grime, Rap and Acoustic. Notable achievements to date include his debut single ‘Cheating‘ featuring established North London rapper Scorcher hitting in excess of 80,000 views on Link Up TV as well as his debut mixtape ‘Now or Never’ being greatly received on the underground circuit. Marcus has performed with some of the biggest names in the industry such as Giggs, Ghetts, Scorcher, Big Narstie and Frisco at the O2 indigo for an event called ‘Grime Live’ and ‘Grime Live 2.’
#12Watch | Musician Dejay
We have an eye for upcoming talent on In-spire LS Magazine and it’s only right that we share our musical findings with our dedicated readers. This month we shine the spotlight on musician on the rise Dejay.
#12Watch| Musician & Spoken Word Artist M-Artz
It’s been a while since we have featured a 12 Watch talent on In-spire LS, but UK talent M-Artz was hard to ignore. We get up close and personal with the upcoming musician to find out more about his sound, his name, inspirations and much more. When ir comes to recognising the best the UK has to offer, we seldom get it wrong…
#12Watch| BBC and Magic FM Broadcast Journalist Nicola Richards
Nicola Richards is a talented British television personality and radio broadcaster who currently works for BBC, Magic FM, Absolute Radio and Croydon Radio. The versatile and highly regarded Richards – who hails from Croydon, south London – studied broadcast journalism and initially got her break presenting around the world for Disney on luxury cruise ships. The gifted London-born multimedia talent supremely exudes engaging charisma, magnetic down-to-earth charm, sublime technical ability and an innate ability in meticulous preparation, whilst boasting consistently high quality performances and building natural and sincere rapport with television and radio audiences in the United Kingdom alike.
