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Werner’s Weekly (week 40)
Last week was a colourful one, musically speaking, with new releases by artists like Interpol, Janelle Monáe, Robyn, Roosevelt, and even Soft Cell. Also, Evil Mama by Joe Bonamassa was finally released on Spotify. All of those, and many more, can be found in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist, featuring the best new music.
I narrowed this selection down for my ‘best of the best’ list Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters. You can find it below as a flat enumeration (with more info behind the links), but also in the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar as a 23 minute short playlist. Enjoy!
- morgxn & Walk The Moon – home (Wildcard this week)
- Sofi Tukker & Pabllo Vittar – Energia (Parte 2) (Wildcard last week)
- Beaux – My Love
- Cookin’ On 3 Burners – The Jump Off
- Kid Rock – Snatching It Back
- Minyeshu – Aynocheh (Your Eyes)
- The Proclaimers – You Make Me Happy
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 Charts.
Minyeshu – Aynocheh (Your Eyes)
For many years (for ever?), the United States and Great Britain have been the main suppliers of artists with worldwide success. This one is for people who aren’t only prepared to listen to music from other Western countries, but who are even prepared to listen to music from other cultures entirely. Because great music is produced all over the world…
Please, meet Minyeshu Kifle Tedla, who was born in the city of Dire Dawa in the east of Ethiopia. After joined the leading National Theatre of Ethiopia at the age of 17, she developed her artistic multi talents as a singer, dancer, producer and choreographer. Currently based in Amsterdam, she treats us with hypnotic Ethiopian grooves, stunning vocals and melodies, delicately mixed with Western instruments and styles.
On 26 October, Minyeshu releases her new album Daa Dee. Aynocheh (Your Eyes) is the first single off it. Another song with irresistible grooves, thanks to the prominent bass and horns, Aynocheh is about finding love, your soulmate and best friend.
Ethiopian world music that deserves a worldwide audience!
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 Charts.
Werner’s Weekly (week 27)
All Time Low, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Chromeo, Sheryl Crow, Florence & The Machine, Jain, Pale Waves and Paramore and many more well-known artists came up with great new music the last week. At the same time, of course, a lot of huge acts released crappy music, but that’s not what this blog is about 😉.
My bulk playlist Carte Blanche Music features the best new music of the year so far. Mostly brand new tracks by artists that are yet to be discovered. Following it is highly recommended. And to make your life even easier, I publish a shortlist every Monday with only the very best new songs. Werner’s Weekly is your compass to the music that matters. You’ll find it below. Click the links for more info and listen to the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar.
- Jara – Something Else (Wildcard this week)
- Shanguy – King Of The Jungle (Wildcard last week)
- Aly & AJ – Good Love
- Buika – Deadbeat
- Freya Ridings – Ultraviolet
- Sloes – Misunderstood
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 Charts.
Buika – Deadbeat
María Concepción Balboa Buika uses her last name – pronounced as [bwee-ka] – as her stage name. Born in Mallorca, Spain as a daughter of African parents she’s been surrounded by multiple cultures throughout her life. This eclectic upbringing shaped Buika’s ability to make music without limitations. During her 15-year recording career, her albums flow seamlessly between pop, jazz, soul, reggae, afro beat, r&b and flamenco.
Just like in her music, Buika knows no boundaries when it comes to language or geography. She has collaborated with musicians and singers in Spanish, Catalan, English, French, Portuguese, Iranian, Italian and Armenian.
Working on her ninth album, the singer-songwriter, producer, poet, photographer and business owner just released her great new single Deadbeat. Another eclectic piece of art.
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 Charts.
Gizmo Varillas – Losing You
Since releasing his debut album El Dorado in early 2017, Spanish singer-songwriter Gizmo Varillas received praise from Yoko Ono, opened up for Jack Savoretti and was added to George Ezra’s Spotify playlist. Musically, Varillas mixes folky pop with tropical instrumentation, and Latin and Afrobeat rhythms. He is currently working on his second album.
