Brothers Richard & Fred Fairbrass tells all about their life in the music industry.
They tell all about what the industry got wrong about the band Right Said Fred and why they are the most controversial band just for attending a rally in London.
Hear their favourite 90's tracks like Deeply Dippy and Don't Talk Just Kiss as well some of their new material, a 7 minute club version of I'm Too Sexy.
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Nitro Nitra is an explosive Rock Band from Delaware in the US. They are competition winners and they're out there waiting for your connoisseur ears to sample their rock music.
This band is not extremely heavy and they're not a soft rock band. They are in the middle and very palatable and easy to get in to the flow.
Nitra shares her life story with me about growing up and addiction and how she came through it.
This is truly a Rock Revolution.
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Today I’m talking to a female artist who has performed with Barry White, Gladys Knight, El Debarge, Philip Bailey, Jermain Dupree and many more fabulous artists.
My guest has a 5-octave range and has predominantly worked as a backing singer.
I’ll be playing songs from my guests album Just Believe In Love and covers of original songs Free and Harvest for The World.
There are many articles online that skate over the top of my guest’s life, but today we get to know the whole of Patrice Isley.
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I’m talking to an artist that was part of a group with her 4 other siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Doris and Delroy.
Raised in Romford Essex the group had 4 top 20 albums and 15 top 40 singles in the UK and 6 top 10 hits in 1986/87 with System Addict, Cant Wait Another Minute, The Slightest Touch, Rain or Shine and Find The Time.
Deniece tells her life in music and how her brothers and sisters became 5Star. She also says why they moved to the United States and were they the UK version of The Jackson Five.
Hear how and why she evolved as a solo artist and what happened to the other 5Star siblings.
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Jacey’s journey started, when her granddad let her have a go of his guitar, she picked it up straight away, so her dad decided to get her a guitar lesson and in her lesson she just started to sing.
After a few lessons she asked her dad if he would take her busking and any money she raise she want to donate it to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital because she spent time in there when she was younger due to Asma, the week before Christmas 2020 they headed out to the shopping centres, day 1 of busking she raised £263.72 this made her eager to go back the next day and the next, she did 5 days up until Christmas, including Christmas eve.
Her goal was to raise £1,000.00 and she beat it. She said she felt like this is what she was born to do. She carried on practicing all year because I knew she wanted to go back better than last time, so again she went busking for the 5 days before Christmas with an even bigger target than last. She was on a mission to raise more money. This has become a tradition, and she is going to keep on busking to help as many children as she can. Her total today is £15,000.00. She has been busking now for the past 4 years. Besides busking she is out most weekends performing in restaurants and venues. She has also performed at a couple of local festivals and weddings etc. Over the past 6 months she has been singing and playing at a few charity events in the northwest, to help others with their cause. Her goal in life is to be a big star so she can help more people. Jacey was the winner of Oldham’s got talent 2022 and Yorkshires greatest talent semi-finalist 2023.
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In early December 2023, a relatively unknown Australian artist, Sean Millis, was being touted online as ‘a look-a-like’ to one of Manchester United’s new star players Rasmus Højlund - a player who was yet to score his first goal for the club.
It just so happened that Sean Millis’s most recent song was called ‘Waiting On a Miracle’.
The online Twitter army got behind Sean and the song, Højlund scored, and the rest was history.
As a result, 'Waiting On a Miracle' achieved #1 on the UK Daily Viral Spotify Charts for 11 Days straight and also charted top 10 in 9 other countries. During this period Sean had over 220 million views on his videos across Tiktok and Instagram, and now cannot leave his house without signing autographs for anyone who spends any time at all on TikTok.
All that meaningless stuff aside, Sean’s personal story is remarkable. Sean lives with a rare disease called Hunters Syndrome - for which he receives life-saving hospital treatment every week. He has a dedicated team of nurses at his hospital who have looked after him for years. They love his music and encourage him to go all the way.
Sean is following his dreams as a singer-songwriter and won’t let anything get in the way. Sean’s fast-growing fan base of over 960,000 followers across Tiktok and Instagram love his positive outlook on life whilst he faces daily and weekly challenges that most people could not comprehend.
Sean's message to the world is simple –
"I have faced dark days in hospital as a young person facing a rare disease. I know what it's like to have the feeling that there is no hope. As a result, I have learnt to live every day as though it's my last, and I am now grateful for every opportunity I have to live and love life. I hope I can share my journey of hope with one person at a time, through my songs and my voice."
