Clare Lydon

She won the X Factor in 2008 and now she has the world at her feet with a new single Start Without You out this week, America beckoning and a second album and tour next year. We caught up with Alexandra Burke to talk Beyonce and Cheryl, having Simon Cowell as your boss and being [...]

Nashville’s Lady Antebellum are huge stars in the US but hardly known over here – but that could all be about to change. Their single Need You Now went top 20 and their album of the same name is packed with upbeat country tracks that define them. We caught up with co-lead vocalist Hillary Scott [...]

Just back from a festival in Japan – “an insane place and a bit different from Manchester in the rain” – Hurts are scorching the airwaves right now with their sad synth-pop sound which has echoes of the early 80s. New single Wonderful Life and album Happiness are due out soon and we caught up [...]

I interviewed VV Brown back in September 2009. She was absolutely charming and stunning too. Her debut album is fabulous too.

I interviewed Joss in November 2009 in a plush hotel room in Mayfair. She was fizzing with energy and complimented me on my tie, so all in all I liked her a lot. Watch, enjoy.

I interviewed these guys in March 2010 at their record company HQ. Their debut album was my favourite of 2009, so I was excited to meet them. Lead singer Andrew Wyatt turned out to be, shall we say, eccentric (I’m being kind). Lesson learned: sometimes, it’s better to just listen to the music and not [...]

Tiesto plays London’s Victoria Park this week, landing in the green, green grass on Friday July 30th. We spoke to the superstar DJ and he told us about coping with his hectic schedule and how he loves his job…

Two Door Cinema Club have been whipping up a storm around the world on their never-ending tour which shows no sign of stopping with summer festivals, the US and Europe on their agenda. We caught up with bassist Kevin Baird to talk about their ever-rising star, signing for a French label and how that cat [...]

With gargantuan fame and a heap of publicity both good and bad, Boy George is a British music legend now famed as much for his DJing as performing. After an eventful couple of years which has seen him spend time in jail, he’s back with a new single Amazing Grace and is about to embark [...]

He’s been compared to Springsteen and his recent second album We Ain’t Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain is frothing over with dark, melody-led, soulful pop. Now going it alone having split from his record label, Manchester-based singer-songwriter Liam Frost spoke to us about duetting with Martha Wainwright, writing dirty love songs and [...]