Pundits
161 influential UK-based music critics, editors, broadcasters and bloggers helped put together the BBC Sound of 2011 list by naming their favourite new acts. The tastemakers were:
Editors
Annika Allen
Editor & Co-owner, Flavour Magazine
Sean Bidder
Editorial Director, FACT Magazine
Keith Cameron
Contributing Editor, Mojo
Sam Coare
Production Editor, FRONT Magazine
Hattie Collins
Editor, RWD. Music Editor, i-D
Chris Cottingham
Music Editor, The Big Issue
Kim Dawson
Editor, Daily Star Playlist
Niall Doherty
Editor, The Fly
Chantelle Fiddy
Contributing Editor, RWD, Mixmag Urban
James Foley
Music Editor, Record of the Day
Harriet Gibsone
Editor, The Fly Magazine Ones to Watch
Simon Harper
Editor, Clash Magazine
Talia Kraines
Londonist.com music editor, Attitude Magazine, Popstarz DJ
Michael C Lewin
Editor, Notion Magazine
Matt Mason
Senior Editor, Q magazine
Alexander Milas
Editor, Metal Hammer Magazine
Alex Miller
Editor, Viceland.com
Joe Muggs
Dubstep Editor, Mixmag, Curator, veryverymuch.com
Krissi Murison
Editor, NME
Tim Noakes
Music Editor, Dazed & Confused, DazedDigital.com, SocialStereotype.com
David O'Coy
Editor, Fused Magazine, Area Culture Guide
Camilla Pia
Live Reviews Editor, The Fly. Writer, NME
Paul Rees
Editor In Chief, Q
Marc Sallis
Editor, Artrocker
Paul Scaife
Publisher, Record of the Day
Stuart Stubbs
Editor, Loud & Quiet Magazine
Mark Sutherland
Global Editor, Billboard
Darren Taylor
Editor, Rock Sound Magazine
Lee Tyler
Editor, Blues & Soul Magazine
Mike Williams
Features Editor, NME
Tony Wilson
Editor, Total Rock
Online Editors & Bloggers
Sean Adams
Founder, DrownedinSound.com
Sam Ajilore
Editor-in-Chief, thatgrapejuice.net
Rob Booth
Electronic Explorations
Mike Bradford
The Recommender Blog Editor
Matthew Britton
http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/, The Line Of Best Fit
Tim Chipping
Music Editor, Holy Moly
Ollie Clueit
http://mybandsbetterthanyourband.wordpress.com/
Greg Cochrane
Music Reporter, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Mike Diver
Editor, BBC Music Album Reviews
Jamal Edwards
Founder & CEO, SB.TV
Ben Gilbert
Yahoo! Music Editorial
Jason Gregory
Editor, Gigwise.com
Hanna Hanra
Co-Editor, The PIX fanzine. Critic, i-D mag. Editor in Chief, BEAT
Jo Harrison
Contactmusic.com
Michael Hubbard
Founder/Editor, MusicOMH
Rich Hughes
Editor, The Line of Best Fit
Tim Jonze
Editor, guardian.co.uk/music
Andy Malt
CMU
Fraser McAlpine
BBC Radio 1 Chart Blog
Latoya Melvina
Toyaz World
Mark Murdoch
Editor, The Mahogany Blog. Producer, The Mahogany Sessions
Marsha Gosho Oakes
Editor/Founder, SoulCulture.co.uk
Chris Parkin
NME
Andy Puleston
Interactive Editor, BBC Music
David Renshaw
Editor, PopDash.com. Clash, The Fly, Dazed & Confused Writer.