Losing You is the first single off this album. Varillas says about it: “This song is a response to the Orlando shooting… I used the name Maribel as a way of putting myself into the shoes of one of the Latin mothers who lost their child. That song is basically a letter to her. The sad lyrics provide some sort of depth, and the happy music gives reassurance.”
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 Charts.
Werner’s Weekly (week 7)
Although the year had a good start with a well-filled month of January, it looks like the music industry has now really awoken from its hibernation. Last week saw new musical releases from The Aces, Ash, Coasts, eels, MGMT, Morrissey, The Fratellis, Miike Snow and many others, all of which found their way onto my 2018 container playlist Carte Blanche Music. But the best of them all are reserved for Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the top of the pops:
- We Are Scientists – One In, One Out (Wildcard this week)
- Fall Out Boy – Church (Wildcard last week)
- Angèle – Je Veux Tes Yeux
- Millie Turner – The Shadow
- Paramore – Rose-Colored Boy
- Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
- Rat Boy – Public Identity
Click the links to learn more about each song and listen to them all via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar. 24 minutes well spent! ?
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 Charts.
Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Korean producer Peggy Gou currently operates from Berlin. There, she works on her next EP Once, and It Makes You Forget is the first single off it. It’s the first time she ever sung on a record, which she does in her native language. The laid-back, understated way she sings forms a great part of the song’s appeal.
The track has a 90’s house vibe, with influences from disco, electro and even acid. Musically, the track has the same amount of nonchalance as the vocal parts. A winning combination.
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 Charts.
Arsenal – Amplify
Arsenal is a Belgian duo, consisting of Hendrik Willemyns and John Roan. They are the core of the band, who regularly surround themselves with guest musicians and guest vocalists. This has been a succesful formula for 18 years now; time for the two to try something new…
2018 looks like becoming an incredibly busy year for Arsenal. In the fall, they will publish a poetry book (Room For Imaginary Creatures), in the summer, their film Birdsong comes out, and in the spring, they release their new album In The Rush Of Shaking Shoulders.
Willemyns and Roan found inspiration for the album in Nigeria, where they recorded it as well. There, they experimented with new rhythms and found some musicians who will join Arsenal live.
The newly found Nigerian sounds are omni-present on the band’s new single Amplify, which builds into a most pleasant electro-funk song. I dare you not to tap your feet to it, you’ll see it’s impossible!
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 Charts.
Werner’s Weekly (week 47)
With the likes of Bad Sounds, Black Honey, Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato, Sea Girls and Yungblud added to my container playlist Carte Blanche Music in the last week, what could possibly go wrong this week? Nothing really!
But to make sure you don’t miss out on the best new music of the past seven days, I compiled a new edition of Werner’s Weekly for you. Check it below, listen via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and/or read more information about each of the tracks by clicking the links.
Enjoy the ride and follow my playlist for daily updates!
- Kira Puru – Tension (Wildcard this week)
- The Presets – Do What You Want (Wildcard last week)
- Alien Stadium – This One’s For The Humans
- Boy Azooga – Face Behind Her Cigarette
- Eleanor Jacks – Run ‘n’ Hide
- The Night Ships – Half The World
- Youngr x Endor – Give It Up
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 Charts.
The Night Ships – Half The World
In 2014 and 2015, Dutch musician Rob Nakken travelled around the world. Everywhere he came, he recorded music with local musicians. Since then, he is putting the pieces together like a puzzle and releases the resulting songs under the moniker The Night Ships. This is basically a duo, consisting of Nakken and Australian singer Ingrid Giles.
The Night Ships’ new single Half The World features a bass part recorded in South Africa, and the sitar, tar and percussion were recorded in Iran. You’ll also hear a choir of singers from the Netherlands, United States, Canada, Uruguay, France, England and Ireland, and a violinist from Chile. Indeed, ‘half the world’ appears to be contributing to this song. World music in the most literal sense.
The lyrics of this track are a call to action to women (and men) in all countries to stand up against violence, oppression and discrimination that women face every day as half of the world’s inhabitants. It calls upon equal rights, opportunity and status. All of these ingredients make for a song that’s not only great, but extremely up-to-date as well.
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 Charts.
