Ramli Sarip

Ramli Sarip Plays It Cool With New Album RASA

IT'S a tricky job straddling worlds. With one foot rooted in the world of rock music, Ramli Sarip has his other stepping into the Nusantara realm of Eastern mysticism, with...

The Piano Man

Improv Man. Jeremy Monteiro celebrates 40 years in the business with an improv piece for STORM and talks about music as well as Jeremy Monteiro, the brand. His love...

John Lee Drives Jazz Music To Dizzying Heights

THE much-travelled John Lee is always eager to explore new places and sounds. But while the flavours of a new country may entice him, he’s also curious about how...
John Klass

A View To A Skill – John Klass

THE REVIVAL of radio’s fortunes has enabled a lot of experienced hands to continue at the microphone. William Xavier, Mark van Cuylenberg (The Flying Dutchman), Susan Ng and Brian Richmond are...

3 Indie Music Styles To Enjoy

MUSIC fires up the creative juices and allows connections to forge across boundaries and barriers. We feature two tracks — Stand By Me by the international True Colors artistes...
Ramli Sarip and Sweet Charity

Ramli Sarip — Bittersweet Times

WHATEVER the public perception of a band, there will always be the behind-the-scenes issues that drive or dissolve a band. With Sweet Charity, there were always underlying tensions that made...
Haioka Aru

Aru Reflects The Mood Of Tokyo

STUCK in his apartment in Tokyo due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, composer and producer Shintaro Haioka resorted to making music. Longing for a return to normalcy, he tapped into...

Scorpions Still Sting

Scorpions, the German rock band, is as old as Singapore is independent. While Singapore has seen some personnel changes since 1965, so too has the band, except that its...
Elton John Farewell tour

Elton John And His Long Goodbye

IN WHAT must be one of the longest goodbyes, Elton John hits the road for three years to bid farewell to his fans. And you'll have to pay handsomely to...

When Will We Have Happy Music?

COVID-19 brought down the curtains on many livelihoods, but few as deafeningly obvious as the concert industry. For artists like Singapore's Ramli Sarip and Airrion Love of The Stylistics, everything...