Browsing Tag soul
Nona – It’s Alright
Nona (born Nona van der Wansem) is a talented young singer, hailing from a small town in the south of the Netherlands. Her powerful voice is made for a repertoire of rootsy genres like blues, jazz and soul, placing her somewhere between Amy Winehouse and fellow-Dutchy Kovacs. At the same time, however, she loves hip hop and pop, citing DJ Premier as an influence.
Soon, she’ll release her debut album, that she recorded in the United States. The first single is out now, and indeed: It’s Alright!
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 29)
A diverse set of music acts, ranging from Suede and The Hunna, via Galantis and Sigrid to Sofi Tukker and Confidence Man, was added to my 2018 gross list Carte Blanche Music last week. That playlist is updated constantly and contains the best music that the year 2018 produced so far. It’s impossible for me to review all of those tracks here, so please follow that list for a bigger picture of great new music. All killers, no fillers.
Every Monday I present you with a more condensed overview. Werner’s Weekly features only the best of the best, and is your compass to the music that matters. You can listen to them all via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and get more information by clicking the links below. Enjoy!
- Satellite Stories – Carried Away (Wildcard this week)
- Carlos Jean feat. Teyou & Annya – Yucatán (Wildcard last week)
- DRMS & L’Isle – La Vague
- Johnny Marr – Day In Day Out
- Laurence Jones – Don’t You Let Me Go
- teddy<3 – I Was In A Cult
- TenTemPiés – Only You
- The Bamboos – Night Time People
- Vanille – Glace Vanille
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
The Bamboos – Night Time People
The Bamboos are an Australian funk and soul band that was formed in Melbourne right at the start of this century. Last autumn, the 9-piece scored a Carte Blanche Music Wildcard with their cover of The Easybeats’ I’ll Make You Happy, but this year, they’re back with some originals.
Night Time People, The Bamboos’ eighth studio album, is their first long player in three years’ time. It was preceded by the singles Lit Up and Broken (which came in three versions, with three different MCs). Third in line is the album’s title track, that allows singer Kylie Auldist to shine.
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 28)
It was another great week for new music, as the addition of tracks by Christine & The Queens, James, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Smoove & Turrell, Sunset Sons, Underworld feat. Iggy Pop, The Wombats feat. Dagny, Yungblud, and others to my container playlist Carte Blanche Music proves. As always, that’s where I keep you up to speed with the latest and greatest new releases on a constant basis. So, if you like a daily dose of only the best fresh new tracks, please follow.
If you’d rather have an even more trimmed down selection, Werner’s Weekly is your compass to the music that matters. It features the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, plus last week’s must-hear songs, presented in alphabetical order. Click the links below to reveal more information and check all six of them via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar…
- Carlos Jean feat. Teyou & Annya – Yucatán (Wildcard this week)
- Jara – Something Else (Wildcard last week)
- Bang Bang Romeo – Shame On You
- Jerry Williams – Left And Right
- Laurel – Same Mistakes
- The Knocks – Shades
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
The Knocks – Shades
James ‘JPatt’ Patterson and Ben ‘DJ B-Roc’ Ruttner met at New York City’s New School and formed The Knocks in 2008. That name stems from the early days of their career, when loud music coming from the studio in their apartment would lead to neighbours constantly knock on their door in order to get them to lower the volume.
The production and DJ duo specialize in melodic, carefree music that’s heavily influenced by soul, funk, disco, rap, and pop. After making numerous remixes for the likes of Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Tegan & Sara and The 1975, their break-through as artists in their own right came with 2014’s Classic (which also forced the break-through of featured duo Powers).
Fast forward to 2018… The Knocks are back with another classic. Their new single Shades has an authentic-sounding funky bassline, a great groove and a horn arrangement that nobody can sit still to. If it wouldn’t be summer yet, it would start immediately!
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 26)
Moby, Panic! At The Disco, Paul McCartney and Years & Years are only a few of the 20 acts whose new single I added to my 2018 container playlist Carte Blanche Music last week. A list that doesn’t pretend to contain all the new releases, but only the best (if you like songs with a head and a tail and a melody in between).
For Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, I narrow that down even more, so that only the very best tracks remain. And that’s what you see below. Click the links to find out more about each song and while you’re at it, listen to them all via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar!
- Shanguy – King Of The Jungle (Wildcard this week)
- Blackbook – Love Is A Crime (Wildcard last week)
- blackwave. – Whasgood?!
- Dawid Podsiadło – Małomiasteczkowy
- Picture This – When We Were Young
- Yorick van Norden – More Than Words
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
blackwave. – Whasgood?!
Rapper Jay Atohoun and singer/producer Willem Ardui are blackwave., a Belgian hip hop duo that is gaining more and more ground in their homeland. They followed their 2017 debut EP Mic Check with singles Elusive (David Ngyah) and Swangin’, and are currently working on their first proper long player, also to be named Swangin’.
Whasgood?! is their new single. A lovely slice of West Coast hip hop, soul and funk, with a great feel good vibe.
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 25)
Are you a fan of All Time Low, Chaka Khan, Death Cab For Cutie, eels, Estrons, Marilyn Manson, Tom Odell and/or Young The Giant? Then head over to the Carte Blanche Music playlist quickly, to hear their new singles (and those of numerous others).
Is your time more limited this week? Lucky you! I collected the best of last week’s releases in Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters.
Read more about them via the links below or spend 21 minutes of quality time listening to all six through the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar. Enjoy!
- Blackbook – Love Is A Crime (Wildcard this week)
- The 1975 – Give Yourself A Try (Wildcard last week)
- Elvis Costello (feat. The Roots) – Someone Else’s Heart
- Kira Puru – Molotov
- Maicø – Hey Hey
- Sheila & The Kit – Time Again
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Con Brio – Too Lit 2 Quit
Con Brio is a soul/r&b band from San Francisco with 25-year-old singer Ziek McCarter as its frontman. Formed in 2013, they released their debut album Paradise three years later. With their funky tunes, heart-felt lyrics about injustice and the Black Lives Matter movement, and great live shows, they soon won over the hearts of the Americans, followed by the Europeans and the Japanese.
After two years of touring, Con Brio is about to put out their second album Explorer on 6 July. Too Lit 2 Quit is the fourth taster, following All Over Me, Heart Shaped Box and I Wanna.
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Kira Puru – Molotov
If you need more cowbell, try Kira Puru’s new single Molotov. An explosive track indeed. Just like her latest single, former Carte Blanche Music Wildcard Tension, Molotov starts off with a hand-clapping, finger-snapping, toe-tapping bassline. Thick, fuzzy, groovy and incredibly infectious. The rest of the song is just as addictive, full of nana-na-nana choruses and stu-stu-stu-stuttering vocals.
Australian newcomer Kira Puru has been around the music scene for some time, collaborating with and writing for other artists, but it’s now time for her to shine as a solo artist. A huge talent!
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
