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

‘It Takes Two’: Sharon Hendrix Covers Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston Duet With Long-time Friend And Collaborator, Marvin Robinson

May 26, 2023

Sharon Hendrix’s latest single, ‘It Takes Two’, sees her revisit her roots. The classic Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston track is the perfect duet for Sharon and her longtime friend and collaborator, Marvin Robinson. The pair croon out the timeless lyrics over a gorgeous arrangement of horns, saxophone, and keyboards, with the vocalists’ sultry voices complementing each other, and showing that it does indeed take two.

‘Earth Magic’ Is The New Single From Musical Visionary INZO, Featuring Elohim

May 26, 2023

Chicago producer INZO follows his instincts and trusts his exploratory impulses, pushing further into the dream he started with 2018’s ‘Overthinker’. His new single, ‘Earth Magic’, featuring LA electropop artist Elohim, is meditative and seductive, while being revolutionarily relaxing. The new single is the title track and first release from his upcoming ‘Earth Magic’ EP.

German Musical Legend Ute Lemper Channels HG Wells In Her New Single And Video, ‘Time Traveler’

May 19, 2023

If you’ve read the book ‘The Time Machine’, by HG Wells, or seen the 1960 film starring Rod Taylor, or the more recent 2002 film starring Guy Pearce, you will be familiar with the description of time passing as though the fluttering pages of a flipbook. Both exhilarating and terrifying, significant and mundane moments merge as one into a story of untrammelled change. With her new video, ‘Time Traveler’, German musical legend Ute Lemper brings this same vision to life, telling the story as viewed through the picture window on her ship, as she sails the seas of time.