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ON THE RADAR KRISTYNA MYLES
SINGER/SONGWRITER KRISTYNA MYLES grabbed the attention of her now-manager while busking on the streets ofManchester. She found a phone number in her gui- tar case, called it, and it just so happened to be Perry Hughes (for- mermanager of English tenor RussellWatson). “Sometimes you get some notes and nothing hap- pens fromthemso I was a little bit like ‘Is this actually for real?’” Myles revealed toMusicWeek. A partnership began, which
eventually lead to her signing a £2 million five-albumdeal with Decca. “I did a few showcases for
[Decca] and got signed in 2010.
Froma young age I’ always hoped that I would get signed and I just kind of kept that hope alive.” Now ready to release her first
single I’mNot Going Back on July 16, the track is inspired byMyles’s drive to carry on. “Forme it wasn’t going back to
not believing inmyself withmusic, there were times where I thought maybe this isn’tmeant forme, maybe I’mnot supposed to pursue my dreamand then I thought ‘Well, I’mgoing to keep going.’” As well as a record deal, spend-
ing hours on the city streetsmade Myles notice howmany people don’t have homes to go to: “The
HE SAID / SHE SAID “ Four sum-
mers ago, I met some- body. I was 19 years old. He was too.
more you busk on the streets, the more you realise that there is a big issue of homelessness.” The experience has inspired her
to usemusic to raisemoney for young persons’ homeless charity Centrepoint and she is now embarking on amission to raise £250K it by continuing to busk in between playing her own gigs in the evenings. She explained: “I think you’ve got a responsibility as an artist, and if your profile is raisedmore andmore then you have a responsibility to do good.” Myles’s self-written debut
album, PinchMe Quick (set for release in late 2012/early 2013),
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is a “blend of pop and soulmixed into one with a tiny bit of jazz thrown in” which was recorded at Abbey Road and produced by Ken Nelson (Coldplay, Paolo Nutini). After the record comes out she
hopes to embark on her own tour: “I don’t have anything set in stone at themoment but that something I’d like to do.
RELEASES July 16 Single: I’mNot Going Back TBC Album: PinchMe Quick LABEL Emma Newman, 020 7471 5000, Decca MANAGEMENT Perry Hughes, 01223 844440, Quite Great LIVE July Fri 13 -Winchester Festival Guildhall, Winchester Sat 14 - Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent Fri 20 - The Soup Kitchen,Manchester Sat 21 - Opening for TheWanted and Lemar @Big Gig In The Park, Jersey
“I’mreally very grateful that I’ve
got this opportunity and I’mgoing to give itmy all.”
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POS PREV EVENT 1 20 JUSTIN BIEBER 2 14 T IN THE PARK 3 1 NICKIMINAJ 4 6 V FESTIVAL 5 10 JESSIE J 6 2 STONE ROSES 7 16 WIRELESS FESTIVAL 8 7 MADNESS 9 4 SWEDISH HOUSEMAFIA 10 NEW LIONEL RICHIE 11 8 ED SHEERAN 12 11 ONE DIRECTION 13 NEW SECRET GARDEN PARTY 14 9 BEN HOWARD 15 3 T4 ON THE BEACH 16 NEW MADONNA 17 NEW LADY ANTEBELLUM 18 NEW COLDPLAY 19 NEW OLLYMURS 20 NEW PAUL SIMON
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1 JUSTIN BIEBER 2 MADONNA 3 ONE DIRECTION 4 ED SHEERAN 5 SWEDISH HOUSEMAFIA 6 LADY GAGA 7 JESSIE J 8 NICKIMINAJ 9 MUSE 10 BLINK 182 11 STEREOPHONICS 12 QUEEN 13 BLUR 14 NICKELBACK 15 EDDIE VEDDER 16 BEACH BOYS 17 FAITH NOMORE 18 LIONEL RICHIE 19 NOEL GALLAGHER 20 PLAN B
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Album: Souvenir - Singles Highest chart position: 19
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NEW JUSTIN BIEBER OLLYMURS LADY GAGA
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EMELI SANDE
10 NEW TOMJONES 11 8
MUSE WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL LIONEL RICHIE
12 13 V FESTIVAL 13 10 NOEL GALLAGHER 14 7
15 16 CHERYL COLE 16 14 STONE ROSES 17 15 MADONNA 18 17 GEORGEMICHAEL 19 18 NICKELBACK 20 NEW COLDPLAY
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