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‘Existing in the grey area where not a lot is certain’: An interview with Edd Simpson from Once Upon A Dead Man

April 12, 2016

Features, Interviews

The Edge caught up with Edd Simpson from Once Upon A Dead Man to discuss their debut EP, ‘Concepts and Phenomena’.

‘With animation the scene can take a life of its own’: An interview with directors of the Oscar nominated Anomalisa

March 29, 2016

Interviews

Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson are the directors of 2015’s Anomalisa; based on a play of the same name, it is a masterfully created stop motion picture in which a lonely help author Michael (voiced by actor David Thewlis) sees everyone the same until he meets a certain special woman, Lisa (voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh),…

The Edge Sessions: The Hoosiers

March 24, 2016

Live

The Hoosiers came in to perform a short, two-track acoustic set for The Edge before sitting down with Live Editor Will to have a chat.

“If you can identify with characters on screen there is a kind of solace in the fact that it’s not just you”: An interview with Rayna Campbell

March 22, 2016

Features, Interviews

Director Rayna Campbell’s latest venture, Lapse of Honour, sees her take a step backwards to behind the camera where she tells the tale of a modern-day, urban romance between teenagers caught up in a whirlpool of drugs, abuse and teenage pregnancy in Manchester’s Moss Side. Selected for several film festivals, it features faces familiar to…

“I’m more of a spaghetti hoops man”: An interview with Beans On Toast

February 3, 2016

Features, Interviews

The Edge caught up the a cornerstone of English folk, in the now infamous Joiners backstage.

“If you put kale in smoothies you’ll never die”: An interview with Ashestoangels’ Crilly

January 30, 2016

Features, Interviews

An exclusive excerpt from the upcoming Big Bad Book of Backstage Dicks.

“I’m writing a song about angry fruit flies”: An interview with Helen Arney from Festival of the Spoken Nerd

November 13, 2015

Features, Interviews

Helen Arney chats to The Edge on fax machines and life on the road ahead of Festival of the Spoken Nerd’s sold-out Southampton debut show

“It’s pretty crazy to think that this is our job now”: The Edge meets Blonde

October 19, 2015

Features, Interviews

The Edge talk to Jake of the house-garage duo, following their debut North American tour.

“To be honest as long as there is a challenge in the role, I am drawn to it”: An interview with Valmike Rampersad

October 10, 2015

Features, Interviews

Valmike Rampersad took lead roles in two films which opened in international film festivals last month. We caught up with him to talk about his first ‘baddie’ role, where home is, and diversity on television.

“Yeah, that hippy stuff, that’s kinda what we do”: An interview with Dan from Skindred

October 8, 2015

Features, Interviews

Oli Polhill took some time out to chat with Dan from Skindred about their upcoming tour, their new album and the creative juices that flow through the self-styled ragga metal band.

“We love playing with opposite worlds”: An interview with Kate Boy

October 1, 2015

Features, Interviews

Deputy Editor Lewis talks to up-and-coming electro-pop band, Kate Boy.

“It’s passed the best friends point, that almost sounds silly to say now but it’s way more of a family”: An interview with Erik Chandler of Bowling For Soup

July 13, 2015

Features, Interviews

The Edge’s Live Editor Will Hodgetts had a chat with Bowling For Soup bassist Erik Chandler on Skype to find out why the band have come back for another round.