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Voyager’s Daniel Estrin rehearses “Promise” for the 2023 Eurovision Music Contest.

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Voyager’s Daniel Estrin rehearses “Promise” for the 2023 Eurovision Music Contest.

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A couple of years again, an e mail in my inbox despatched to not fairly the correct tackle led me to a gorgeous and weird discovery: there’s a steel rocker in Australia who shares my title and has a half-shaven, half-Rapunzel head of hair.

We met 5 years later when he was visiting his sister in Jerusalem. One other 5 years after that, he was again in Tel Aviv when town was internet hosting the Eurovision Music Contest, and we watched the finals collectively, cheering on Australia’s contestant.

Daniel Estrin, lead singer of the Australian pop steel band Voyager.

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Daniel Estrin, lead singer of the Australian pop steel band Voyager.

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Who knew then that Daniel Estrin, immigration lawyer and rock star, could be on a meteoric rise to Eurovision fame? This week, his pop steel band Voyager is representing Australia on the Eurovision stage. For the primary time, followers all over the world can vote for his or her favourite music.

This referred to as for a historic Daniel Estrin summit on NPR’s Morning Version, that includes a shock visitor: Daniel Estrin, the lead guitarist of the Grammy-nominated band Hoobastank, finest identified for its ballad The Purpose, which is now making a comeback on the Netflix collection Beef.

Daniel Estrin is lead guitarist of the Grammy-nominated band Hoobastank.

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Daniel Estrin is lead guitarist of the Grammy-nominated band Hoobastank.

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We Daniels Estrin (that being the correct plural kind) spoke collectively for the very first time, and Hoobastank’s Dan Estrin shared his musical recommendation — and inhibitions — with Voyager’s Danny Estrin forward of his Eurovision debut. And we provided up our vocal skills singing the opening lyrics of Voyager’s Eurovision entry, Promise.

This interview has been frivolously edited for size and readability.

Interview highlights

On the music that Voyager will carry out at Eurovision

Danny Estrin (Voyager): It is referred to as “Promise.” And the music, lyrically, is admittedly all concerning the chaos that we see on this planet right this moment, and it is getting an increasing number of and extra chaotic. And that generally, you simply bought to seek out somebody or one thing to inform you, hey, you recognize what? It should be all proper.

On uniting three Daniels Estrin

Danny Estrin (Voyager): Properly, it has been a dream to unite all of the Daniels Estrin. So sure, I do, in fact. I imply, he is very well-known. And I hope that someday these three powers can mix, God is aware of what we are able to obtain.

Dan Estrin (Hoobastank): Hey, Daniel Estrins.

Danny Estrin (Voyager): That is phenomenal.

Daniel Estrin (NPR): Do both of you guys get mistaken for one another or mistaken for me?

Danny Estrin (Voyager): Yeah. I imply we get NPR in Australia and so the variety of instances folks go, ‘oh, I did not understand you had been doing, like, radio as nicely, that is actually cool. And, proper, your accent has modified a bit although,’ so I get that lots. It is nice.

Dan Estrin (Hoobastank): I’ve been tagged on, I would say, Instagram, I have been tagged in images of you a lot, many, many instances — even like inside the final week or two — from Voyager. Like there’s been all of the followers of yours which have posted of their tales a photograph of you from, identical to, not too long ago, you recognize, final week. After which there’s me tagged in it and I simply get a kick out of it.

On recommendation for Daniel Estrin of Voyager as he performs at Eurovision

Dan Estrin (Hoobastank): I believe that from what I’ve heard musically, it is actually catchy. It is a sick music. I have been listening to it lots … My solely recommendation is simply proceed. Proceed to do what you like, proceed to write down music. And it sounds bitching. That music is admittedly cool. When the band kicks in, like, the hair on my arms goes up a bit. I do not know man, I am digging it.

NPR Worldwide Correspondent Daniel Estrin.

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NPR Worldwide Correspondent Daniel Estrin.

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On what its meant to talk to 2 different guys named Daniel Estrin

Danny Estrin (Voyager): To me, it is immense how wondrous connections are between people and the way extremely intently and inextricably linked all of us truly are … and, to pardon the motto of Eurovision this yr, which is United By Music, that is actually what we’re. I do know, once more, it isn’t very not very steel to be all optimistic and lovey-dovey, however that is the message to me. And it is meant lots that this has occurred right this moment. It is simply weird and superior.

Dan Estrin (Hoobastank): I’d have had simply assumed that Danny and the Voyager camp in all probability had been identical to, “uch, Hoobastank.” That is simply form of the place my head goes lots, you recognize, like somebody’s clowning us or somebody thinks we’re idiots or we suck … we’re well-known for this ballad-y music. That is form of how I felt initially. However then after I was reached out by Daniel, I used to be like, it is in all probability not like that. He is in all probability tremendous dope and funky and, you recognize, let’s do that.

Danny Estrin (Voyager): I am form of unhappy that you just thought this was a spoof. I like your work. I believe it is superb. It is likely one of the hardest issues on this planet to write down a music that makes it so massive after which it is within the zeitgeist of actually each single individual. So kudos to you. Maintain doing what you are doing.

Chad Campbell produced the audio model of this interview.