Huw Stephens presents this compilation of the top emerging acts at Glastonbury 2008
The Golden Silvers I was a judge for the Glasto emerging artist competition and this lot were joint winners. They played a brilliant gig on the Other stage; no lead guitar but a lot of bouncy keyboards. It was quite wonderful seeing so many people getting into them for the first time. They did really well. Check them out live here
The Brute Chorus Steve Lamacq has been enthusing about this band for a while now, and they played the BBC Introducing Stage at Glasto this year. I saw them for the first time, and they had the audience hanging on to every chord, beat and chorus; check out their new song Grow Fins. The BBC Introducing stage also saw the Wombats and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly come back and do secret gigs over the weekend. Listen to The Cuckoo and the Stolen Heart here
Island Line They're a duo who played the lovely Park stage this year at Glasto. They make gorgeous summery folk tunes that are quite haunting and sound stunning. I've booked them to play the BBC Introducing stage at Latitude festival too. Listen to In My Dreams and more tracks on their MySpace
The Kabeedies One of the brilliant indie guitar-pop bands emerging from the Norfolk scene. They rocked up to the Introducing stage with the best hair of the weekend, and just the tightest, most frantic melodies. Loved them. Download Adhesive Stick here and read a bonus interview too.
Bashy He's a London MC who got a huge crowd thanks to his upbeat mish-mash of current tunes at the start of his set, ending with his own fast and frantic grimy tunes. I love seeing rappers in wellies, and saw more hip-hop at Glastonbury this year than ever before. Listen to a mixtape on Bashy's blog
Listen to Huw Stephens on Radio 1 on Wednesday nights, Huw Stephens' In New Music at 9pm-10pm and BBC Introducing with Huw Stephens at midnight-2am
