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Leather Tuscadero (Suzi Quatro) & Fonzie in Happy Days © to the owners

Interview with the queen of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll and Happy Days star Suzi Quatro

8th March 2021

Leather Tuscadero (Suzi Quatro) & Fonzie in Happy Days © to the owners The acclaimed role as a bass player Leather Tuscadero in the legendary American sitcom Happy Days, the massive hits Can the Can and D...

11 Past the Hour by Imelda May cd album cover

Interview with Imelda May about music, art, poetry and the new duet with Noel Gallagher and Ronnie Wood

23rd February 2021

11 Past the Hour by Imelda May - cover art by Eddie Otchere inspired by Pattie Boyd © Four years after the release of her intimate 2017 CD Life Love Flesh Blood which reached number 2 in Ireland, number 5 in ...

The Lumineers playing at the Brixton Academy in London, UK, in 2016, credit by Drew de F Fawkes

The Lumineers interview: Wesley Schultz & Jeremiah Fraites from planetary success with Ho Hey to solo work

5th February 2021

Piano Piano by Jeremiah Fraites Vignettes by Wesley Schultz Nine years after reaching worldwide success with the unforgettable 2012 breakthrough hit Ho Hey and the three studio albums The Lumineers, Cleop...

The new voice of Los Angeles’ R&B: interview with Maia Zakay

23rd January 2021

#SpeakUp by Maia Zakay Maia Zakay is a London-born, 19-year old R&B singer and songwriter from Los Angeles whose velvety smooth voice will surprise and delight you from the very first second, to the point...

Mike Rosenberg / Passenger by Mila Austin

Let Her Go… again: interview with Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger

8th January 2021

Mike Rosenberg / Passenger by Mila Austin © Nearly ten years following the smashing success of his 2012 single Let Her Go which sold 9 million copies worldwide and topped charts in all countries, and after pu...

When music and art feel the same: interview with Maxim of The Prodigy

3rd December 2020

Maxim of The Prodigy © to the owners Everybody can tell that Keith Andrew Palmer, better known by his stage name Maxim is an extraordinary musician and vocalist whose unique performing and songwriting skills ...

Composer Stefano Fasce, credit by Nathan Small

When film score composer Stefano Fasce wins an Oscar you will remember this interview

22nd November 2020

After interviewing, all together, the world-famous Tenor Andrea Bocelli - who is also said to be the most famous Italian national alive - the Albanian cellist Redi Hasa who escaped the civil war in Albania by f...

Composer Stephan Moccio, credit by Jared Polin

From Wrecking Ball and Fifty Shades of Grey to the roots of solo piano music: interview with Stephan Moccio

19th November 2020

Stephan Moccio by Western University © This man is a man of many trades and master of all, and the whole of the trades he masters invariably involve music. But not just random music. Grammy and Academy Awar...

Skye Edwards Morcheeba singer by Michael Mavor

From Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day to singing lullabies: interview with Morcheeba’s Skye Edwards

19th November 2020

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, Morcheeba CD cover It feels like yesterday when you think about it. There hadn't been the September 11 attacks yet and you could pack as many liquids as you wanted in your hand lu...

Andrea Bocelli with a little rabbit, credit by Giovanni De Sandre

Andrea Bocelli: an EXCLUSIVE interview

16th November 2020

Andrea Bocelli by Giovanni De Sandre © The first time I heard Andrea Bocelli's voice was in the Summer of my thirteenth birthday. I used to spend the holidays somewhere in Southern Italy at my cousin's place...

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50 years from Yellow River, the song from Jeff Christie that sounds like The Beatles: interview

1st November 2020

Christie playing Yellow River in 1970 in London © to the owners Certain songs - including a lot of stuff from The Beatles, as well as "universal" tracks like California Dreamin' from The Beach Boys and Mrs Ro...

Hans Marius HM Johnsen at the Abbey Road Studios in London

Interview with HM Johnsen about rock music, the Abbey Road Studios, the Paul is Dead conspiracy theory and whether Norway is really not into the EU

29th October 2020

HM Johnsen © to the owners One day in 2015, a 17-years old Norwegian singer and songwriter named Hans-Marius Johnsen, better known as HM Johnsen, was boringly sitting in high school, wishing to be somewhere e...

13 years and 12 million records sold later, interview with This Is The Life’s star Amy Macdonald

19th October 2020

This is the life by Amy Macdonald In addition to having been a huge commercial success in a number of countries, UK single This Is The Life released by Scottish singer and songwriter Amy Macdonald in 2007, ha...

The comeback of 1990s funk & acid jazz: interview with The Brand New Heavies’ Simon Bartholomew

17th October 2020

Simon Bartholomew © to the owners To celebrate 30 years since the 1990 release of their eponymously titled debut album, and a year after recording their latest studio work TBNH, legendary acid jazz & funk...

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