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

Introducing: Runabay

June 25, 2015

Out of Belfast comes six-piece indie folk band, Runabay. Formed in early 2014 the group has already earned a reputation as one of Northern Ireland’s most up and coming bands.

Jenn Bostic – ‘Counterfeit’

June 25, 2015

Jenn Bostic’s latest track, ‘Counterfeit’, is a song of deceit, uncovering the true colours of someone or something that has misinterpreted the truth.

Let’s Talk to Cahoots!

June 18, 2015

We’ve introduced you to Cahoots before, and we’ve mentioned that they won the chance to headline at the Capital Summertime Ball recently. Now we’ve finally got to talk to them!

EP Meets The Retrospectives

June 17, 2015

We met The Retrospectives before the launch of their song, “Confusion” at London’s Water Rats a couple of weeks back. It was a great chat with Tom and Will, who gave some very thoughtful answers to our questions.

Essentially Pop Meets the Germein Sisters!

June 16, 2015

The Germein Sisters are a trio of singers from South Australia. Growing up in the Adelaide Hills surrounded by a loving family who encouraged them to follow their dreams, they are totally down to earth and completely well adjusted, with a very bright future ahead of them.

We Talk to Callum Wright

June 11, 2015

We introduced you to Callum Wright a while back. Since then he’s been busily wowing his way around the UK and so we’re very happy for him to have taken some time out to chat to us. Here’s our interview.

Introducing: Daryl Irvine

June 11, 2015

Daryl Irvine is a New Zealand born Australian singer songwriter. Having written and performed since he was 16, Daryl toured with covers bands in Australia for a few years before breaking out on his own with his own songs.