Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Moldova | Elena Javelea - "Soarta"

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Elena Javelea is from Chișinău, the capital city of Moldova. She took part of the Romanian version of The Voice in 2014, sadly not making it through the duels. Luckily for us, Elena took the experience as the one to launch her career with: by the end of last year she released "Soarta", a beautifully simple, sweet and captivating pop ballad.

United Kingdom | Clare Maguire - "Don't mess me around"

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Clare Maguire is a British singer and songwriter born in Solihull in 1987. Her powerful voice mingles perfectly into pop, soul and even some electronic pop, making her music very variated. Her latest single is the amazing "Don't mess me around": a very intense vocal performance greately accompained with soulful back vocalists which will stick into your brain!

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Austria | Conchita Wurst - "You are unstoppable"

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The Queen of Europe is on fire! Conchita Wurst's most recent release is "You are unstoppable", a clear wink to her words when she won the Eurovision Song Contest last May. The song itself is an uplifting pop ballad with a very powerful beat and beautiful lyrics.

Updated on April 25th, 2015, with the official video.

Norway | Vetle - "I let go"

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Vetle Jarandsen is a newcomer in the Norwegian music scene. Hailing from Oslo, he is launching his career with a magnific track: "I let go" is an eponymous pop-rock track with a great melody.

Spain | Marta Sánchez feat. Carlos Rivera - "21 días"

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Spanish singer Marta Sánchez keeps on moving us with fantastic music. For her latest release, the very Latin pop ballad "21 días", she features Mexican singer Carlos Rivera. A confluence of voices that can't be beaten!

United Kingdom | Jess Glynne - "Hold my hand"

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Jess Glynne is the voice behind Clean Bandit's infectious hit "Rather be", as well as in Route 94's "My love". For her latest single, she's going solo: "Hold my hand" is a fantastic pop with some electronic touches in the chorus.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Sweden | Ellen Benediktson - "Insomnia"

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We follow Melodifestivalen quite closely, and we were very excited when we saw that Swedish singer Ellen Benediktson came back to the competition with a mega uptempo song. After the soft "Songbird" last year, she presented us "Insomnia", a marking and upbeat pop. Sadly she couldn't repeat the feat of arriving to the final.

Germany | Andreas Kümmert - "Heart of stone"

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Andreas Kümmert has been in the eye of the storm during Unser Song für Österreich, the German National Final for Eurovision 2015. He was declared the winner with "Heart of stone" (we later knew he had won with 79% of the votes!), but then decided to withdraw his victory and pass it to Ann Sophie, the girl who had lost. Rumours about the reasons behind his withdrawal spread in every possible direction, yet there was no official confirmation of any. What we know is that the song is absolutely wonderful!

Finland | Opera Skaala - "Heart of light"

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Opera Skaala is an independent ensemble which is self-described as contemporary opera for contemporary people. The group entered UMK 2015, the Finnish National Final for Eurovision, with "Heart of light", a pop song that grows into a fabulous chorus and is accompanied with mind-blowing vocals. The song ended third.

Italy | Chiara Galiazzo - "Straordinario"

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Italian singer Chiara Galiazzo took part of this year's Festival di Sanremo, which also served as the Italian National Final for Eurovision. The song she submitted was "Straordinario", a soulful and intense ballad which ended up fifth.

Updated on June 5th, 2018, with the new stage name of the artist.