Interview

Read on for Part 2 of Impact‘s interview with singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich… How did you start making music? My dad played the Beatles Nina Simone around the house when I was three years old. At that age you don’t know what it is you like about it. You...

Impact recently caught up with critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich ahead of his anticipated show at Rescue Rooms as part of his UK Autumn Tour. You’ve played in Nottingham before? Yeah I like Nottingham a lot. It’s lively. If you imagine as a songwriter you’re inspired by feeling places...

As students, most of us are on a tight budget when it comes to food (alcohol is a different story, but let’s ignore that). Despite this, we are a generation who appear to be caring more and more about the quality of our food and where it comes from,...

Ady Suleiman talks about his upcoming album, his thoughts on ghostwriting and his heritage. In a previous interview, you said you like your music to be yours and you’re not too keen on features apart from when ‘What’s The Score’ happened with Joey Bada$$. Are there any features on...

Dundee rockers Sahara sport a mean, lively indie rock sound. Their melodic guitars and an energetic rhythm section combine brilliantly with a timid and raw voice that isn’t a stone’s throw away from that of Tame Impala’s protagonist, Kevin Parker. We briefly caught up with the band at Y Not...

 Impact Arts spoke to William Thacker, author of Lingua Franca, on his experiences of writing his book and also some of the key themes of the piece. Can you tell us what the book is about? Lingua Franca is a satirical novel about a naming rights agency that rebrands...

After a weekend of being beaten down by the weather, Monster Truck were tasked with reinvigorating Download Festival 2016, opening the main stage on the festival’s final day. The band completed the task with great success, using their Canadian Classic Rock to wake up the wet, hungover, and very,...