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Michael Bugeja
Jun 9, 20141 min read
CARAVANA SUN: SUNNY SIDE UP
Fresh from giving not one, but two rousing performances at Earth Garden over the weekend, Australian band Caravana Sun will be giving a...
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Michael Bugeja
Jun 1, 20144 min read
THE RIFFFS: CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
“Ska music engages everyone, especially in a live environment”, Ivan Borg tells me a couple of minutes before we take a seat for an...
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Michael Bugeja
May 25, 20145 min read
IRA LOSCO: MALTA'S PRINCESS OF POP
With a sold-out concert to perform in the coming days and a guest appearance on the official Coca Cola World Cup single, Ira Losco still...
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Michael Bugeja
May 4, 20144 min read
DRAUGUL: TALES OF LOOT AND PLUNDER
Beneath his calm, unassuming self, Mark Azzopardi admits he’s always busy, his mind forever juggling some musical idea or other. He is...
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Michael Bugeja
Apr 27, 20144 min read
JOSH HANG: GETTING THE HANG OF IT
The odds of meeting an electronic music producer at a local country music media event are very slim indeed, but that is exactly where I...
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Michael Bugeja
Apr 20, 20142 min read
CHRIS & MOIRA: BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Having rounded off last year on a high with two single releases, a music video and performances abroad, Chris & Moira are back with a...
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Michael Bugeja
Apr 20, 20142 min read
SOFAR SOUNDS: NOW IN MALTA!
Sofar Sounds is an initiative that dates back to 2010 when the first edition was held in someone’s living room in Kilburn, London....
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Michael Bugeja
Apr 13, 20141 min read
CINNAMON WAR'S BRIGHTEST LIGHT
“We’ve been hibernating for a few months, juggling all kinds of aspects of life,” Maltese rock band Cinnamon War posted on their Facebook...
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Michael Bugeja
Mar 30, 20144 min read
SEMPLICIMENT TAT-TRIQ: CROSSING BOUNDARIES
As the lyrics to their song Radju Valium openly and explicitly declare, Sempliċiment tat-Triq (STT) aren’t necessarily interested in...
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Michael Bugeja
Mar 23, 20144 min read
CLIFFORD BORG: BEYOND CLASSICAL MUSIC
A few years back, pianist Clifford Borg had approached me with a mock-up of a double album he was planning to release. It was an...
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Michael Bugeja
Mar 16, 20142 min read
UMANNIMALI: NEW SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND
That contemporary music in the Maltese language has experienced a revival in recent years is no secret, and the local hip hop scene has...
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Michael Bugeja
Jan 12, 20145 min read
KICKSTARTING THE WAY FORWARD
Ahead of the official launch of her Tuxedo EP tomorrow, Chess tells Michael Bugeja about her musical journey so far, the benefits of...
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Michael Bugeja
Dec 22, 20136 min read
JIM HICKEY: PUSHING THROUGH BARRIERS
“It was love at first sight,” says Jim Hickey of his relationship with music. He attributes his first musical inclination to some old...
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Michael Bugeja
Sep 29, 20135 min read
DAVID SHERRY: DIAMOND IS FOREVER
He is the frontman, the star, if you will, of Diamond is Forever – a show that successfully presents the music of Neil Diamond live, and...
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Michael Bugeja
Aug 18, 20132 min read
DAVID SHERRY: FOLLOWING NEIL ON GLORY ROAD
One of Neil Diamond’s vintage cuts, Glory Road is both the title track and the lead single off David Sherry’s latest album. A closer look...
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Michael Bugeja
Jul 28, 20132 min read
BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THREE
Riding high on the local radio charts, Believe is the latest release from local DJ/producer Alvin Gee. The song, which also features...
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Michael Bugeja
Jul 7, 20135 min read
CALLING ALL METALHEADS
When Steppenwolf sang of “heavy metal thunder” on their 1968 hit Born to be Wild, little did they know just how much that ‘metal’ term...
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Michael Bugeja
Jun 23, 20134 min read
WEATHERING THE STORM
There’s been a lot of studying, a lot of gigging and a lot of collaborations happening in the musical journey that upcoming artist Chess...
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Michael Bugeja
May 5, 20131 min read
NEW SNOW, NO ALPS
A mainstay on the local music scene ever since it stepped onstage to give its first live gig back in 2007, Maltese alternative rock band...
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Michael Bugeja
Apr 7, 20135 min read
AKALE' WUBE': SOUL DEEP IN ETHIOPIQUES
It may be more commonly known as the City of Light, but if there’s one other thing Paris is famous for it has to be music, jazz music in...
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