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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

The Avon Guard – ‘Forget’

June 8, 2015

Dominic Silvani and Andy Mitty have been close friends for 20 years and for the first time, the duo have made a record together.

Moriarty – ‘Epitaph’

June 8, 2015

Formed in 2005, Moriarty is a musical collective made up of five artists of French, American, Swiss and Vietnamese origin.

Brother Goose – ‘Lone Ranger’

June 5, 2015

Formed in 2012, Southampton five-piece Brother Goose are as yet undecided as to what genre their music fits into.

Robyn Harvey – ‘You Don’t Understand’

June 5, 2015

We’ve written about Robyn Harvey before, so she’ll need no introduction to regular readers.

Introducing: Nina Baker

June 4, 2015

At first glance you might think Nina Baker is just your average piano-playing singer.

Post Romantic Empire – ‘The Post Romantic Empire Album’

June 4, 2015

Originally planned as an essay about the inheritance of the Romantic revolution in the contemporary world, the Post Romantic Empire ended up becoming something wildly different.

Philco Fiction – ‘Bodies’

June 3, 2015

Norwegian duo Philco Fiction, named after a Google search led them to the Philco Radio Company who “made really nice radios in the 1930s”, comprises Turid Alida Solberg and Andreas Knudsrød.

The 80s are BACK!

June 1, 2015

Tony Denton Promotions has brought together four of the decade’s most memorable acts to tour together for the first time ever.

Introducing: The Retrospectives

May 31, 2015

Not simply content to be The Retrospectives in name alone, the Sheffield band does exactly what it says on the tin.

Creamfields Ibiza Line Up Announced

May 28, 2015

Cream are proud to announce that this year they join forces with Ushuaïa to bring the globally recognised award winning festival Creamfields to Ibiza!

The Rising – ‘Calling You’

May 28, 2015

The new single from The Rising, ‘Calling You’, is New Irish Country at its best – the perfect blend of pop, rock, and of course country.

MIDGE URE BREATHE AGAIN TOUR – 20 YEARS ON

May 27, 2015

Most famous for being the front man of iconic 80s band Ultravox, and co-creator with Bob Geldof of Band Aid and Live Aid, Midge Ure has had an incredible music career spanning over an impressive three decades.