Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Bosnia and Herzegovina | Boris Novković - "Još sam uvijek tvoj"

BRAND NEW

Despite being born in Sarajevo, Boris Novković developed his career mostly in Croatia. He even represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, together with Lado singing "Vukovi umiru sami", which ended 11th in the final. His latest single is a very cool pop-rock song: "Još sam uvijek tvoj" also features folkloric elements, composing a very traditional song.

Ukraine | Lampochka - "Bez paleva"

RECENT

From a town in Ukraine comes Lampochka, a very young and illuminated artist. Here comes her latest single, "Bez paleva", a very simple and charming ballad which shows all the potential of her beautiful voice.

Ireland | The Coronas - "Just like that"

BRAND NEW

The Coronas were shown in August with their single "All the others", and they are making their return to Sounds European! with yet another great single. "Just like that" is, simply put, a very effective rock song. It will chill your bones at the first listen!

Sweden | The Glass Child - "Yesterday"

BRAND NEW

The Glass Child is the artistic name for Charlotte Eriksson, an 18-year-old Swedish girl living in London. In a really short amount of time she launched her music career and a record label of her own. She is releasing her career worldwide, and by the sweetness of her latest single, "Yesterday", we can only think of great success for her!

Monday, November 17, 2014

The Charts Day #72 (part 2)

CHARTS

Time to travel to Bulgaria, where we'll see the extremely entertaining "Take shelter", by the British group Years & Years, leading the charts.

The Charts Day #72 (part 1)

CHARTS

We start this 72nd The Charts Day going to Austria, where a new song has taken the crown of #1 in their national charts: it's "Fade out lines", by The Avener, from France.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Finland | Stig - "Roy Orbison"

BRAND NEW

The electronic indie pop of Finnish singer Stig is very known to SE! readers – with this post, it's already the fourth time he is appearing on our site. And the reason is very clear: we love his work! His new single "Roy Orbison" is a great example of his cool (and unique) music style. Such a soothing and addictive track!

Montenegro | Sergej Ćetković - "Zar je kraj?"

BRAND NEW

Sergej Ćetković is one of the most important names of the Balkan music scene. Born in Podgorica in 1976, Sergej is also known for being the first artist ever to take Montenegro to the final of Eurovision Song Contest (earlier this year, with the beautiful "Moj svijet"). He has now released another touching song, the endearing "Zar je kraj?".

Sweden | Jari Sillanpää - "Sinä ansaitset kultaa"

BRAND NEW

It's not the first time Sounds European! talks about Jari Sillanpää, singer who was born in Sweden (in 1965, in Ludvika) but has his career developed in Finland. After "Tanssii kuin John Travolta", it's time to listen to "Sinä ansaitset kultaa", a very high-quality ballad pop song. It's a track which grows little by little, in the proper amount, until a great chorus.

Slovenia | Flora&Paris - "To je plan"

RECENT

Flora&Paris is a Slovene group which is named after Flora Ema Lotrič (who was fifth place on Misija Evrovizija, reality show created to select an artist for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest). They were already on Sounds European! in January, when the beautiful "Olje in voda" was our song of the week. Now, to celebrate the release of their debut album, "Jutranja rosa", we listen to their current single, the delightful "To je plan".