Martin McAloon (Prefab Sprout) Live at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, UK, 24th October 2026
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- Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
For the last couple of years, the name of the British Pop sensation Prefab Sprout has returned suddenly on everyone's mind, thanks to the fact that Martin McAloon, the band's bass player, decided to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the British band's most celebrated album called Steve McQueen in 2025, by embarking a Live Tour called Steve McQueen - Slight Return, who saw McAloon performing a solo acoustic Tour around the whole of UK performing not only the Steve McQueen album in full, but also a great number of hits, released by the band between their 1984 debut album Swoon and the 2001 The Gunman And Other Stories album, the latter being the last record that saw McAloon's last appearance as a full-time Prefab Sprout band member.
The 2025 Tour proved to be a great success for the talented English bass player, so much so that he decided to extend the Tour throughout the whole of 2026 too.
The Gift - In Conversation With American Singer/Songwriter Sari Schorr
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- Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
One of the greatest gifts an artist can be provided with, it is resilience; that gut belief in yourself and in your talent, belief in what solace and motivations music give to said artist every day and to firmly believe that those liberating feelings can be projected to the fans through the power of music.
Someone that has never lacked in resilience and belief in her own, enormous talents, is the American Powerhouse singer-songwriter Sari Schorr, an artist that since the very beginning of her career, back in 2016 and through the debut album aptly called A Force Of Nature, enchanted the world thanks to inspired songwriting, an incredibly strong and soulful singing voice and Schorr's extraordinary ability to blend Blues, Rock and R&B with such inner ease, on and off the stage.
Brigitte Purdy - Mother Of The Crossroads
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- Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
One of the hardest goals to achieve, within the music industry, it is undoubtedly to be an independent artist.
To be independent means to have to write and record music on your own, to find the funds necessary to allow yourself with studio time to record the demos that said artist brings in, to find a producer available to work with the artist in question and, last but not least, a record label prepared to invest financially on the making of the record, with the artists often ending up self-releasing their records with either their own money or being financially supported by their fans, through crowdfunding campaigns.
