Magazine Focus archive

The Magazine is the best place to discover more about the music on We7. In the Themed playlists, you'll find some great playlist ideas. In the Essentials, you will find regular interviews and features on some of the best music, new and old, from the site. In the Focus, we interview artists we want the world to know about!

Empire Of The Sun

January 2009
2008 was a great year for new music, with The Ting Tings, MGMT, Glasvegas and The Script (to name but a few) all breaking through, winning critical acclaim and fans by the bucket load. But who will be big in 2009? There is certainly no lack of new artists to choose from - 2009 is shaping up to be… More

The Prelude

December 2008
The world's favourite Irish folksters The Prelude follow their critically acclaimed album 'Moving To The Country - Never Coming Back' with the release of a new, download only single - 'No Sleep For The Rain'. which also features fan favourite '86 Blues'. The release also includes a live version of… More

Beardyman

December 2008
Beardyman (AKA Brighton born Darren Foreman) is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most innovative beat-boxers in the UK. A two time UK Beat-Box Champion, he also has a reputation as a prankster (he often impersonates university lecturers before breaking out into his routine). Having gath… More

Joy Walshe: Unsigned Artist Of The Year!

December 2008
What a year it has been for Joy Walshe – since we first featured her all those months ago this year she’s become the most downloaded unsigned artist on We7, with over 30,000 ad-supported downloads. That’s right, you heard correctly. She has beaten big name artists such as The Kinks, Uriah Heep and… More

Bob Holroyd

November 2008
Bob Holroyd is one the leading exponents of ambient/global/chill out in the UK today - his music ranges from intense walls of percussive drumming, to delicate atmospheric soundscapes. Bob's music also includes influences from his extensive travels in Africa...More

Emilia

November 2008
This week We7 presents to you Swedish pop singer Emilia, daughter of well-known Ethiopian singer, Teshome Mitiku. From her first encounter with classical music at the age of nine, to starting her own band and more recently releasing two solo albums, Emilia has certainly come...More

Ann West

November 2008
She has been a model, a TV and radio talk show host in Hawaii, a doctor of metaphysics, an author, and to top it all off she's now an incredible singer-songwriter. Baffled?! Well don't be! Glasgow-born multi-talented singer-songwriter Ann West has had an extraordinary career...More

E:scape

November 2008
E:scape are telling Soundstories developed from improvisation. Their music is arranged into various atmospheric soundscapes, which they describe as "playing the soundtrack to the movie in your head". They have worked constantly on their atmospheric instrumental soundscapes. Sorting through a wealt… More

Darker My Love

October 2008
Tim Presley (guitar/vocals), Rob Barbato (bass/vocals), Jared Everett (guitar), Andy Granelli (drums) and Will Canzoneri (keyboards) make up Darker My Love. On the night of their fourth gig in London (at The Barfly, in Camden), Darker My Love sat down to speak with We7 about how their run of gigs … More

Georgia Wonder

October 2008
Have you ever considered what the sound would be of The Carpenters driving Tom Petty to an R.E.M. gig but getting crushed under the wheels of Pink Floyd's tour bus while arguing over whether to listen to 'Love Shack' by the B52's or 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac?More