‘Waiting On a Miracle’ was written by Pam Sheyne (‘Genie in a Bottle’ – Christina Agilera), Aiden Martin and Oscar Bell and produced by rising Australian talent Jude York. Sean’s rich, warm vocal tones take the listener on an uplifting journey of hope. This song will touch even the hardest of hearts.
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Originally formed in 2006 HOOK consists of John Hook, Rob Hook and Marc Hook who together write and record original songs.
HOOK are: Rob Hook, Vocals - Marc Hook, Guitars - John Hook, Keyboards - Mick Grant, Bass & Damion Dogget on Drums.
The band offer a rare mix with their music drawing on all of their musical influences from Rock/Metal, 80's music, 70's Punk to a mix of Glam & Electronica! It's safe to say they have all their bases covered and we are sure you will love them!
Another Day is a standalone single from Hook on the Bad Monkey Records Label and is Released on 10th September exclusively on Bandcamp, their single, Breakout spent 6 weeks at number one in the Legacy Chart.
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A project that started over 48 years ago! – Andy Whiteman and Mark Stone met each other at 5-years old. Best mates since then, they have wandered round the world, settled in different countries, brought up their children, worked their nuts off, & lived a lot.
Time again they came back to their original project – a debut album. Andy, a professional environmentalist and ‘love emigrant’ living in Bulgaria for over 20 years’ set about the task. Together with a collective of musical collaborators from UK, Australia, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria and Brazil, they released their debut album – Best of Better Days - in 2021.
With songs stretching back to the epic ‘go hard or go home’ tour of Australia in 1999, the album explores eclectic meanings, melodies and rhythms. Preparing for the next musical adventure, Andy - a vagabond and wannabe troubadour – is eyeing up a global tour
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Michelle is no stranger to the studio. She’s been singing since 4 years old on her first national commercial for Eskimo Pie.
Other national spots include Zwinky Cuties, Long Island Aquarium CD, Sam's Club, Goodyear, Hertz, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, Nu- Skin, and a project for hit producer, Jimmy Wisner ("the Wiz;" who took a liking to her voice and used her on backup vocals.
Michelle released her first commercial pop album, Find Your Fire, with 12 songs, and two new singles in 2022, "Kick It Up" & "Last Chance for Love" which now has over 154k streams and still climbing. Her latest song, “I’m All That I Need” exemplifies empowerment and motivation, especially for young women and anyone going through difficult times.
Michelle says, “A good song is a good song in any genre.”
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DΞWΛR is a Scottish musician & recording artist who has been writing and recording her own music since 2015. She has been performing in the UK and Europe with her band for the past five years promoting her EP "Influence" which was released in May 2022 which was played on radio across the world.
Her album "Rudiment" will be released on 1st September which (as well as her EP) was produced by top Producer Gareth Young (currently working with Sam Ryder and Tom Meighan and previously worked with Atomic Kitten, Ronan Keating and Dani Minogue).
DΞWΛR has supported artists like fellow Scot Sandi Thom ("Wish I was a punk rocker") and performed for huge stars such as Colin Farrell as well as has global media attention.
DΞWΛR is planning a UK tour after the release of her album "Rudiment" and cannot wait to perform her new music.
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Paul Roberts is an internationally accomplished vocalist, musician and actor, whose extensive 35 year career has allowed him to perform across all mediums…Theatre, Recording, Concert, Film, TV and Radio worldwide.
He is probably best known for fronting the iconic major British band, The Stranglers, for 16 years, from 1990 – 2006. This period saw the band release 6 albums and several singles including a [re-recording of] Peaches, Heaven or Hell, Golden Boy and Big Thing Coming.
Since 1999, apart from his input to the band, he has written, recorded, produced, and [with his band Soulsec], toured 5 solo albums in Europe and the US.
Studio albums to date include: Faith? - Self Discovery - The Pressure Sensitive - End Games - 5,4 Now…. He left the Stranglers in May 2006 after their biggest Billboard top 40 singles chart hit, in and since that period, Big Thing Coming. The band had also received huge acclaim with the release of the [2004] album Norfolk Coast. Paul’s 16 years with the band, according to his former colleagues, was actually longer than that of predecessor, Hugh Cornwell.
Following his departure he played a special ‘thank you to the fans’ show, selling out London’s 100 Club, billed as ‘Black In Town’, featuring many songs that he wrote/co-wrote during his tenure. Alongside were one time Stranglers guitarist John Ellis and long term members of Paul’s band, bassist Brad Waissman [Joff Wink’s band] and Waterboy’s pianist Richard Naiff.
