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, and she's interviewed 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

Blakeley – ‘Holiday Vinyl’

December 22, 2017

‘Holiday Vinyl’ from Brooklyn’s Blakeley is a languid love song about loss and longing sung while holding tightly to a bottle of Jack Daniels. It’s not your traditional Christmas song by any means, it’s the sort of Christmas song sung by someone who’s seen the other side, the down side, the dark side. ‘Holiday Vinyl’ is sad and raw with only the jingling bells (plus a few references to Christmas) which pin it down to any particular season.

Cosmic Gate & JES – ‘Fall Into You’

December 22, 2017

Germany’s most successful trance DJ Duo and producers, Cosmic Gate have joined forces with acclaimed singer songwriter, JES. It’s not the first time the three have worked together: their singles ‘Flying Blind’ in 2012, and ‘Yai (Here We Go Again)’ in 2015 found success on Spotify with millions of streams. They were also nominated for Best Trance Track by IDMA. Their latest track, ‘Fall Into You’, with already 3 million streams on Spotify, is one of their most successful single releases, from their current album, ‘Materia’.