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5 musicians to watch out for in 2016

From USA TODAY

Another year, another chance for newcomers to
make their marks. Fetty Wap, Charlie Puth and
Tori Kelly are a few of the artists who broke out
in 2015, but what about the next crop of newbies
waiting in the wings? USA TODAY rounds up five
up-and-comers to keep on your radar:

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Seriously??? Grazin on the Energy Buffet ??? It was at 3:11 am,
so clearly it's a message I need to remember to
share later ...More to come on that!!!

Next, I need books and coffee...
They are delightful and feed my soul...

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Ok... so besides happy feet and happy hair,
I need some other things in my life!!!

What you should know:

ANDRA DAY
Age: 31
Based: Los Angeles

To the right is a pile of books that have
helped me on my journey...
I hope they will serve you too!

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Lastly, ROAD TRIIIIIIIP!
This is something else I can’t live without!!
Here are more of my favorite things!!!
Totally one of my favorite things!!! I love a
good adventure!!! Some of the places I want
MY NOTE PAD ON MY PHONE!!!
to go are Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon,
For real!!! I need this! It helps when I need
anywhere there is a Lighthouse, California,
to write something out quick and then edit
before I send it.. or if I wake up in the middle Oregon to see the waterfalls, and Hawaii..
I know I can’t road trip there but I wanna
of the night with a weird quote, saying or
swim with Sea Turtles! Woooot!
message that I need to remember... Not
even kidding. I will hear a voice in the
middle of the night telling me something and
I have to write it down so I don't forget!!!

CONRAD SEWELL
Age: 27
Based: Los Angeles

JACK GARRATT
Age: 24
Based: London

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She's a brassy-voiced singer with pin-up style and
a throwback sound, pulling from jazz, blues and
pop influences on her debut album, Cheers to the
Fall, nominated this year for a best R&B album
Grammy Award (one of two nods she received,
along with best R&B performance for Rise Up).
Since catching the attention of Warner Bros.

What you should know:
Like Aloe Blacc and Bebe Rexha before
him, Sewell got his break on an EDM
track. Kygo's Firestone, co-written
and sung by the long-maned Aussie
troubadour, has racked up 350 million
Spotify streams and 165 million YouTube
views since it burned up Top 40 last fall.

What you should
know:
The soulful British
singer was recently
crowned the 2016
Brit Awards' Critics
Choice — an honor
bestowed upon pop
superstars Adele,
Sam Smith and Ellie
Goulding in past
years. Blending dusky
pop melodies with
downtempo electronic
beats, the adroit

Records with YouTube covers of Eminem (Lose
Yourself) and Jessie J (Mamma Knows Best), the
San Diego native has opened for Lenny Kravitz
on tour and appeared in an Apple commercial
with one of her earliest champions, Stevie
Wonder, singing his Someday at Christmas.

With opening slots for Ed Sheeran
and Maroon 5 under his belt and a
handful of shows on December's
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour, Sewell
will next join Jess Glynne on select
U.S. tour dates this winter. Sewell's
All I Know EP, featuring latest
single Start Again, is out Friday.

producer and multiinstrumentalist has
been named to MTV's
Brand New list for
the coming year and
secured a nomination
on the BBC's
prestigious Sound of
2016 poll. Next up,
the bristly-bearded
Garratt will support
his forthcoming debut
album, Phase, out Feb.
19, on a headlining
U.S. tour in February.
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