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LONDON CALLING
BRITISH WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS HONORED
ASCAP/PRS Awards Held in London
Freda Payne, Hal David and Petula Clark
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Steven Lenky and Hal David | 
ASCAP's Nancy Knutsen is pictured with film composer winner Craig Armstrong. |
Winning writer and publisher members of the PRS gather with ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman (center) and other executives to celebrate their success
Warner/Chappell's Jane Dyball, Goldfrapp's Will Gregory, ASCAP's Sean Devine, and Alison Goldfrapp |
ASCAP honored the British writer and publisher members of the PRS, for significant performances of their works in the US during 2003, at a special reception held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on October 13, 2004.
Steven "Lenky" Marsden was named Songwriter of the Year for his three award-winning songs "Get Busy," "Never Leave You," and "No Letting Go." Song of the Year honors went to "Get Busy" written by Steven "Lenky" Marsden and Sean Paul, and BMG Music Publishing Ltd. picked up the Publisher of the Year award as the music publisher with the most award-winning songs.
Petula Clark and Freda Payne celebrated the work of ASCAP Board member and legendary songwriter Hal David with a stunning live performance of his work, which includes such classics as "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," "I Say A Little Prayer," "Alfie," and "This (Girl's) In Love With You," which was recorded by Petula Clark.
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ASCAP's Todd Brabec, Billy Nichols, EMI's Peter Reichardt and ASCAP's Roger Greenaway
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BMG's Paul Curran picks up the Publisher of the Year Award | 
ASCAP's Nancy Knutsen is pictured with film composer winner Craig Armstrong. |
Artists to Watch
THE EDITORS ARE SET TO
UNLEASH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM IN 2005
Birmingham-based Editors released "Bullets," their debut single for Kitchenware, on January 24th, 2005. A darkly wrought piece of emotional fire, the single's chorus seems sure to hang in the mind and begin to draw the listener into a world of half realized ambitions and extraordinary beauty. The new band has a clutch of tracks that will form the basis of their debut album, due later in 2005.
Drawing on their love of early REM, Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen, Editors have honed an identifiably English sound focused on the grand themes of love, loss and redemption, and display a very literate flair. Early shows and a smattering of demos led to record company interest and the band elected to sign to independent Kitchenware, a label that shared their vision of creating a catalog that would stand the test of time rather than a short, sharp burst of attention all too prevalent in the current musical landscape.
PEOPLE IN PLANES SETS THEIR SIGHTS
HIGH WITH CUTTING EDGE ROCK
People In Planes are a Cardiff-based band who play an intelligent fusion of contemporary cutting edge rock music, while retaining the warm aesthetic tones produced by retro instruments and equipment. They also explore the genre-spanning possibilities of programming and editing.
Having opened for a wide range of high-profile artists, from Jamie Cullum to The Cooper Temple Clause to The Vines, 22-20s and the Fun Lovin' Criminals, People In Planes soon came to the attention of producer Sam Williams (Supergrass, The Mystics). Work quickly began on a couple of tracks in the legendary studio Monnow Valley and resulted in their (as yet untitled) debut album. The band's visual identity was cemented with the inclusion of their promo poster in the recently published book, Sonic: Visuals for Music, alongside cover art from Beck, Royksopp, Queens of The Stone Age and other great rock artists.
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