News Doco Alert: Noah Kahan’s ‘Stick Season’ Journey—From Vermont Roots to Global Stardom by Laura Gordon From small-town dreams to sold-out stadiums—witness the highs, heartbreaks, and healing behind Noah Kahan’s meteoric rise. Noah Kahan’s journey from a Vermont folk-pop singer-songwriter to a Grammy-nominated chart-topper is getting…
News Cat Stevens Unveils Soul-Baring Memoir ‘Cat on the Road to Find Out’ – A Musical and Spiritual Odyssey by Laura Gordon A legend’s journey through fame, faith, and reinvention Music icon Yusuf/Cat Stevens has unveiled details of his deeply personal memoir, Cat on the Road to Find Out, set for release in…
Music News Interview: Julia Belle on OCD, Escapism & the Raw Catharsis of Her Debut EP ‘Dreamland’ by Laura Gordon The Pōneke artist gets devastatingly honest about mental health, creative survival & her stunning new EP Julia Belle unveils her deeply evocative debut EP Dreamland today—an intimate journey through mental turmoil, escapism,…
Music Interview: Vena Klymo Pushes Musical Boundaries and Gets Deep by Laura Gordon Vena Klymo chats with Happy Mag about her unique genre fusions and catharsis in music making The first line of Vena Klymo’s latest single, Invisible, “Don’t wanna waste away in…
Music News Vena Klymo Breaks Boundaries with Genre-Fusing Single ‘Invisible’ by Cooper Marix-Evans The genre-fluid singer/songwriter has an infectious new single ‘Invisible’ out now, and its a new folk-pop anthem In a musical landscape often defined by rigid categories, Australian artist Vena Klymo…
Music Explore within in Cana Nongkhlaw’s new single ‘Here and Now’ by Cooper Marix-Evans The Shillong-born and-raised artist implores us to delve deep within our own minds in her introspective new single ‘Here And Now’ Cana Nongkhlaw may be a relative newcomer to the…
Music Interview: Sabreen talks ‘Countryman’ and cinematic folk-pop by Georgina Everdell Bengali-NZ singer songwriter Sabreen has just released her latest single ‘Countryman’, and chats with Happy about its meaning and the process Sabreen’s signature storytelling and beautiful vocals were last seen…
Music News From the Notes App to the Studio; Dean Luke Breaks Down New Single ‘What Do I Know?’ by Annalise Lordess Naarm based indie musician, Dean Luke, delves deep into the lyricism behind his first solo release, ‘What Do I Know?’. Pain and existential despair, getting older but feeling younger than…
Music Dean Luke gets existential on jangly pop single ‘What Do I Know?’ by Tom Disalvo Melbourne indie-folk artist Dean Luke name-checks Freud on ‘What Do I Know?’ an upbeat and existential new single. Dean Luke has released ‘What Do I Know?’, an existential new single…
Music Josh Vanzetti looks to an uncertain future on new single ‘All Over Me’ by Tom Disalvo “All Over Me is a song about looking into the past,” Canberra musician Josh Vanzetti said of his blissful new single. Josh Vanzetti has mulled over life’s changes on his…
Music Mezz Coleman shares long-awaited sophomore album ‘I Never Said A Word’ by Tom Disalvo Mezz Coleman unearths the “nooks and crannies of [her] psyche” on new album I Never Said A Word. Mezz Coleman has released her sophomore album I Never Said A Word,…
Music Listen to Juice Webster’s sprawling debut album ‘JULIA’ by Tom Disalvo Melbourne musician Juice Webster chronicles loss, change and anxiety on folk-pop debut JULIA. Juice Webster has today (September 15) released her long-awaited debut album, JULIA. The 10-track project features the…
Music Mia Lydia overcomes imposter syndrome on debut EP ‘Know’ by Happy Mia Lydia has released her debut EP Know, a five-track collection spanning folk to jazz and detailing a journey of personal growth. Throughout each entry, Lydia explores themes of imposter…
