Interviews

Initially, Satellite Train was intended as a side project between friends. Michael Paynter of Icehouse is providing some of his strongest vocal performances when the group releases its debut material. Despite the fact that each song has a distinctive tone, we explore a variety of musical genres.Michael Paynter of Icehouse,…

Nadine Makalew, a native of Indonesia, had an interest in music from a young age. Before going to Freiburg, Germany in 2015 to study songwriting at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences Freiburg, she learned piano and electone and participated in chorus and other musical activities. She resided in Rotterdam…

Harry Kappen is a musician and music therapist from Holland. He is a multi-instrumentalist who composes his tunes in his Dutch homestudio. His music is eclectic, including catchy tunes, dramatic compositions, poppy, solid guitar rock, gentle ballads, and classical pieces. The majority of his lyrics are incredibly intimate. Regarding his…

Eddy Chapman is a South African musician and songwriter with a distinctive style who aims to add a “let-loose” vibe to his own blend of alternative rock. The songs of CCR, Roxette, and Neil Diamond used to resonate through the house where he grew up, but it was Bon Jovi…

Terry Barrett began playing music in the church at the age of 13. He performed for various youth groups, and opened for national touring acts like Peter Frampton, Todd Rundgren, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Slade, and Cheech and Chong. He formed different bands throughout his career, including one called The…

Taking inspiration from the poetically charged works of Patti Smith, Amanda Palmer, and Florence and The Machine, she’s been cocooning and developing her proudly DIY project throughout the pandemic, and now it’s time to unleash the wildly empowering, emotional, witty, and occasionally outrageous art upon the world. Charlie O’Connor has…

Chris Wirsig is a Grammy-winning composer, songwriter, and producer who studied audio engineering and had classical training on the piano and saxophone. His music can be heard in games such as the acclaimed Top Ten iPad game “Alien Tribe 2,” the multiple award-winning short films “Intervention,” “20 Matches,” “Cat Dexx:…

Along with his bandmates (guitarist/vocalist Patrick Harmon, bassist Matt Svigals, and drummer John Malone), Miyuki Furtado, a Hawaiian-born multi-instrumentalist who sings, plays guitar, and drums concurrently, leads the alt-country rock band DIVINING ROD. After the pandemic, the band releases an exciting new album. After finishing a two-month stint on New…

Swamp Eyes is the experimental folk punk solo project of Sam Kuban, a singer-songwriter from Evansville. Sam’s firstborn was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 17 months of age. His most recent album, “Something’s in the Hall,” is a direct emotional response to managing the overwhelming terror surrounding this unexpected…

Joans is an English R&B singer, composer, and record producer whose soulful and deep cadence innovates contemporary music. Born in Germany, he began his musical training at the age of six with piano instruction. After nearly a decade of classical education, he began producing his first beats and remixes. With…