The Hitlist

The musical world is full of steep mountains to climb: some people manage to reach the top, others turn back, and some perish along the way… just like climbing literal mountains. How many musicians quit when the going gets tough?

For many people, thoughts of being a performer generally goes one of two ways. Either people absolutely have a passion for it, or they positively dread the idea of standing before a crowd. When it came to Penny Ford, she knew at a very young age that she was destined to be a singer. The urge, passion and desire to be a singer was so intense that she remembers thinking,...

Deep inside the Iron Curtain was a world onto itself, separate from the influences of the west. Russia was a bleak grey as if the country had no coloured paint while the housing district could only be described as slums. Deprived of the vast array of colours the world has to offer, the rows upon rows of darkened, musky grey buildings and homes inside the Iron Curtain would leave the...

Meet somebody who’s been out of the spotlight for a while that’s coming back in full force. His name is Aldo Nova and he’s known for his song writing, his virtuoso guitar playing, and all-around ability to produce an album all by himself, playing all the instruments, engineering and mixing it to boot. Turns out waiting thirty years to come out of a self-imposed hiatus has paid off for Aldo....