MusicConnex Live Showcase | August 26th, 2011

Monique Thomas
 A powerful vocalist with Gospel roots, her recent debut album ‘Unbroken’ was co-produced with Tony Bean (Usher, Kelly Rowland, Lemar etc). She has already received much critical acclaim and extensive airplay as well as recently supporting Avery Sunshine in concert.

Elisha La’Verne
This accomplished singer signed in Japan has released an impressive 7 albums which have become much in demand. After recently returning to London from her sold out tour at Billboard Live in Tokyo & Osaka Japan, Elisha is now focused on and writing new material.  Her latest EP ‘10k Above’ is already creating lots of heat.

Hannah Francis
At only 24 years old, her sweet and tender soulful voice has been called upon to work with numerous artists including Leona Lewis, Joss Stone, Ms Dynamite, Lemar and Alexandra Burke. Now she steps out on her own for her debut album release ‘Means To An End’.

Izzi Dunn
An extraordinarily talented artist as a Cellist, sought after string arranger and vocalist having collaborated or featured on projects with the likes of Gorillaz, Mark Ronson, Brand New Heavies, Soul II Soul, Bugz In The Attic and now recently released her second solo LP ‘Cries and Smiles’ which includes the controversial ‘Tits and Ass’.

Charlene
Introducing a brand new talent who has previously worked with Zed Bias and featured on some underground house tracks will for the first time be performing her own material after causing a storm with an impromptu performance live on stage with Conya Doss at the Jazz Café earlier this year.

This MusicConnex Live Showcase – the first of many, will be held at Roman Abramovich’s new state-of-the-art exclusive live venue – Under the Bridge.
With unrivalled concert facilities, guests can enjoy plush surroundings, VIP areas, incredible digital surround sound, a dynamic light show and a panoramic view of the stage – all of which adds to London’s  newest ultimate live music venue.

Jon Mansfield, MusicConnex CEO said: “It’s the next step in what we do and another outlet for the artistes to perform, showcase, connect and utilise our vast professional network. We feel compelled to do more than just our annual event but actually take an active role in giving independent artists a fully integrated marketing and promotional platform. We have handpicked these acts for our first showcase and much like our inaugural conference we want everyone who attends to not only enjoy the event but take something positive and beneficial from the experience whether it be empowerment, fresh ideas or an extension of their network via artiste-fan interaction. We are doing more than promoting the event we are helping the Artists taking part with distribution, radio airplay, PR, viral marketing etc.

“There is so much exciting talent in the UK right now who have been enabled by the digital revolution to put out their own music, we want to continue to provide a platform to showcase and help promote some of the best artists around and help them reach the next level.”

Following their successful three day music conference which saw 1,100 people through the doors of Kings Place in April, MusicConnex continues to raise the bar. Their live showcases are another integral initiative within the MusicConnex brand.