Shortly after this, he recorded his 5th album, the aptly titled Endgames. Most of the material featured on this album was created from original ideas he penned for Suite XVI (the follow up to Norfolk Coast), an album Paul recorded, but subsequently never appeared on. Paul’s cover of Bowie’s Lady Grinning Soul for the album Faith? was described on BOWIENET as, “…beautiful…” and Bowie's fans were urged to go and see Soulsec. Flattery indeed.
Alongside his own work, he has recorded, written and appeared on over 30 albums and singles with artists including The Lightning Seeds, OMD, Terry Hall, Arthur Brown, Chris ‘Judge’ Smith, Nick Graham [The Flame-Cheap Trick] and Neil Taylor. His work has been recorded with some of the best names in music including Martin Phipps, Alan Winstanley, Peter Hamill, Cenzo Townshend, Nicky Graham [not Nick Graham], Pete Glenister and Nigel Kennedy [who asked to play on a song Paul had written for the Strangler’s album About Time].
This autumn he will release a new record under his own name, entitled, 20 - 22. Described as, ‘a view of the new world’.
The first song from that album is Freedom, released on June 14th across iTunes & platforms: Spotify, Deezer and Amazon music.
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It was a pleasure talking with AJ McLovely, so down to earth and her recent experiences have grounded her in a way that she didn't realise it would, AJ tells more.
AJ is a former beauty queen and now an ambassador for mental health and after opening a facebook page she has created a huge following for her music.
AJ had only just got back into her music, (after life changing circumstances), not long before lockdown hit. Aj tells me all about the loss of her father and marriage breakdown and how it ompacted on her mental health.
She had been performing both solo and with other musicians at some small venues prior to lockdown. During lockdown AJ has utilised facebook to create a music page, build a fan base and perform regular live gigs every week,, featuring both covers and her own material.
AJ also writes her own songs and music and collabs regularly with other musicians of various genres. She has a very powerful voice, with a smooth, captivating tone and can sing pretty much anything, Her three collaboration single releases this year have all been quite different from each other. It is this diversity and her abilities that make her unique.
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What an absolute fantastic show starting with four independent artists: Pinx, Mellors, Teslanay and the Borderline Birdies. Such a great way to introduce my special guest Positive K.
Born August 8, 1967 and was raised in the Bronx, New York and spent much of his childhood near Richman (Echo) Park where early hip hop DJs Grandmaster Flash, DJ Sinbad and Busy Bee would throw block parties. He was inspired as a child to rap when one day The Fearless Four were performing in his neighborhood and invited him to say a rhyme on their mic. Gibson's first musical endeavor was a short-lived rap group with his family named Disco Cousins, and he rapped under the name Baby Breeze.
Later, while a member of the Five-Percent Nation, Gibson joined the rap group Almighty God Committee from Queens, rapping under the name Positive Knowledge Allah. However, after their DJ played the wrong side of a record at a televised rap contest and the rest of the group walked offstage, Gibson continued on as a solo act under the shortened name Positive K.
He shared his passion for Hip Hop and Rap music and said, "If you're born in the Bronx it's in your DNA" Positive K told me about his favourite songs like Cold Crush and Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five and what drew him to those songs. He also mentioned a ballad from Marvin Gaye "If I Should Die Tonight" and what it means to him.
He has gone from strength to strength and has shared three of his own songs for us to enjoy. So kick back and enjoy the show.
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There are rock bands and there is the Mardi Gras. A great bond of musicians and vocals that compliment each other on a united front. Their passion and talent is woven into every song they have written with elements of soul and sassyness. As long as there are stories to tell, there will be music…
Rome based Mardi Gras is a rock act with a difference. Named after Creedence Clearwater Revival’s last studio album, the band’s musical journey is made of protest songs, poetry, prayers set to music, and a whole lot more.
Mardi Gras has released three full albums so far: Drops Made (2006, Goodfellas), Among the Streams (2011) and last, Playground (2015), a record where ballads, rock, funk and acoustic pieces of music are the playground for the band with all their influences. Mundy, one of the greatest Irish songwriters, is a guest on the album that was mastered by Simon Gibson at Abbey Road Studios in London.
As regular visitors in Ireland, the band has forged long-standing connections with some of the best Irish musicians, playing as the support act for The Frames and Glen Hansard, and sharing the stage with artists such as Mundy, Siobhan O’ Brien, TKO, Micah P Hinson, Noah and the Whale, Billy Bragg or Jack Savoretti (not to mention the best Italian independent acts) to name a few. Liam O’Maonlai from the Hothouse Flowers features on the album “Among the streams” where a W.B.Yeats’s poem is put into music.
