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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, 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

Westlife: The Debut Album by Westlife

January 10, 2015

Our first Retro Review of the Week is the eponymous debut album of Irish boyband, Westlife.

The Peace Collective: All Together Now

December 23, 2014

As we approach Christmas Day this week, we mark the Christmas Truce that occurred 100 years ago. On the battlefields of the Western Front,…

Kitty Brucknell Shortlisted for Moldova!

December 23, 2014

Not daunted by being passed over for selection to represent Switzerland at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, EP favourite Kitty Brucknell has decided to…

Essentially Pop Checks Out The Dublin Scene

December 5, 2014

Think of Ireland and three things come to mind. Green, Guinness, and Great music. Often you get all three in the one place, especially…

Cheerios Childline Concert November 2014

December 4, 2014

Regular readers of EP will know we’re big Jedward fans here. John and Edward Grimes have worked hard to get where they are, and…

Julian Lennon Sleeps for England

December 2, 2014

Eldest son of the late John Lennon, Julian is a well-known singer/songwriter in his own right, having been nominated for the Best New Artist…

Spotify, Social Media & the Modern Musician

November 27, 2014

Prince has deactivated all his social media accounts, including removing much of what he has had on YouTube and SoundCloud. His two most recent…

Effie – “Conquer” EP Launch

November 21, 2014

Essentially Pop visited “Proud Camden” last night for the launch of Effie’s new EP, “Conquer”. Effie, who has been called “a female Frank Ocean”,…

Essentially Pop Meets Chicane

November 6, 2014

Chicane, aka Nicholas Bracegirdle, is a British composer, songwriter and record producer. He’s best known for “Offshore”, “Saltwater” (vocals by Clannad’s Maire Brennan), and…

Deja Vu: Garage Rock ‘n’Roll from The Fuses

November 6, 2014

Back in July Essentially Pop went down to Guildford to watch “Guilfest“. One of the acts that took our eye was Brighton band, The…

Essentially Pop Meets Ricky Rebel

October 7, 2014

Ricky Godinez, then touring as Ricky G, hit the music scene 1997 with his band No Authority. The band was signed to Michael Jackson’s…

Essentially Pop Meets Tish Simmonds

September 20, 2014

At Essentially Pop we usually just cover music, but as our strap line is “plus a little bit more”, we figure we can stretch the remit a bit every so often.