What are you listening to? 
Electropop/trip-hop singer and producer Noga Erez from Tel Aviv; British rock/metal duo Nova Twins; and West Virginian alt-country singer Sierra Ferrell.

Your all-time favourite albums?  
I wouldn’t be the musician I am today without Seth Lakeman’s Freedom Fields and Jim Moray’s Sweet England. That crossroads between folk, pop and electronica has always appealed to me. 

Musician you most admire? 
Chris Thile, a true genius. 

Favourite new artist?
Ruth Lyon. Her new EP, Direct Debit to Vogue, is gorgeously offbeat, with sophisticated chamber pop woven around her silky, soulful voice. 

Memorable musical encounter?  
Making music with The Trials of Cato for the first time. It felt like a turning point, a meeting of minds, the beginning of something life-changing and transformative.  

First album you ever bought?  
Muse’s Absolution.

Your hidden talent?  
I play Moog synth with my feet. It’s hidden – audiences just think I’m tapping my foot in a super specific pattern. I can use it to play basslines during live sets.

If you weren’t a musician, what would you be?  
I’ve always been fascinated by the natural world and the sea, so maybe a marine biologist. But that particular glass-bottomed ship may have already sailed…

Read the review of The Trials of Cato’s Gog Magog

This interview originally appeared in the January/February 2023 issue of Songlines. Never miss an issue – subscribe today