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TUNED IN TO TURNING 20
"20 years ago, Nirvana and I joked about how old we would be during Teatru Unplugged 20". So reads the introduction in this year's...
Michael Bugeja
Feb 11, 20184 min read
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ROCKNA INTERVIEW: THE BUSKER
Ahead of the launch gig of their debut album Telegram, Michael Bugeja interviewed The Busker during the November 18, 2016 edition of...
Michael Bugeja
Nov 30, 20161 min read
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THE BUSKER TO LAUNCH DEBUT ALBUM
Telegram is the title of the debut album from The Busker. Scheduled for release on Friday, December 2, 2016, the 15-track album features...
Michael Bugeja
Nov 22, 20162 min read
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ETNIKA BACK WITH NEW SINGLE
It had been a while since Etnika's last release - about eight years or so, in fact - but, further to a string of local and foreign gigs...
Michael Bugeja
Oct 20, 20161 min read
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CUSHION: THE COMFORT OF INDIAN FUSION
To anyone who remembers the local music scene in the 1980s, Toni Curmi will forever be the long-haired lad who delivered the heavy...
Michael Bugeja
May 29, 20165 min read
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L-GĦANJA TAL-POPLU 2016 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The finalists of this year's L-Għanja tal-Poplu – Festival tal-Kanzunetta Maltija have been announced. The judging panel this year was...
Michael Bugeja
May 8, 20161 min read
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THE NEW VICTORIANS: BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE
With core members Bettina and Philippa now living thousands of miles apart, it was perhaps to be expected that The New Victorians would...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 13, 20162 min read
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ROCKNA INTERVIEW: STALKO
Four years on (give or take a month or three) from the release of their much-lauded debut album Grandiloquence, Stalko are back with...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 3, 20161 min read
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STALKO'S NEW ALBUM: IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Ten new tracks, intimate, minimal to quite some extent and openly reflecting quite a different approach to that which fuelled...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 2, 20163 min read
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HEARTFELT FOLK FROM DOWN UNDER
Old Soul’s Eyes is the name of an album released digitally towards the end of 2014 by Walrus & The Carpenter, the Australian band formed...
Michael Bugeja
Jan 17, 20164 min read
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MIKE BUGEJA'S 2015 END-OF-YEAR ROUND-UP
It's been a busy year for Maltese music, busier than 2014 if we have to go by the number of releases as a whole. There were certainly...
Michael Bugeja
Jan 1, 20165 min read
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TONI SANT'S TOP LOCAL PICKS FOR 2015
Toni Sant needs no introduction really; an academic, a radio, TV, online and overall media personality, and also the artistic director at...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 29, 20152 min read
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INTERVISTA: CHRISTABELLE CURMI
Twieldet l-Awstralja u bdiet tkanta ta’ eta’ zgħira, talent li kompliet issawwar hi u tikber, filwaqt li wkoll daħlet fid-dinja...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 7, 20153 min read
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NEW SONG FROM TROFFAHAMRA
There’s a particularly alluring quality to the songs that Ruth Abela has been writing under the guise of TroffaHamra. They’re brittle,...
Michael Bugeja
Oct 24, 20151 min read
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INTERVIEW WITH BRIKKUNI ON ROCKNA
With rehearsals now in full swing and the band fully focused on its upcoming live performances at Teatru Manoel in Valletta later this...
Michael Bugeja
Oct 22, 20151 min read
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FROM THE BRIKKUNI SCRAPBOOK (PART 1)
It's been a while since Malta's notorious Brikkuni have performed live. In fact it's been a while since we've heard anything from the...
Michael Bugeja
Sep 28, 20153 min read
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THE SOUNDS OF NEIL HALSTEAD
I first heard of Neil Halstead back in the 1990s when he was in Slowdive, at the time when 'shoegazing' was the new fad. Inevitably...
Michael Bugeja
Sep 26, 20152 min read
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10 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT ETNIKA
* Etnika started off as a research project in 1999. * Frans Baldacchino 'Il-Budaj' wrote some of the lyrics for Etnika. * The band has...
Michael Bugeja
Aug 11, 20153 min read
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HERE COMES THE SUN!
'They came, they saw, they conquered' is probably the best way to sum up last year's Malta visit by Australian band Caravana Sun. Their...
Michael Bugeja
Jul 27, 20155 min read
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A MUSICAL RIDDLE
More popularly known as an accomplished and respected composer as well as a talented and passionate musician, on the side Dominic Galea...
Michael Bugeja
Jul 20, 20155 min read
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