Every year since this blog started way back in 2008 I’ve
published a ‘Ones to Watch’ list of new artists that I think are worth keeping an
eye and ear on in the forthcoming year.
This time round I had decided that I wasn’t going to do such a list
(which forms a series of posts) purely because the blog has been very inactive
in 2025.
However, over the last few days I had a change of heart and so
have decided to publish my Ones to Watch for 2026. There’s no long commentary
on each artist though – I’m keeping this short and sweet. Just the list of 10
artists (below) and a Spotify playlist where you can hear their music.
Last year I had a strict criteria that each artist on the
list must have only released one single or EP, hence being very early into
their careers. By the end of the year some of the stand outs from that list
were probably Jacob Alon (who received a Mercury prize nomination for his debut
album), Luvcat (who released a well received debut album) and Chloe Qisha (who
is on this year’s BBC Sound of list and a number of other high profile tip
lists).
This year there is no criteria except a loose sense of
newness about the 10 artists I have selected.
The Breaking More Waves Ones to Watch 2026 are:
Westside Cowboy
Erin LeCount
Ollie Dixon
Girl Group
Florence Road
Morn
Serena Clara
Sofia Isella
Sienna Spiro
Ellur
Find the playlist on this link: CLICK HERE
Here's the first artist on the list...Westside Cowboy
