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An Exclusive AMFM Magazine Interview with Paul Salfen When Hildur Guðnadóttir’s name appears in a film’s credits, audiences brace themselves for something extraordinary. The Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy-winning Icelandic composer (Chernobyl, Joker, Tár) has once again delivered a score that feels inseparable from the screen with Nia DaCosta’s bold 2025 reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine Following an electrifying summer packed with debut performances at major U.S. PRIDE events, a landmark slot at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and a high-energy set at Ushuaïa in Ibiza, GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter HAYLA is gearing up for her highly anticipated return to North America. The electronic music powerhouse has just

By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine – November 5, 2025 Best known as one half of Erasure—one of the UK’s most beloved award-winning songwriting partnerships—Andy Bell has a successful and varied parallel solo career with releases that include three solo albums under his own name, and a further two as offshoots of his one-man theatre

By Paul Salfen The late afternoon sun spills over the emerald hills of upstate New York, painting Matisyahu’s home in a warm, amber glow. Outside, the GRAMMY-nominated artist talks introspectively about his new release, Ancient Child. Tomorrow, October 3, 2025, his eighth studio album, Ancient Child, will burst into the world—a 12-track tapestry of reggae’s

Interview by Paul Salfen Kula Shaker, Photo by Ami Jay Kula Shaker has always existed in an alternate reality, a luminous anomaly in the midst of Britpop’s lad-culture swagger. Emerging in the mid-’90s with Sanskrit-laced lyrics, sitar-drenched feedback, and a mystical counter-narrative, they fused British psychedelia with Eastern mysticism in a way that felt less

Take a dash of gospel, stir in a serving of soul, and pour it into a heaping helping of Pop and R&B. The result? Gabby Samone—a vocal powerhouse whose electrifying performances and infectious authenticity are sending chills through the music industry. At just 23, this Baltimore native is living her dream, transforming from a church

Interview by Paul Salfen In the sweltering heat of a Phoenix stage clocking in at 109 degrees, Lawrence Gowan—keyboardist, vocalist, and perpetual motion machine for the legendary rock outfit Styx—sweats it out with the kind of grin that says he's exactly where he belongs. It's been over 50 years since Styx first emerged from the

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Interview by Paul Salfen Mike Mushok, the riff-slinging lead guitarist of Staind, is amped. It’s been a minute since we last caught up, and now he’s gearing up to bring the Massachusetts quartet’s hard-hitting sound to Oklahoma’s Choctaw Casino on Friday, September 5th at 8 PM. Speaking with AMFM Magazine, Mushok was all smiles, reflecting

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine Amidst sweltering heat advisories and casual chit-chat about Florida humidity and Texas asphalt waves, my conversation with rising urban country artist J. Michael Phillips and hip-hop heavyweight Yelawolf quickly dove into the raw, resilient heart of their collaborative album Whiskey & Roses. Released on July 11th via Yelawolf’s independent label