Schoolcraft Interview
January 21, 2013 (via Skype)

Winter is when my taste takes a decided turn towards music with a melancholy flavor, but still with enough warmth and hope to prevent me from diving head-first into the nearest snow bank … music that is like wrapping yourself in a thick blanket, while watching the snow fall on a hushed world. Canadian singer-songwriter, Schoolcraft, treads that fine line between hope and despair with her debut EP, Rushing Through The Sky. Mmmmmmm, just what the season calls for!

Sonic Cathedral’s Robin Stryker sat down for a long chat with Schoolcraft to talk about Rushing Through The Sky, totem animals, her frantic preparations to nail the keyboards and vocals for the upcoming Cradle of Filth tour, and much more! Dive in to get the whole story on Schoolcraft.

Interview performed in person / Greece 2013

*Anneke* confirmed for MFVF XI in October 2013 

It’s not a secret anymore: Anneke van Giersbergen is in the studio now! Anneke has released three studio albums and one live album since leaving The Gathering. That’s not bad at all for a solo artist. But, there was more to come: guest appearances with Within Temptation, Ayreon, Moonspell, Anathema, and Devin Townsend. She even collaborated with bands such as Napalm Death and November’s Doom. Also, she wrote and performed a children’s play and participated in a ceremony for the Dalai Lama. Recently she was nominated for two Edison Music Awards (Best Album, and Best Female Artist) in Holland. Next, she is going to tour in the United States for the first time as a solo artist, and she will be the main support act in Pain of Salvation’s upcoming European acoustic tour. Anneke seems to be a restless spirit – and it seems she really enjoys that!