Space Rockers Hawkwind are enjoying a bit of a renaissance after close to 50 years as a band. Their last two albums hit the Top 40, and they are about...
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She’s was a true pioneer for women in music and film in the 1980s. Now Hazel O’Connor is about to set out on a 15-date UK tour, and here she speaks to...
The “Twenty Four Hour Party People – Greatest Hits Tour” celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Happy Mondays’ debut album “Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… Several quite unrelated incidents over the past few weeks...
Following the release of her fifth studio album, “Then Up” and subsequent successful UK tour earlier this year, highly acclaimed singer-songwriter...
Music Republic Magazine tip rising young Irish indie pop band Orchid Collective for good things, on the eve of their fifth single release… ...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… And the winner is … Traditionally autumn is that time...
What can one write about Shaun Ryder that has not been written or said about him many times before? That was in my head when I had a chat with the man to plug...
Colin Blunstone talks to Music Republic magazine editor Simon Redley about the band’s fascinating history, revealing some interesting...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… With the recent announcement of the first ‘new’...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… The past few years has seen the emergence of several UK...
Exciting “new” UK soul man Decosta Boyce is sat at his Hertfordshire home on a warm and sunny Tuesday lunchtime, talking on the mobile about his...
Stax soul legend William Bell – one of the last surviving soul pioneers – has an exclusive UK show with the 12-piece Stax Academy Revue in July. ...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… When I first became seriously interested in music as a spotty...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… I have to admit that I rarely listen to the radio...
The great Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals, once sang: “Reggae got soul”. London singer songwriter Frankie Oliver is the reggae man who definitely has...
Some weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get my hands on the debut EP from young Manchester-based four piece band Carnival Club. I gave the EP...
The Country Music Association (CMA) recently announced details of the 2017 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The late Jerry Reed, an...
The biggest music star in Israel with 25 x # 1s to his name, and collaborations with the likes of Jackson Browne, Wyclef Jean, Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin...
(l-r) Kristian Bush, Drake White, Maren Morris, Bennett Lewis (Morris’ guitarist), Liz Rose and Mac McAnally perform during the sold-out CMA Songwriters...
We were the very first in the UK to review Tanika Charles’ sizzling debut album, ‘Soul Run’ released here in April. We jumped at the chance for a chat with the...
Legendary guitarist Wilko Johnson talks candidly to Music Republic Magazine editor Simon Redley, about cheating death and trying to grasp the fact he is still...
Omar Lye-Fook, one of the UK’s greatest soul voices, talks to Music Republic Magazine editor Simon Redley about his stunning new album “Love In Beats”. ...
The straight-talking, no-nonsense monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… March 2017 Americana music...
Manchester alt-rock outfit Mohawk Radio are really making waves out there. The band’s powerhouse singer Mia Page tells Music Republic Magazine about her...
Incendiary UK soul and blues singer Izo Fitzroy tells Music Republic Magazine editor Simon Redley about being held up at gun point, while working on the...
February 2017 A new Alison Krauss album is always a special event, and WINDY CITY, her first all-new solo album since 1999’s FORGET ABOUT IT, certainly doesn’t...
It has taken British artist Allman Brown circa four years to release his debut album, after the masses of attention and success he achieved back in 2013 with...
The second part of a fascinating exclusive insight into the life and career of jazz giant Sonny Rollins, speaking to Music Republic Magazine editor Simon...
Sonny Rollins, the 86-year-old jazz giant of the saxophone, speaks exclusively to Music Republic Magazine editor Simon Redley about his amazing career and how...
I just read a quote from a US musician and it rang bells. I thought; I am sure someone actually said this to me in recent months. This was the quote: “I wanted...
“Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.” So said Mr James Marshall Hendrix. Yep; it’s always all about the feel….You don’t have to have lost your wife, kids...
You may be wondering how a young unsigned British band gets to record a series of debut songs at legendary Abbey Road studios in London, and have Hollywood...