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If you are a rock music fan, you are undoubtedly familiar with such major artists as Harry Nilsson, Little Richard, The Turtles, Ringo Starr, Jimmy Webb, Seals and Crofts, Frank Zappa, Dr. John, Chuck Berry, Kinky Friedman, Lou Reed, Eric Carmen and Jimi Hendrix.
What you probably don’t know is that all of them, at one point in their career, crossed paths with a musician named Andy Cahan, either musically or in other ways. And those names just scratch the surface! For more than five decades, the New York-born Cahan has served as one of the most
in-demand collaborators in the music business, for both studio sessions and live performance work.
Andy Cahan is truly The Most Famous Musician You’ve Never Heard Of!
You will hear why was Chubby Checker, of “The Twist” fame, chasing Andy around a hotel lobby and which soft-rock duo took Andy’s advice to change their name, leading to great success?
Andy Cahan’s website: http://www.allentertainment.net/index.html
A fabulous musician who is more famous than you realise and an absolute gentleman and funny man during interview. You're gonna love this!
Last year Andy Cahan came on to the show to share his story with us. He loved it so much!! he wanted to come back onto the show to share more of his life with us including why Superman was his favourite super hero and what happened when he leapt off a stairway landing shouting "I can fly!!". He also shares a song that he wrote when his girlfriend finished with him and the reply his girlfriend left on his answer phone.
This is one multi faceted artist you cannot get enough of.
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Your favourite Tuscan boys are back on the scene with a new gritty dance-rock gem about being too busy to let the Grim Reaper get ‘em.
Now, we all know what a challenge this has been for the past 2 years. However, Piqued Jacks are up for it.
Everything South is the band’s latest release and soon-to-be hit. The song opens a fresh new chapter of Piqued Jacks’ music which, after the international success of their 3rd LP Synchronizer in 2021, is ready to take over 2022.
The song is as “in your face” as we possibly could without actually punching you (which we neither advocate for, nor encourage, of course).
Built around a fat, explosive guitar riff and with a tight, gripping beat, it represents the band’s revenge against misfortune and difficulties that life often throws at you.
This punchy hard rock track with a disco feel urges you, through its jaunty, sardonic lyrics and attitude, not to take death too seriously and, if it comes close, just beat it or dance with it.
At the end of the day, you’ve got places to be.
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What a pleasure it was to have Hamish Stuart as a guest on my show. Hamish is probably most famous for his singing with the Average White Band "Let's Go Around Again" and "Pick Up The Pieces". An absolute Legend and he tealks about his life growing up in music and where the music industry took him.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in Glasgow and left to form his first professional band 'The Dream Police'.
He recorded a couple of singles with the Dream Police, before he was invited to join the recently formed Average White Band (AWB) in June 1972.
A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and David Sanborn.
He wrote Atlantic Starr's 1986 hit "If Your Heart Isn't in It" and songs for Smokey Robinson, Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson and Diana Ross.
Stuart joined Paul McCartney’s band (where he switched between guitar and bass as necessary with McCartney) for McCartney's 1989 comeback album, Flowers in the Dirt, and appearing on several other albums and McCartney's world tours of 1989 and 1993.
In 2006, Stuart toured as the bass player with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. He joined Starr again for a 2008 tour, where he performed "Pick Up The Pieces" and "Work to Do".[2] He once again toured with the band in 2019 playing "Pick Up the Pieces", "Work to Do", and "Cut the Cake".
In 2007, he produced and appeared as a guest vocalist on the album All About the Music, by The AllStars collective.
In July 2015, Stuart reunited with his AWB bandmates Malcolm "Molly" Duncan and Steve Ferrone to form The 360 Band. This is in essence one third of the original Average White Band. They released an album titled Three Sixty in 2017 and have been performing live together along with supporting musicians.
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What a treat to have Freya Wolf on the show plus every song from her new album called "Just Another Day" was an exclusive to New Starz Show thanks Freya and Ross Hemsworth of Remote Highway. The album will be released April 29th 2022.
Freya was born in Aberdare in South Wales in 1978 She lived in Aberdare, Swansea, Carmarthenshire raised alongside The Stereophonics and like so many Welsh people, was born with an amazing voice! She moved to Street in 2008 before travelling the UK for two years, with stays in London, Scotland, North and South Wales, Cornwall, Devon, before finally settling in Somerset.
As a classical pianist she was inspired early on by Nina Simone and Beverly Craven. She then found a love for female soul singers. She says “I have varied tastes from rock to reggae, classical piano to drum and bass. However, my all-time favourite soul tracks are RESPECT by Aretha Franklin and My Baby Just Cares for Me by Nina Simone. My favourite track from other genres is Brighter Days by Hybrid Minds ft Charlotte Haining.”
