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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

Kemmyé – ‘Forever’

August 4, 2017

LA born but Houston raised, Jessica Robinson, who performs as Kemmyé has been writing and singing songs since she was 10 years old. She cites her influences as including Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, and Aaliyah, and wows her audiences with her beautiful vocals.

justdoitBRISK – ‘Flashin’’

August 4, 2017

Born April 1 in 1991, Jacksonville Florida native Jonathan “Brisky” McGowan is no fool, but rather a born star, whose love of music stems from an early age, starting with watching his own father’s star rise – Jay Ski performed as part of 69 Boyz, Chill Deal, Quad City DJs, and 95 South.

Ivan Keith ft. Dre Butterz – ‘Get It Together’

August 4, 2017

Louisiana-born rapper Ivan Keith inspires with his lyrics delivered in a current of infectious rhythm. Written after a near-death experience, Ivan’s track, ‘Get It Together’, which features producer/songwriter Dre Butterz, is a call to responsibility to the youth of today.

DeCarlo- ‘Lit Right Now’

August 4, 2017

After collaborating with major artists for songwriting, and partnering with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Skrillex, Jason Derulo, Enrique Iglesias and many more, Brazillian born singer DeCarlo has decided it’s time to make the leap into performing on his own.

Essentially Pop Meets: Elly D

August 3, 2017

Essentially Pop returned to Ireland in July, where Lisa met up with Elaine Doyle, aka Elly D – a singer songwriter from West Dublin who released her EP, ‘Rise’, in May 2016.

Angelica Joni – ‘Exhale’

August 2, 2017

New York native Angelica Joni specialises in EDM, pop, and dance music, and has been performing for live audiences since she was only eight years old. Her latest single, ‘Exhale’, is the followup to her single, ‘Weightless’, which spent 8 weeks on the Billboard Dance Chart. She also took her considerable talents to NJ Pride, which with an audience of 15,000, is one of the largest LGBT events in the United States.

White Reaper – ‘Judy French’

August 1, 2017

White Reaper have called their second album, ‘The World’s Best American Band’, showing some of the same confidence as Muhummad Ali, who incidentally also came from their hometown of Louisville Kentucky.

Adam Ant Brings It Home For One More London Show This December

July 31, 2017

Following the US and Australasian legs of his sold out world tour to over 75,000 fans, Adam Ant has saved the best for last and will be performing one final homecoming show as part of his ANTHEMS – The Singles Tour.

Essential Weekly Playlist Revisited – Elly D

July 31, 2017

EP has been in Ireland once again, chatting to some of the artists who make up the musical hotbed that exists to the west of the UK.

Rain Doesn’t Stop Play At South Tyneside Festival 23 July 2017

July 31, 2017

The South Tyneside Festival is a series of concerts held every Sunday in July, at Bent’s Park, South Shields, in Northeast England. July 23 was a wet yet mild day, but the all-star lineup certainly kept the 12,000 strong audience going.

R&B Artist Tricky G Washington Releases Newest Single ‘Bahamas Sunsation’

July 30, 2017

Tricky G Washington is a Bahamas-based musician, singer, songwriter and rapper. His song, ‘Bahamas Sunsation’ was released earlier this year to promote his native island of Nassau, in The Bahamas.

Glenn Harrold Releases Pop Ballad ‘Fading Photograph’

July 30, 2017

Glenn Harrold is these days best known as a self-help author and celebrity hypnotherapist, but in his teens he was the bass player in a punk band, The Vagrants, who later became Sugar Ray Five. Under the latter name the band won £10,000 in the BBC1 National Battle Of The Bands, from where they signed to a major label, released several singles, and appeared on TV on various programmes.

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