Call Upon The Author

Sean Fisher hails from the industrial heartland of the UK – South Yorkshire, but has relocated to Portsmouth where he is a promising newcomer to the music scene. A singer/songwriter who draws inspiration from the natural world, Sean’s songs are also influenced by his background as an actor. Despite the fact he has only really started performing (as a singer at least) on Portsmouth stages in the last year, we’re mightily impressed with Sean’s work, so we thought we’d catch up for a chat!

The Boy I Used To Be, or Ed as he’s more commonly known, is one of the South Coast’s most exciting young songwriters. With a knack for blending everday teenage life and it’s many twists and turns into some of the loveliest music we’ve had the pleasure of listening to…

It may be Friday night in England, but the day’s only just getting going for AM when I give him a ring at home at ten in the morning LA time. I am reliably informed that he can see down town Los Angeles through his window… so what else is going on with this current Call Upon The Author favourite?

Brothers Henri and Anssi Vaxby write some of the loveliest music we’ve heard in a long time! We discovered this impressive pair through Henri’s other band (the rather lovely French For Cartridge, who we interviewed just a few days ago). Rather embarassingly, we didn’t realise at the time that they were brothers (their surnames were noticeably absent from press material). Nonetheless, Anssi took time out to answer a few questions for us.

Here at Call Upon The Author, we like music that’s a little different, so our ears pricked up when we heard French For Cartridge’s album. Ever since then, we’ve been waiting for a chance to find out a little more about this unique pair of art-poppers. We caught up with co-vocalist Catherine to find out more.

Youngsters May-Day may be fresh faced, but their Americana tinged acoustic rock sounds wise beyond their years. We saw them earlier this year and we were impressed, so we took the chance to catch up with guitarist Marty and ask a few questions. How did you all meet? I met Dan (vocals) at college, we liked each others [...]

Portsmouth based songwriter Leigh Mary Stokes writes easy going indie-pop that soothes like a good cup of tea and a slice of cake on a rainy day! Having just played Imperial College on a line-up including Beatbullyz and compere’d by Huw Williams, we thought now was a good time to catch up for a chat! [...]

21 year old Cal Owen writes songs about what he sees; sometimes they’re beautiful, sometimes they’re bonkers… but they’re always built around something real! He released his debut EP earlier this year and we took the opportunity to catch up and see how life is treating him.

The best music always sits on the edge of what we can easily recognise, without ever being easily pigeon-holed. It’s the mark of a true artist that you can’t make a direct comparison of their work with what has gone before, even if you can see some influences. Dirty Sky Jones (Sam to his mum) blends pop punk, country and acoustic pop, the glimmers of various influences are there but the results are unique. We’re big fans of Sam’s work, so we thought we’d catch up for a chat.

LooseTongue are a band who have long been associated with this site. In fact, the editor goes all misty eyed when they’re mentioned, talking about great gigs, mumbling about cocktail sausages and denying all knowledge of drunkenly joining them on stage. For those who haven’t seen the band, their pop nous and way with a melody make them a formidable live act! We caught up with their towering front man Ash to learn more…