Laura Meets Musicians

Amistat (Photo by Glynn Parkinson) Amistat is an indie folk due composed by twin brothers Josef and Jan Prasil . They were born in Germany and raised in Italy. With influences originating from Czech Republic and Australia, Amistat emerged in 2014. Their 2023 "colour in life" EP gained significant traction amassing north of 5.3 million Spotify streams and counting. At the same time, the musicians have multiple continents on tour and shined on festival stages. During 2023, Josef and Jan recorded what would become "a moment in the sun" in Cologne, Germany, where in the studio, they made a conscious decision to expand their sound. The result is something which is certain to turn heads, and they definitely turned mine! I  was already amazed by the music and harmonies they shared on Instagram, and I'm incredibly happy and honoured to finally feature them on my blog. Amistat inhale inspiration from life experience and exhale deftly crafted alternative folk anchored b...

Karen Harding On 8th March 2024, Melbourne based singer/songwriter Karen Harding unveiled her brand-new single, "Judge You" , the second single release from her upcoming album, "Behind The Mask". This emotionally powerful ballad explores our inner workings - specifically how self-judgment affects us as individuals, while at the same time revealing our protective mechanisms at play behind such internal dialogues. Karen Harding is a folk/pop singer-songwriter with a passion for sharing a relatable expression of human emotion and inner experience within her music. For Karen, music is not only an outlet for expression of her feelings and emotions drawn from a lifetime of experiences, music is a soul conversation, that allows the masks that we hide behind to fall away for a moment of sharing, a moment of mutual understanding, in a language that does not discriminate in any form. Through her path of introspection during counselling sessions, "Judge You" grew to...