PICTURE PARLOUR: “WE LOVE BEING WOMEN, BUT THERE’S MORE TO US THAN THAT”
Ahead of the release of Picture Parlour’s highly anticipated debut single, VOCAL GIRLS caught up with the band to hear the story so far
BIG JOANIE: “BANDS HAVE THE POWER TO SUPPORT WHO THEY WANT TO SUPPORT”
VOCAL GIRLS got lunch in Brighton with Chardine Taylor-Stone, drummer for the indomitable Big Joanie, to talk about how industry support for emerging and marginalised artists is - slowly but surely - improving.
WIDE AWAKE REVIEW: THE SIREN CALL OF SUMMER
Cementing its place as the best London day fest for emerging artists and alternative music, Wide Awake 2023 deftly proves that the third time’s the charm.
JOJO ORME: ‘HEARTWORMS IS AN EXAGGERATED VERSION OF ME’
Back at the beginning of March, the VOCAL GIRLS team spent an afternoon at home with Heartworms’ Jojo Orme, ahead of the release of her hotly-anticipated debut EP, A Comforting Notion
ASHA LORENZ: ‘I FIND IT HARD TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE BECAUSE I GET TOO STUCK IN THE PAST’
Ahead of the release of their hotly anticipated sophomore album, our Digital Editor Daisy Carter talks to Sorry’s Asha Lorenz about growing up, opening up, and coping with change.
IN TRANSIT SHOWCASE: ARTIST Q&As
On Wednesday 28th September, fans and industry folk alike will celebrate Runway’s third In Transit showcase (in collaboration with Vocal Girls and The Rodeo) at Shoreditch’s Strongroom. Get to know the four artists performing - including Blossom Calderone, our own lineup addition.
GREEN MAN 2022 REVIEW: THE PERFECT MIX OF WHOLESOME AND HECTIC
VOCAL GIRLS headed to Green Man Festival - perhaps Wales’ worst kept musical secret - to discover just what makes this unique weekend so special.
DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2022 ROUNDUP
If you happened to find yourself in Nottingham city centre on Sunday 29th May, you will have been met with hoards of people broadly divided into two crowds…
PIXEY: “WHEN I DIE, I’LL AT LEAST FEEL LIKE I’VE DONE SOMETHING NOTEWORTHY”
Ahead of the VOCAL GIRLS Summer Party at Brixton’s iconic Windmill, we talk to our headliner Pixey about Scousers, stage fright, and the illness that changed her life.
MOLLY PAYTON: “MUSIC IS ALL I’VE EVER BEEN GOOD AT, AND IT’S ALL I WANT TO DO”
Ahead of VOCAL GIRLS’ 2nd birthday event next month, Daisy Carter sits down with our headliner Molly Payton to talk pandemic projects, life lessons, and the pressure to be a TikTok sensation.
SELF ESTEEM: “I FEEL EVERYTHING SO FUCKING HARD, ALL THE TIME.”
VOCAL GIRLS chats to rising pop sensation Rebecca Lucy Taylor about her powerhouse second album, being unashamedly emotional, and why Sheffield will always be “the coolest place in the world”.
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS: WHY IS THERE STILL SUCH A GENDER IMBALANCE ON FESTIVAL LINE-UPS?
Female artists are dominating music charts, record sales, and award nominations like never before, but they’re still vastly under-represented on festival line-ups.
BILLY CULLUM ON HIS NEW SINGLE, HIS ROLE IN IT’S A SIN AND EMBRACING HIS QUEERNESS
“The success of ‘It’s A Sin’ has proved there’s a hunger for visual queerness, and I think now more than ever it’s needed”
ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80S? THE IMPORTANCE, IMPACT, AND EMOTION OF AIDS DRAMA ‘IT’S A SIN’
Russel T. Davies’ critically acclaimed series ‘It’s A Sin’ poignantly pushes the light and shade of life in the 80s, bringing the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community firmly into the consciousness of the mainstream.