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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...

Tommy Siegel I hope this helps, cartoon book by Jukebox the Ghost musician and artist

A head full of comics, cartoons and songs: interview with Tommy Siegel of Jukebox the Ghost

15th October 2020

Tommy Siegel © to the owners There have been, there are and there will always be visual artists composing music, professional musicians making paintings and a lot of people working simultaneously in both fiel...

Interview with UK’s number one classical Soprano singer: Joanna Forest

14th October 2020

Joanna Forest by Getty Images © - Fair use British Soprano singer Joanna Forest has been the first independent classical artist to reach number one in the UK Official Classical Album Chart with a debut album....

How music saved me from the civil war in Albania: The Stolen Cello by Redi Hasa

12th October 2020

Redi Hasa © to the owners As an Italian national who has been running away from Italy since her early 20s - and not for backpacking and jackassing around but to try to get a future somewhere else - it is alwa...

Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine TV 1980s

Remember ‘Walking on Sunshine’? Interview with 1980s music legend Katrina from Katrina and The Waves

26th August 2020

Katrina and the Waves singing Walking on Sunshine on TV in the 1980s © to the owners After interviewing Paul Young, Limahl, UB40, Barry Blue and other 1980s music legends, my journey in new wave, synthpop and...

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