His pianist's fingers are the first thing that strikes you. No coincidence since, for MAXIIM, the piano was the start of a dream...

Self-taught on piano, guitar and production software, Jordan Olympus has learned to be independent

Jazz, rock and pop are effortlessly blended on A Side, the latest record from the Carrie Armitage Quartet. The Canadian band’s frontwoman...

Formerly Super Inuit, Slim Wrist is an exciting, left-field pop duo from Edinburgh. Its members, Brian Pokora and Fern Morris, joined me...

Rarely do bands include both husband and wife. After all, music is inherently personal. Sharing one’s innermost thoughts is difficult...

Before we start, Minh explains that she has just recovered from COVID. “Sorry if I cough,” she sighs, gripping a glass of water...

You’d think we’d be used used to Zoom by now”, laughs Jocelyn as I try to start the recording. “I still have no idea how that works”...

Once a solo performer, Ty Gallaway realised his music needed a little extra oomph. Since then, he has massively expanded his sound and...

Welcome to “2020”: Hollywood’s latest action-packed disaster movie. Set in a world of hate and prejudice, it swings from ferocious bush fires to a deadly disease in a matter of minutes. If only this “film” wasn’t our current reality. The unfortunate fact is there's no rewind button; we can’t just shout “cut” and act it all differently. We need to learn from this crisis to avoid future, bigger catastrophes. Not only has this year exposed the level of humanity’s inequality, but

Whilst their band may be named after the famous seaside town, neither of the five members that make up Ives come from anywhere near the Cornish tourist destination. In fact, frontman Jasper Krieg was brought up in Stockholm, Sweden, whilst bassist, Alejandro Urbina is from Mexico. The rest of the band originate from all corners of the UK, music college in Manchester being the force that drove the team together. It only took the first few weeks of university for the band to be

If nothing else, the extensive amount of free time lock down has given me has allowed me to discover some of the best new bands that are about to break through to the mainstream. Watching a live video from Jimmy’s (a bar in Liverpool’s) Instagram page, I uncovered four-piece indie pop/rock quartet Luna Bay. Their unforgettable riffs and anthemic choruses have already earned them plays on national radio stations, support slots from the likes of Declan Mckenna and the Academic