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

Miss D Wins TUCRhythm Spot!

August 24, 2015

Taking a chance and borrowing a red Mustang to make a video for the #TUCRhythm competition paid off for Miss D.

The Donal Quinn Interview

August 24, 2015

Irish singer/songwriter Donal Quinn is a very interesting man.

Tanya Montana Coe – ‘Silver Bullet’

August 21, 2015

Tanya Montana Coe has music in her blood.

The Diamond Age Talk

August 21, 2015

The Diamond Age tell us who the most important people in the music industry are.

Introducing: Conor Dardis – ‘The 51 From Station Road’

August 21, 2015

Conor Dardis is proof enough that you can take the boy out of Dublin but you can’t take Dublin out of the boy.

Introducing: Miccoli

August 20, 2015

Adriano, Alex and Francesca bring together their close sibling harmonies and take us away on a wave of gorgeous melody.

Introducing Maybug

August 20, 2015

The alias of Bristol based singer-songwriter Joseph Dunn, Maybug writes organic and deeply soulful music.

Donal Quinn – ‘Don’t Say’

August 18, 2015

Irish singer/songwriter Donal Quinn has come up with a really punchy foot tapper in ‘Don’t Say’.

Ward Thomas – ‘Guest List’

August 17, 2015

Check out ‘Guest List’, the new single by Ward Thomas, the latest release from their album, ‘From Where We Stand’.

Introducing: The Diamond Age

August 17, 2015

‘Sleepwalking’ by The Diamond Age does exactly what it says on the tin.

The Lola Lamour Story

August 14, 2015

Lola Lamour brings back vintage style, perfectly capturing the glamour of the 1950s. We were intrigued to know what makes her tick so we leapt at the chance for a chat!

Jedward – ‘Leave A Mark’

August 14, 2015

Following on from their icon-filled video, Jedward’s new track, ‘Leave A Mark’ has been released today, with both lyric and instrumental versions available.