Freya writes and co-writes her own material including her first two singles This Man is Mine” and “Meet Me at 8” both of which she co-wrote with U.S. Songwriter’s Hall of Fame member Ross Hemsworth.
The single Red Roses (Are Never Enough) also co-written with Ross, attracted the interest of world-famous guitarist Marc Ribler who provided the solo and outro guitar work on the rack.
FOUR of the tracks from the album, have already been picked up by two U.S. music publishing companies who specialise in placing music into films and TV series’ through pitches on Broadjam!
Freya’s first three singles have had considerable global airplay but we believe the forthcoming single I CAME HERE TO DANCE could see her rocket into the public eye with yet more radio and media interviews planned and even senior management of online platforms such as TikTok are now showing a big interest in Freya!
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What a sheer delight to have this talented artist on my show. He is down to earth and shares his life story with me on New Starz as well as his talented music and songs with artists that he has performed on those tracks.
A special thank you goes out to Diane of Entertainment Bureau for her support in making this interview happen.
As a Southern Californian native Melvin Lee Davis began playing music, ‘the moment he came out of the womb’, and felt he was destined to be a musician. Influenced by his surroundings, where music was constantly present, Davis began playing the violin aged four. By the time he was six, he had switched over to the saxophone.
Like many successful musicians, Davis went on to play in the band at his church. When Davis was 16, a horn player from Buddy Miles’s band saw him play at a local club, and recommended him to Miles for an audition. Miles flew Davis out to New York for the audition and hired him on the spot for his touring band. Davis was introduced to Soul Train’s Don Cornelius through Ron “Have Mercy” Kersey, a staff producer at A&M Records. That led to him working as a staff bassist for Cornelius in 1978. Cornelius introduced Davis to a number of the top recording
artists. As a result, Davis began writing music and performing with R&B singer O’Bryan from 1980 to 1987 through a record deal put in place by Cornelius, which included Davis writing the theme song, ‘Soul Train’s A Comin’ for Cornelius’ weekly television show, Soul Train.
Like many successful musicians, Davis went on to play in the band at his church. When Davis was 16, a horn player from Buddy Miles’s band saw him play at a local club, and recommended him to Miles for an audition. Miles flew Davis out to New York for the audition and hired him on the spot for his touring band. Davis was introduced to Soul Train’s Don Cornelius through Ron “Have Mercy” Kersey, a staff producer at A&M Records. That led to him working as a staff bassist for Cornelius in 1978. Cornelius introduced Davis to a number of the top recording artists. As a result, Davis began writing music and performing with R&B singer O’Bryan from 1980 to 1987 through a record deal put in place by Cornelius, which included Davis writing the theme song, ‘Soul Train’s A Comin’ for Cornelius’ weekly television show, Soul Train.
Davis has also played on a number of Will Downing’s releases, including Euphoria (2014), Black Pearls (2016), and Soul Survivor (2017). He has served as Chaka Khan’s Musical Director at various times throughout his career; most recently, during her European Night of the Proms (2015) and Art On Ice (2016) tours. Davis performed at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013) and was a member of the Pre-Telecast Grammy Awards band from 2008 to 2014. He has been a member of the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards band since 2008.
Davis is also a founder of the band called Output Input where he teamed up with singer of the 80's Average White Band Hamish Stuart. Their song Soul Deep is sensational and is available for streaming
Hamish Stuart will also be appearing on my show in March, keep an eye out for that.
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Welcome to New Starz where music is life.
What a great down to earth band, full of passion and desire who ahve developed and enhanced folk music to another level, but still keeping the spirit of story telling and true folk dance.
They have wowed festival audiences from Cambridge and Trowbridge to Cheltenham Jazz Festival as well as numerous headline appearances in France & Ireland alongside an international tour in 2018 to Australia.
Band of the Year in the 2014 FATEA Music Awards and Best Live Act in the Spiral Awards in the same year, they were also winners of the 2017 Australian Celtic Music Awards (International Artist of the Year category), adding to their previous accolades in the Irish Music Association Awards for Top Celtic Rock Band and Top Fiddle Player.
Roving Crows have been carving out their niche in the UK folk music scene since early 2009.
Over ten years and evolving incarnations Roving Crows have cultivated an arresting, singular sound that pushes the boundaries of the Celtic Folk genre. The band play with genuine passion, energy and soul. Vital and vibrant, a must see live act who showcase a mix of fiery, Celtic-inspired fiddle, conscious, intelligent lyrics, backed by solid, thumping rhythms and driving, innovative bass. Roving Crows comprises; strong lead vocals and 4 part harmonies, guitar, fiddle, percussion and bass.
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