Junior Star Singer Songwriter magazine
The online magazine for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter competition
Our JSS star, Isolde, aka Emily Taylor Smith, will be modelling jewellery from exclusive brand, GEM&TONIC, in her next video. In this article, we talk to Barbara Laws, the founder of GEM&TONIC about her business and how she has forged herself a career in designing and making jewellery for some very high profile customers.
Multi-talented Michael Carberry who played cricket for England for over 10 years, has started a new career swapping his wooden bat for a wooden pencil… and is just as good! Amanda Neale had the opportunity to catch up with the star as they talk about DJ-ing, music and what inspired Michael to try his hand on the decks (listen below). They also caught up on all things cricket and the differences between the sport and arts worlds and discussed how Michael discovered his incredible talent for sketching. Click on the YouTube link below to hear the full interview!
Continue reading “Michael Carberry, cricket sensation to artist extraordinaire…”
Interview by Rachael Summers,
JSS Artist, Reporter and Co-Presenter
I had the opportunity to have a catch up with an old friend of Junior Star Singer, Ms Linzy Attenborough! A Writer, Director and Producer, she gives us a peak into the world of TV and Film, as well as a bit of background on her history with Amanda Neale and JSS!
This week I managed to catch up with one of the newest members of the JSS family and his name is Charlie Gauntlett! We had a good chat about music, dreams and New York!
Alongside the 2018 Junior Star Singer/Songwriter national competition, we travelled a little further to reach talented young people aged 10-16 for Junior Star Singer/Songwriter Europe! This special edition was met with some incredible entries, but there could only be one winner and that lucky person was Marcus Bagley-Hodkin from the UK! I caught up with Marcus for a chat about how he felt to be named European winner and what his plans are for the future.
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As the 2019 series of Junior Star Singer has kicked off for another year of touring the country searching for more young people with hidden talents, I caught up with the winner of the 2018 solo category, Phoebe Maddison, to find out how she felt following her win.
Continue reading “Interview with Phoebe, our 2018 solo vocalist competition winner”
2019’s Brit Awards was a huge highlight in February’s musical calendar. On 20 February, thousands tuned in to see who would scoop one of these prestigious awards, and enjoy the incredible talent that donned the stage for the occasion, hosted by British comedian Jack Whitehall.
Continue reading “Celebrating great music at the Brit Awards 2019”
So, after a manic but fun search around the towns and cities of the UK, we finally found our Junior Star Singer Songwriter competition winner for 2018! After spending the day with us at the JSS final in London in December, Phoebe Maddison was announced best singer and overall winner of the competition.
Just like 2017 best group winners, Billy and Louie Hughes, Phoebe came to our attention after her performance in the regional heats on Swindon FM.
Continue reading “Meet our JSS 2018 competition winner, Phoebe Maddison!”
Following on from our success in the Junior Star Singer competition in 2017, we came down to the studios in London, on the day of the final, to perform the demo of the song we co- wrote for the contestants. It must have been hard for the contestants because we only sang it once. Although they had the opportunity to record the demo on their phones, it still must have been a challenging task practising in the same space as all the others who were also busy trying out the song as well!
Continue reading “The Junior Star Singer Songwriter final – the day where everyone was a winner”
