Ollie Dixon w/ Austel + Thomas Willow

In 2022 singles from Ollie's EP ‘Islands’, ‘St Agnes’ and Harbour featured on Spotify’sEditorial playlists ‘Fresh Finds Folk and New Music Friday with the EP massing over 200,000 streams on Spotify and receiving regular support from BBC Introducing & Amazing Radio.

Single ‘Harbour’ in November 2022 was selected as one of the top 10 tracks by Fresh On The Net, secured a number 1 in the iTunes chart in Norway and selected by BBC Introducing in the South West as their ‘Hotly Tipped’ track of the week.

2023 is shaping up to be another exciting year. In addition to selling out a debut headline show at the Exeter Cavern (200+cap) in January, Ollie marked the launch of new single ‘Reverie’ in March by selling out 3x consecutive nights of exclusive pre-release shows in London, Brighton and Devon and headlined shows for Sofar Sounds Bristol.

Over the past year, Ollie has successfully secured his place on the UK live and festival circuit performing across multiple UK festivals including ‘Between the Trees Festival’, ‘Oceanfest’, Leopallooza, Spring Classics Festival and Broadmasters with Ollie becoming a staple in the South West music scene.

Ollie featured in March’s edition of international surfing magazine ‘Wavelength’ where he talked about his love of music and surfing. BBC Introducing in the South and West interviewed Ollie in March about his music and single ‘Reverie’ after it was chosen as BBC Introducing Upload of the Week and in July 23, Ollies single ‘St Agnes’ was selected by Absolute Radio as their ‘self released artist of the month’.

“Everything slows and the otherworldliness is emphasised as enigmatic sounds drift into play. This is a track that can genuinely be called evocative”
- Fresh on the Net

‘Ollie Dixon's is musical escapism in its purest form. Akin to the likes of Ben Howard, his sea-washed roots play a pivotal part in his melancholy yet atmospheric and soul-bearing storytelling. Without a doubt, one of the South-West’s stand out artists of 2022’
- BBC Music Introducing in the South West

‘His music exudes a certain class. It’s a beautiful recording, done so well and it’s a really fantastic performance. It’s a genre that many people do but not everyone pulls off to this standard. It stood out to me as soon as I heard it’
- Absolute Radio