The next big things? Why 2016 is a hard year for musical predictions
The pollsters, algorithms and venue-owners say 2016 will belong to earnest troubadour Jack Garratt. But hip-hop outliers J Hus and Jme are set for greatness too, says Alexis PetridisIt is, traditionally, the time of year when the media becomes gripped by the question of which artists are going to make it big in the next 12 months.The most famous musically predictive institutions – the BBC, the Brits and MTV, all of which seem convinced that a singer from Little Chalfont
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