Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Hungary | Joci Pápai - "Kirakós"

RECENT

Hungarian star Joci Pápai is back, and he has a great new single on offer. With "Kirakós", he brings his ethereal alternative pop into game, and the result is delightful. It's a song to enjoy from first to last second.

North Macedonia | Simona Popovska - "Ostani"

BRAND NEW

This year's Makfest, one of the most traditional music festivals in the Balkans, was filled with excellent music. And Macedonian diva Simona Popovska had one of these amazing songs: "Ostani" is a pop banger with irresistible electronic elements. We love it!

Slovakia | King Shaolin - "Mountain"

RECENT

Once again, it's time to meet Slovak band King Shaolin, and another outstanding single of theirs. They return with "Mountain", a tropical kind of pop-rock that will make you groove along. We are totally into it!

Turkey | Mabel Matiz - "Sarmaşık"

RECENT

Mabel Matiz is the stage name of Fatih Karaca, Turkish singer and songwriter who was born in Erdemli in 1985. Mabel is reaching a lot of success with his new single "Sarmaşık". It's an emotional ballad filled with ethnic instruments. The result is lovely!

Monday, October 29, 2018

United Kingdom | PJ Harvey - "The wheel"

OLDIE

Numbers don't stop growing! Time goes on, and our history develops: with this text, Sounds European! is reaching its 8000th post. As it is our tradition, we celebrate it with posting a song with the achievement's number: this time, "The wheel", by British icon PJ Harvey, whose lyrics contain "8000 Sun-bleached photographs faded with the roses".

Croatia | Dora Vestić - "Odlazim"

BRAND NEW

Dora Vestić is a Croatian singer who was born in Osijek in 1995. She rose to prominence after taking part of the first season of The Voice of Croatia. Dora has just released a new single, entitled "Odlazim". It's impossible to listen to it and not get hooked by her beautiful voice!

Portugal | Pedro Vicente - "Volto a estar sozinho"

BRAND NEW

Pedro Vicente is a Portuguese singer and musician who was born in Lisbon. He has just released a new single, and we couldn't be more in love with it. "Volto a estar sozinho" is a delightful pop-rock song with a very captivating melody.

North Macedonia | Mina Blažev - "Vo drugi dushi"

BRAND NEW

Mina Blažev is a Macedonian singer who was born in Skopje in 2003. She rose to international prominence representing her country on the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Mina has just taken part of this year's Makfest, which presented several high-quality songs to the audience. Her "Vo drugi dushi" is clearly one of them: what an exciting song it is!

Denmark | Carpark North - "Raise your head"

RECENT

It's time to remeet Carpark North! The Danish band has recently released a new single. It took us a bit of time to listen to it, but we are fully addicted, now. Their synth rock blooms, and the glimpse at their live performance only enhances the power of the single.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Belgium | Lara Fabian - "Papillon"

BRAND NEW

Belgian star Lara Fabian has just released a new single. And it's a wonderful one! "Papillon" is an interesting downtempo pop with a contemporary touch that shows another side of Lara's repertoire.