By Natasha Barbieri You began singing at the tender age of 5. Do you think it’s important for younger singers to be encouraged early on? I definitely feel that it’s so important to allow young creatives to feel supported and inspired to create and do more of what they love, just as I was. So…

By Natasha Barbieri Natalie Orlie is an experimental classical crossover singer from Ukraine. She is currently at work on an album entitled ‘Song of Wind.’ The project will see Natalie writing new lyrics and arrangements to popular arias and will also feature her compositions. Her ability to change from a more trained classical sound to…

By Joanne McGahon How it All Began As a girl, I started singing in my school choir and we were lucky enough to sing on the BBC and at St. Albans Cathedral. I loved being in a choir during my school days and after leaving school I initially performed in musical theatre shows such as…

Music Changed Me Completely By Jennie Watters Howard stared at his father writhing around in pain on the floor. His parents had been arguing when Homer Keel, a forty-five-year-old alcoholic, shouted, “I’m going to kill myself” and downed a bottle of carbolic acid front of his family. Coal-miner by trade, Homer may have acquired it through his…

By Natasha Barbieri Nicknamed the ‘Nightingale,’ Christina Johnson has been singing her whole life. From the age of nine on she began to take lessons. “I loved every minute of singing, it was my favorite part of the day and week at school apart from acting and painting.” As she has matured Christina has gained a reputation…