Olly Powell

As featured on BBC Radio, Olly Powell is a British singer, songwriter, rapper, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. One to watch, he has already secured radio play on BBC Introducing as Track of the Day and NewStyleRadio as Track of the Week. He has performed at prestigious venues such as the Symphony Hall, The Jam House, and The Sunflower Lounge, along with notable performances at Grand Central Station and Sofar Sounds. Citing Pharrell Williams, Frank Ocean, and Childish Gambino as influences, his music has been marked by continuous diversification. Since dropping his debut single “Freedom” Olly has continually developed with a progressive mixture of several styles – R&B, Alternative hip hop, neo soul, and bedroom pop seen in his follow up singles “Sweet One”, “Honey”, and “Paris” – with its accompanying music video – he shows no sign of stopping. Learning to play guitar from an early age, he grew up on Rock and Blues giants Santana, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix which lead to Stevie Ray Vaughan and John Mayer. In his early twenties his musical direction changed when he was introduced to D’Angelo and Erykah Badu by a friend, and then Frank Ocean released “Channel Orange” and everything changed for Olly…