Category: Interviews

Paul Christiana: ‘Electric Radio Kings’

June 8, 2019

For those who depend upon rock for their ultimate survival, cast your senses upon the Electric Radio Kings. Spawned from the likes of the iconic Jim Morrison and The Doors, Stone Temple Pilots, Aerosmith, Guns n Roses, and Cheap Trick, Electric Radio Kings have a vibrant, effervescence presence, and a decadent rock ‘n’ roll sound, that deserves a genre of its own. “Orgasmic Rock” seems to best fit lead vocalist Paul Christiana and Electric Radio Kings who have already charted on Billboard’s Top 40, coming in at #35, with their hit ‘Back to Back’, a remake of the Amy Winehouse hit, and that’s only the beginning.

Interview: Tomás Doncker – ‘Creator of Global Soul’

May 29, 2019

There are many illuminating facets to powerful singer/songwriter, record producer, record label President, and most recently, Broadway stage sensation, Tomás Doncker. Like an array of fireworks, Doncker is wild, plunging into the night sky and shattering the darkness with each performance. Although fireworks do not last forever, their memories of patterns, colors, brilliance, and surprise are lasting, as is the music created by Tomás Doncker.

Cherie Oakley: ‘Work It’

May 28, 2019

Celebrated #1 Billboard songwriter and rising country solo artist Cherie Oakley is quickly flourishing and climbing the ladder to super-stardom. After appearing on NBC’s “The Voice”, writing a number 1 hit performed by the Queen of Country Reba McEntire called “Turn on the Radio”, and touring, singing back up for artists including: Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Amy Grant, Luke Bryan, Trace Adkins, and a slew of others, Oakley has begun a promising solo career.

Captain of the Lost Waves: “Circus of the Mystic”

April 20, 2019

One of the more animated and fluorescent characters of the music world is beyond a doubt, Captain of the Lost Waves. Whether he actually originated on this planet remains a mystery, however his music and his magic have found a place somewhere in between modern Vaudeville, cabaret, and electronic dream pop. Wearing a top hat and traveling usually with a bouzouki, he travels from English Village to English town, like the old-time medicine men promoting miracles, musicals and curing elixirs, with an air of mystique, and talent beyond belief.

Josh Ramsay Speaks To EP About Marianas Trench, New Album ‘Phantoms’, And Touring

April 15, 2019

Canadian band Marianas Trench have been around for the best part of twenty years, forming in 2001, releasing five albums since then, and touring extensively, most often around Canada and the USA, but also in Australia, the UK and Europe. At London’s KOKO venue, during their UK tour in May 2017, lead singer Josh Ramsay said how he was humbled at how many people were at the show, especially considering they had never released an album in the UK. The venue was packed solid, made up of fans, the curious, and media. All left impressed and wanting more. This year, Marianas Trench *have* released an album in the UK, the magnificent ‘Phantoms’, written around the theme of being haunted by the memory of people in our past. Lisa had the chance to speak to Josh Ramsay, and asked him about the album, the songwriting process, and just when they were hoping to get back to the UK.

Exclusive Interview With Sasha Siem

April 12, 2019

It was when Sasha Siem began to explore the idea of female guilt in the Judeo-Christian tradition that she realised just how much internalised, heredity blame she was carrying herself. With this knowledge she wrote ‘Eve Eyed’, an empowering and introspective track that calls women everywhere to join together in liberating themselves from society’s coercive control of female minds and bodies. We caught up with Sasha to talk about her music, inspiration, and how becoming a mother changed her as a woman and as an artist.