Author: Lisa Hafey

Lisa has been writing for over 20 years, starting as the entertainment editor on her university newspaper. Since then she's written for Popwrapped, Maximum Pop, Celebmix, and ListenOnRepeat. Lisa loves all good music, with particular fondness for Jedward and David Bowie. She's interviewed Edward Grimes (Jedward), Kevin Godley, Trevor Horn, Paul Young, Peter Cox (Go West), Brendan B Brown (Wheatus), Bruce Foxton (The Jam), among many many more. Lisa is also available for freelance writing - please email lisa@essentiallypop.com

Keane Putting Finishing Touches To New Album And Announce Summer Festival Dates

March 26, 2019

Keane are currently in the studio putting the final touches to a brand new studio album, set for release later in the year, the first to be released by them since ‘Strangeland’, which came out in 2012. 2019 is shaping up to be big for Keane, one of Britain’s most beloved bands, who will also play a slew of festival dates this summer, including British Summer Time Hyde Park, as special guests to Robbie Williams, on July 14.

Rocky Dawuni – ‘Beats of Zion’ and ‘Wickedest Sound’

March 23, 2019

In 2015 Rocky Dawuni became the first Ghanaian to be nominated for a GRAMMY Award, for his electrifying sixth album, ‘Branches Of The Same Tree’, in the Best Reggae Album category. Dawuni isn’t strictly a Reggae artist; he encorporates the style into his music, but it’s part of an amalgam of styles, including Afrobeat, Highlife, traditional Ghanaian folk, dancehall, jazz, North American soul, RnB, and electropop. He calls his sound Afro Roots: there’s nothing else quite like it.

Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett Announces New Solo Album ‘Hard Lessons’

March 22, 2019

Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett released his new single, ‘This Ol’ World’ earlier this month, and has now announced he’ll be releasing his new solo album, ‘Hard Lessons’, on June 21. The album, produced by Grammy Award winner Dave Cobb, features ten brand new songs, including the single, ‘Welcome To Your First Heartache’. The album is available to pre-order now and will be released through East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers.