Music

Sean Hannam speaks to former D-Generation glam punk frontman, Jesse Malin, who 20 years ago pursued a solo career with The Fine Art of Self-Destruction. It's time for a revisit.

• Sean Hannam
• Sep 2023

Sean Hannam speaks to British jazz and blues singer Judith Owen, who draws inspiration from ‘unapologetic’ female artists like Pearl Bailey and Blossom Deary. Go beyond the Great American Songbook!

• Sean Hannam
• Aug 2023

We speak to Leah Weller – former model turned singer-songwriter, mother, and daughter of Paul Weller and the Style Council’s Dee C. Lee – about the launch of her new album, Freedom.

• Sean Hannam
• Jul 2023

Sean Hannam speaks to Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie on the 2022 heatwave and their single ‘Sunshine’, taken from their first album in 13 years, See You In The Stars.

• Sean Hannam
• Jul 2023

If you were around in the Indie scene of the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you couldn't have missed The House of Love. We spoke to legendary front-man, Guy Chadwick.

• Sean Hannam
• Jun 2023

Sean Hannam speaks to the Belfast-born visionary artist and producer Max Cooper, who teamed up with the French spatial audio experts L-Acoustics to help create his latest album, Unspoken Words.

• Sean Hannam
• Apr 2023

Michael Head (Pale Fountains, The Strands) is perhaps Liverpool’s great lost songwriter, but Sean Hannam found him and talked about The Red Elastic Band and their latest album, Dear Scott...

• Sean Hannam
• Apr 2023

To celebrate 35 years since the formation of the band, in 2022 Swing Out Sister and their record company Cherry Red curated an eight-CD set: Blue Mood, Breakout And Beyond – The Early Years Part 1. Sean Hannam speaks to the 1980s perfect pop duo.

• Sean Hannam
• Apr 2023

Looking to build your music collection? This collection of recordings from the recent past is great musically but also of good enough quality to allow us audiophiles guilt-free listening.

• Shaun Marin
• Mar 2023

The ninth album from Tord Gustavsen's trio – and the first to feature Steinar Raknes on bass – is a delicate mix of jazz, classical and folk themes with a distinct Scandi style. Jason Kennedy listens in.

• Jason Kennedy
• Feb 2023

West Country means a very different thing depending on where you live. Originally from Somerset in the UK, this singer-songwriter has the talent to go all the way, says Sean Hannam.

• Sean Hannam
• Feb 2023

Sean Hannam and hi-fi+ caught up with Academy Award-winning British film composer, Steven Price in Soho, at the legendary Groucho Club, where he was working with Bowers & Wilkins to promote the Panorama 3 Dolby Atmos soundbar.

• Sean Hannam
• Jan 2023