Peter Robinson
Popjustice, Freelance Writer
Sian Rowe
Writer, Dazed and Confused, The Guardian
Raj Rudolph
Editor, http://www.electroqueer.com/
Natalie Shaw
Writer, BBC & Muso's Guide
Rich Thane
Editor, The Line of Best Fit
Stuart Waterman
Editor, mychemicaltoilet.com
Scott Wright
Pinglewood.com
Presenters & DJs
Edward Adoo
Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC Radio 5 Live
Rob Da Bank
Presenter, BBC Radio 1
James Barr
Presenter, Galaxy
Fearne Cotton
Presenter, BBC Radio 1, TV
Will Cozens
Presenter, Kiss Radio
Paul Gambaccini
Presenter, Radio 2
Nick Grimshaw
Presenter, BBC Radio 1, T4
Jon Hillcock
Podcaster, New Noise, Radio Presenter
Lucy Horobin
Presenter, (Bauer Big City Network) In Demand
Geoff Lloyd
Presenter, Absolute Radio
Janice Long
Presenter, BBC Radio 2
Zane Lowe
Presenter, BBC Radio 1
Annie Mac
Presenter, BBC Radio 1
Mistajam
Presenter, BBC 1Xtra, BBC Radio 1
Nihal
Presenter, BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network
Mark Radcliffe
Presenter, BBC Radio 2
Tom Ravenscroft
Presenter, BBC 6 Music
Adele Roberts
Presenter, Galaxy FM
Tom Robinson
Presenter, BBC 6 Music
DJ Semtex
Presenter, BBC 1Xtra
Huw Stephens
Presenter, BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing
Jez Welham
Presenter, DriveTime Kiss
Tim Westwood
Presenter, Radio 1/1Xtra
Reggie Yates
Presenter, Radio 1, MTV, Top of the Pops
Producers
Rachel Barton
Producer, BBC Radio 1
Gemma Birkitt
Station Producer, Galaxy FM
James Bursey
Producer, BBC Radio 1
Clare Chadburn
Producer, BBC Radio 1
Jess Eldridge
Series Producer, The Album Chart Show, 360 Sessions, Koko Pop, Spotlight
Alison Howe
Series Producer, Later with Jools Holland
Aled Haydn Jones
Producer, BBC Radio 1 The Chris Moyles Show
David Lambert
Music Producer Digital, Absolute Radio
Stuart Last
Producer, BBC Radio 1 Fearne Cotton
Chloe Pearson
Music Producer, BBC Radio 1
Sam Rumney
Assistant Producer, BBC Radio 1
Claire Thomas
Executive Producer, BBC Introducing
TV & Radio Executives
Mark Adams
Head Of Music, Box Television
Ric Blaxill
Head of Music, Bauer Big City Network
Lauren Brennan
Music Team, BBC Radio 1
Sarah Burden
Channel Manager, Chart Show, Flava and The Vault
Jason Carter
Head of BBC Radio 1 Live Music, BBC Introducing
Matt Cook
Director of Talent & Music Programming, MTV UK
Dave Coull
Music Manager, UKRD Group
Alex Critchley
MTV UK Talent & Music
James Curran
Head Of Music, Absolute Radio
Austin Daboh
Music Manager, BBC 1Xtra
George Ergatoudis
Head Of Music, BBC Radio 1 & BBC 1Xtra
Ben Evans
Programme Manager, Nation Radio & NME Radio
Stefanie Faleo
Music Brand Manager, Bliss
Mark Findlay
Head of Music, Capital FM Network
Kate Finn
Music supervisor, Hollyoaks
Roscoe Gibbs
Channel Manager, Lava TV
Keeley Gray
Brand Manager, NME TV
Nigel Harding
Music Policy Executive, BBC Radio 1
Jakki Healy
Talent and Music Executive, MTV
Alex Herron
Brand Manager, Scuzz TV
Maurice Jay
Programme Controller, U105
Anna Karatziva
Label Director, Talent & Music, MTV Networks
Cath Lovesey
Head of Music, T4/C4
William McGillivray
Music Programming Manager, MTV Networks
David Mogendorff
Talent and Music Digital Director, MTV
Jon Myer
Music Manager, BBC 6 Music
Nick Neads
MUSIC NEADS
Cat Park
Station Manager, Channel AKA
Abbie Pink
Music Programmer, Box TV
Rachel Seagrave
Scheduler, BBC 6 Music
Eddie Shaw
Head of Music, Lincs FM Group
Jeff Smith
Head of Music, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music
Christian Smith
Head of Music, Kiss Network.
Kevin Spector
Head of Programming, Music Choice International
Lee Thompson
Head of Music, BT Vision
Tim Vernon
Deputy Head of Music, Absolute Radio
Mike Walsh
Deputy Programme Director / Head of Music, Xfm
Lana Webb
Head of Music, Remedy Productions
Writers & Critics
Henry Barnes
Writer, The Guardian
Ally Carnwath
Writer, The Observer, Q
Stuart Clarke
A&R Editor, Music Week
Richard Clayton
Writer, Financial Times, Sunday Times
Leonie Cooper
Writer, NME, The Guardian
Will Dean
The Guardian
John Earls
Music Writer, News Of The World
Matilda Egere-Cooper
Music Writer, The Independent
Priya Elan
Senior Writer, Mojo, NME, The Guardian
Thomas H Green
The Arts Desk
Gareth Grundy
Observer Newspaper
Dan Hancox
Writer, The Guardian, The National, Q
Paul Kramer
Music Guru, Hit Sheet Magazine
Paul Lester
Freelance Journalist
Garry Mulholland
Freelance Journalist, Uncut, The Stool Pigeon
Gillian Orr
The Independent
Joseph 'JP' Patterson
MTV, SuperSuper Magazine, XXL Magazine, The Huffington Post
David Pollock
Writer, The List, Scotsman, The Independent, Mixmag
Larry Ryan
The Independent
Chris Salmon
Writer, The Guardian
David Smyth
Chief Rock and Pop Critic, Evening Standard
Caroline Sullivan
The Guardian, Freelance Rock Critic
Adrian Thrills
Critic, Daily Mail
Ludovic Hunter Tilney
Pop Critic, Financial Times
Lisa Verrico
The Times
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