In The Spotlight: Sammy Stein Talks To Marlowe Shepherd

Marlowe Shepherd Marlowe Shepherd is an American recording artist and performer. From being a street performer, he now focuses on long-term residencies in iconic venues across the world, including those in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, New York, and London. He has performed in New Orleans, Savannah, Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and Louisville and shared …

Album Review: “Not Even Air Can Come Btwn Us Now” – Rikke

Rikke has released her new album and it’s billed as an album of conflicts, goodbyes, and new beginnings.  With that as a premise, it intrigued me enough to want to do a deep delve into this. Always A Part Of Me This is an acoustic number that goes for the heartstrings from the first line: …

Single Review: “What Would I Do?” Ah Honey

This is a great piece of indie pop! It starts off with a driving rhythm led by guitars, I think I hear an electric piano providing one chord at the beginning then it launches into the track properly. What I like about this song is the changes. At about 0:32 the pre-chorus comes in where …

In The Spotlight: Gwendolyn Kassenaar. Words: Sammy Stein.

  Gwendolyn Kassenaar, Conceptual artist  Gwendolyn Kassenaar is an artist who brings a fresh approach to uniting music and art in conceptual ways that encourage audiences to have new insights into how music interpretation can be accessed. I first saw Gwen when she performed with Noisy Women at Café Oto. Gwen spent time at her …

Blog interview: Dave Curl

Hello Dave how are you?  I’m doing well, thank you. I’ve just returned from an intensive week of studio recording in Frankfurt, and honestly, I’m both happy and exhausted. Congratulations on the release of “Fool In Love” how does it feel?  It feels amazing to finally release this song, which I’ve been working on for …

For Old Friends – A Reflection

When Neil March asked me to write for the 100th edition of Trust The Doc, I had so many ideas. But the one that really stood out to me was the theme of old friends.  Why?   Well the answer is simple and not so simple.  Indulge me.  I watched a videoclip of Questlove, the …

Blog interview: Jaidson

Hello Jaidson how are you? I’m awesome, thank you… Congratulations on the release of “Smoke Screens” how does it feel? Smoke Screens has been an awesome project thus far, the whole creative process was amazing. What’s the story behind the song? I wanted to create a song with high pop rhythm and hence Smoke Screens …

Blog interview: June6teen

Hello June6xteen how are you?   Hiii, I’m doing fine thank you so much! Congratulations on the release of “Me Myself And I” how does it feel now it’s out in the world?  Thank you! It feels amazing to finally have Me Myself & I out in the world. This song means so much to …

Single Review: “£15 Kebab” – The Soap Company

When I first heard this track my first question was….  WHO’S GOING TO PAY £15 FOR A KEBAB????  Pre covid there used to a kebab shop near my house that I used to treat myself to every so often, you’d get a large portion inside a pitta with your choice of toppings for less than …

Blog interview: Lola Wild

Hello Lola, how are you? I’m good thank you ❤️ Hope you’re well!I’m great thankyou for asking! Congratulations on the release of “Jump The Gun” how does it feel? Thanks so much! Releasing Jump The Gun feels absolutely amazing. It’s always a mix of excitement and anxiety inducing nerves putting new music out into the world, but …