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Nadia Kadek Brings The Waiting Room To Stillness With Angelic Vocals - The Rodeo Magazine

The Waiting Room in Stoke Newington is buzzing with energy; the audience is side to side, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Nadia Kadek. Through chatter and wonderful discussions of opener Josie Oliver’s stunning voice, the room is brought to an abrupt and heavenly stop. Kadek has made her way through the crowd like a shadow in the dark and is standing centre stage. ‘Signals’ begins, and hearts melt as she intricately strums her guitar and leads the room through thirty minutes of utter folk bliss...
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Who is Chloe Slater? Three Words. 'Love Her Please' - The Rodeo Magazine

Chloe Slater represents a generation of artists that disappeared off the face of the earth when music became solely about charts, money and streams. Slaters’ breed of musicians aren’t obsessed with magazine covers and music awards but instead fixate on whether their music stands the test of time, shares brave messages and leaves you wanting more. Slater is bringing provocative, political anthems back, one single, album and performance at a time. 


Chloe Slater has been here, there and everywhe...
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Sofia Camara is Healing Hearts   - The Rodeo Magazine

Sofia Camara has taken the world by storm one platform, country and artist at a time. She’s gone from covering ballads on Youtube to dominating the TikTok universe and being appreciated by Miley Cyrus, Gracie Abrams and Justin Timberlake. From joining Dean Lewis on tour, to featuring on Lewis’s track ‘With You’, all whilst releasing her own EP in March called Was I(t) Worth I(t)., (okay breath).

Several years ago, Camara uploaded a cover of John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ to YouTube. “I had no idea...
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Noeline Hofmann: Taking the Industry by Storm - The Rodeo Magazine

“You know, when I got that notification, it was like, I knew somehow that everything, it was a new chapter — and I’m really very grateful”. In 2023, Noeline Hofmann was working as a ranch hand back home in Alberta, Canada; in 2024 she was recording ‘Purple Gas’, a song she wrote that is now successfully sitting Billboard Top 100, and another year on, Hofmann is standing in The Lexington dressing room about to perform her debut headline show. We both agree, “This year was a great success”.

“We...
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Elliot James Reay or Elvis Aaron Presley? Voice of an Angel - The Rodeo Magazine

It is Friday, 32 degrees and, for final night, Elliot James Reay is stepping onstage for his All This To Say I Love You Tour at Omeara in London. The room is packed from wall to wall with people. Reay stands on stage which is modelled as a living room; it’s cozy, quaint and warm.

Reay appeared as though covered in a glossy varnish from the 50’s or 60’s, as if born in the wrong decade, impeccably dressed wearing a shimmering black shirt, red pants and hair gelled into position (very impressiv...
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Gracie Abrams at BST: We Loved Her, We're Not Sorry! - The Rodeo Magazine

It is six o’clock on Friday night and I’ve been here since two o’clock. Sebastian Schub has dazzled with his angelic vocals, Sydney Rose has broken hearts with a cover of Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ and Finneas has brought out special guest Ashe for what felt like a private performance from their new band The Favours. Still I stood eagerly waiting for the penultimate act of the night, for a brunette bob to walk on stage in a sky blue dress, heart on her sleeve.

Gracie Abrams shone in her golden hou...
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Lily Fitts Sold Out debut Headline at The Grace in Islington

Lily Fitts looks like a gift wrapped neatly in a bow but when she strums her guitar she enlightens a crowd with humorous, witty one liners reflecting self-sabotage, sarcastic lyrics highlighting self-doubt and brutal phrases that signify toxic relationships. Partner all this with a beautiful indie-folk voice and professional songwriting ability and a crowd with unrelenting, unconditional support and you have yourself Lily Fitts’s debut headline at The Grace.
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Matilda Mann dazzled at her debut headline: KOKO, London

Having spent the backend of last year opening for the current Gen-Z obsession Role Model on his ‘No Place like Tour’ UK Tour, she has taken her jazzy, folk-like poetry to the next level, headlining her own tour. Her night at KOKO was no exception, filled with her intricate lyricism and cinematic storytelling. If you swoon over the likes of Holly Humberstone and Sydney Rose you cannot pass up listening to Mann’s Rockwell.