Carolyn Oakley interviews New Zealand Singer-Songwriter Dan Sharp.

Currently on a 6 month tour around Europe, we caught up with Dan in Leeds, UK in the Summer of 2023. Dan is in the process of releasing a new album of songs and we spoke to him about his approach to songwriting and the influences that have inspired his new music.

Dan has been releasing music for the past 6 years refining his sound and building his band and team around him. With multiple NZ tours under his belt, Dan has appeared at some of New Zealand’s biggest festivals, opened for the likes of Dave Dobbyn, and UB40. Following the release of two EPs and numerous singles in recent years, resulting in over a million streams on Spotify alone, Dan is gearing up towards the next stage of his career, with debut album Between The Brave, Bold and Given Up set to arrive in early 2024.

If you would like to hear more of Dan Sharp's music, latest singles or find out about Dan's up and coming live shows, you can find and follow Dan Sharp on these social media channels, Spotify, and Instagram. Links here:

• Dan Sharp Instagram
• Dan Sharp Website
• Dan Sharp Facebook
• Dan Sharp Spotify

This is the seventh episode of the of the LNPL podcast, and the start of Season 2. Please listen back to all the episodes and remember to subscribe to the Live Now Play Later Podcast as we will be bringing you more interviews, music news and more live shows from some of the best new music from the UK underground. We will be speaking directly to the music creators, artists, producers and new industry professionals that are currently standing out on the new music scene in the UK, who we hope you will love as much as we do and hopefully inspire more artists and writers to create and continue their journey.

I am an independent Singer-Songwriter and created LNPL to showcase and support new music from newly signed and independent artists - everything I do at LNPL is currently self funded, so if you enjoyed this podcast and you would like to support me or the Podcast, so I can continue to bring you more episodes, then you can Support the show here.

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Carolyn Oakley interviews UK Indie Artist Harry Lloyd who is the creative force behind Waiting For Smith. Original from London, Harry is currently living in Amsterdam when we spoke to him about his latest single, Tidal Wave, from his forthcoming EP titled - Trying Not To Try.

It's the start of November 2022 and Waiting for Smith is in the rounds promoting his latest single and rehearsing with a full band, for the EPs launch show, which will be taking place at The Waiting Room in London on the 24th November.

Harry is a multiple instrumentalist and songwriter and decided on a career in music following a skiing accident which left him injured with a broken back and in bed for a year. Harry saw this, not as an ending but an opportunity to change direction and take a career in music seriously.

Waiting for Smiths music and lyrics from his latest EP shows a depth of songwriting that very much reflects Harrys perspective of life. He writes for his own therapy and hopes his music helps others who may also go through hard times. He believes that even when you can't always see it, there is always reason for hope and a silver lining, we've just got to keep going sometimes to find it.

Waiting For Smith has landed radio play on over 190 stations around the world including receiving support from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Dermot O'Leary and Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 and Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music. His music has landed sync placements on Netflix and on TV in both Germany and Spain and received praise from the music industry press including British GQ, Rolling stone India, MTV Germany and Clash Magazine.

If you would like to hear more of Waiting for Smiths music, latest EP or find out about up and coming live shows, you can find and follow Waiting For Smith on these social media channels, YouTube, Spotify, Twitter and Instagram. Links here:

• Waiting for Smith Twitter
• Waiting for Smith Facebook
• Waiting for Smith Instagram
• Waiting for Smith Tik Tok

This is the sixth episode of the of the LNPL podcast. Please listen back to all the episodes and remember to subscribe to the Live Now Play Later Podcast as we will be bringing you more interviews, music news and more live shows from some of the best new music from the UK underground. We will be speaking directly to the music creators, artists, producers and new industry professionals that are currently standing out on the new music scene in the UK, who we hope you will love as much as we do and hopefully inspire more artists and writers to create and continue their journey.

I am an independent Singer-Songwriter and created LNPL to showcase and support new music from newly signed and independent artists - everything I do at LNPL is currently self funded, so if you enjoyed this podcast and you would like to support me or the Podcast, so I can continue to bring you more episodes, then you can Support the show here.

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Carolyn Oakley interviews UK Indie-Pop Artist Natalie Shay. Natalie is an independent Artist, Musician and Songwriter. Based in London, Natalie started music from a young age, learning classical music through school before embarking on a pop career early by creating and performing songs live . Influenced by female songwriters such as Taylor Swift and Kate Nash and indie bands like The Vaccines and Little Comets, Natalie has written and released a brand new EP - Titled Milk, which is made up of songs largely written during the 2020 lockdowns.

Natalie is currently in a release and promo cycle for her brand new EP, we managed to catch up with Natalie in between promotional appointments at the start of October 2022, to talk about her songwriting and musical journey so far that has led her to creating the new EP

Natalie is gathering a loyal fan base with a growing social media and live following, landing a number of large new music and indie pop editorial playlist placements through Spotify and Apple Music and seeing regular support from new music platforms including BBC Introducing, Billboard, Clash Magazine and Wonderland. Achieving these successes whilst still being fully independent.

If you would like to hear more of Natalies music, latest EP or find out about live performances, you can find and follow Natalie on her social media channels, YouTube, Spotify, Twitter and Instagram. Links here:

• Natalie Shay Website
• Natalie Shay Instagram
• Natalie Shay Music & Social Links

This is the fifth episode of the new series of the LNPL podcast. Please listen back to all the episodes and remember to subscribe to the Live Now Play Later Podcast as we will be bringing you more interviews, music news and hopefully soon, live shows from some of the best new music from the UK underground. We will be speaking directly to the music creators, artists, producers and new industry professionals that are currently standing out on the new music scene in the UK, who we hope you will love as much as we do and hopefully inspire more artists and writers to create and continue their journey.

I am an independent Singer-Songwriter and created LNPL to showcase and support new music and independent artists - everything I do at LNPL is currently self funded, so if you enjoyed this podcast and you would like to support me or the Podcast, so I can continue to bring you more episodes, then you can Support the show here.

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