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54 LAPS TRACKS ACT
Alicia Matthews (also known as a DJ under the name Sue Zuki) and sometime Golden Teacher singer Cassie Ezeji continue to be one of the most exciting live bands in Scotland. The big news for 2018, however, was Rihanna’s personal selection of their track ‘Who Me?’ for her New York Fashion Week show. (DP)
53 SELINA CAIRNS DAIRY STAR
Food producers don’t often claim the limelight, and as cheesemaker at Errington Cheese, Cairns would rather be turning curds than winning court cases. September saw the hard-fought release of the 2016 Corra Linn, the most impressive Scottish cheese of recent times. (DR)
52 RABIYA CHOUDHRY IDENTITY ARTIST
With her i rst solo exhibition, COCO!NUTS! at Transmission in Glasgow, Choudhry unleashed a body of work that explores the contradictions of her Scots-Pakistani heritage with wit, confessional candour and colourful largesse in paintings that burst forth with a vivid cartoon- style mix of the personal and the political. (NC)
51 ROSE LESLIE LEGAL EAGLE
Still best known as Ygritte in Game of Thrones (even marrying co-star Kit Harington in June), Leslie swapped swords and sorcery for the courtroom as associate lawyer Maia Rindell in CBS drama The Good Fight, which has already been renewed for a third season in 2019. (HN)
50 SIKH SANJOG
SOCIAL AND ENTERPRISING See page 30.
28 THE LIST 1 Nov 2018–31 Jan 2019
48 SARAH BEBE HOLMES AIR APPARENT
Co-founder and co-artistic director of Paper Doll Militia, Bebe Holmes’ performances celebrate the power of aerial acrobatics to be more than entertaining, but provide a rich, abstract yet emotive examination of human experiences. This year’s Egg discussed the tension between science and mortality. (GKV)
47 BEX ANSON SKY REACHER
As a member of expressionist arts collective 85a, Anson’s remit is multidisciplinary work. Most recently, V/DA and MHz’s stunning Void, a raw fusion of dance, visuals and sound, won a Total Theatre award, and the sublime Liquid Sky was a visceral aerial piece. (GKV)
46 SOFAY DISC SPINNER
A regular at Glasgow’s La Cheetah and Edinburgh’s Sneaky Pete’s, Sofay (aka Sophie Reilly) continued her upward trajectory, DJing at London’s Corsica Studios with Palms Trax, playing Berlin and Copenhagen, and contributing a guest mix to Livity Sound’s NTS Radio slot. (SS)
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49 NADINE AISHA JASSAT POETIC LICENSEE
Winner of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers’ Award and shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize 2018, it’s been a stellar year for Jassat. In the next one she publishes her debut poetry collection, Let Me Tell You This. (LM)