Atlanta's newest club champions — acts like Travis Porter, Future and Cash Out — all made their bones in places like Follies but have been fighting for the mainstream with more tenacity than their predecessors.
The NME champions acts such as A$AP Rocky, King Krule and Alabama Shakes inside, but the cover is a list of established bands and a picture, unattributed, of Howler's Jordan Gatesmith, ensuring the quintet's slight prioritisation doesn't carry too much weight.
Our former governor, Dean Davis, championed Act 250, which preserved our environmental heritage.
Resident DJ and curator Mr. Charlton will be headlining the show with his new project with Kid MK (former Red Bull Thre3style champion), Act!on, with support from Bwana, Kings of the North and Serena Passion for an all-Toronto line-up of dance music.
Those labels championed acts that not only became successes but also influenced the pop music landscape.
But through his Brazilian adventures, he discovered a talent for unearthing different musics from around the world – and since then has championed acts including South African rave-rap duo Die Antwoord, kuduro outfit Buraka Som Sistema and exponents such as Dave Nada of that US hybrid of house and reggaeton, moombathon.
He was among the first to champion acts from Pink Floyd to the White Stripes, to Bragg himself.
Artists who had always championed acts from around the world were able to redouble their efforts.
We have a group of diversity champions who act as ambassadors for the organisation.
The aim is for these champions to act as 'ambassadors' on behalf of the Guardian in promoting the paper, creating direct links with marginalised communities about our editorial coverage, and casting our net wide and far in promoting careers at Guardian News & Media (GNM) through trusted sources.
