Big Names Dropping New Tracks

    This has been a week of big names dropping brand new tracks from upcoming albums! First up is  Lady Gaga with Applause which at first listen I was'nt taken in by but must admit it is growing on me. The second track is from Jason Derulo with Talk Dirty. A good track for the nightclub scene and I'm sure with that catchy sax piece is going to get plenty of airplay. That sax piece is by a band called Balkan Beat Box who do Gypsy funk music, checkout Hermetico where the sampled sax piece originates from.
   Then we have Katy Perry and Roar. This is just pure pop and probably not up to her massive last album but hey i love Katy. There is some controversy with Roar. That i want to mention. They say a few months back she was tweeting and congratulating a Sara Bareilles on her song Brave. Which sounds very similar to Katy's Roar! We are going to have a listen to Sara's song as well this week! Finally highlighting an up and coming  young UK artist Ellie Lawson is our final song for this week Down With You from the soundtrack of the movie Monster In Law. 

Lady Ga Ga
 Applause

Jason Derulo 
Talk Dirty

 Balkan Beat Box

Hermetico

 Katy Perry 
Roar 

Sara Bareilles
 Brave

Ellie Lawson 
Down With You

Empire of the Sun and Mike Chapman Aussie music!

 Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun are an Australian electronic music duo from Sydney, formed in 2008. The duo consists of longtime friends Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore. 

The duo had international success with their debut album the award winning Walking on  a Dream.

New Single
Alive

We Are the People
Empire of the Sun

Light of Day 
Springsteen and Joan Jett

 Songwriters
Chapman and Chinn

 From 1970 until 1978 scored a run of hit singles. From 1973 to 1974 alone the pair had 19 hits in the charts.
The Australian record producer and Songwriter Mike Chapman was born in 1947 Nambour Queensland . Mike and Nicky Chinn produced and wrote for a string of amazing artists in the seventies and eighties! Which included Suzi Quatro,Sweet,Blondie,Smokie,Racey and many others!
The amount of artists they have written for is amazing!The folowing are two Chapman Chinn songs !There are hundreds! Awesome songwriters!

Nick Gilder 
Hot Child in the City 



Smokie 
If You Think You Know How to Love Me

Chinn and Chapman written 

The Part of Me That Needs You Most by Jay Black

Tweeted by my awesome South African friend Brenda! 

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Julie Kathryn
Let This Be
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Thank you Darrell for sharing.
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Music Trivia artist of the week is George Jones born September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas died April 26th 2013 .
George was married to another famous country performer her name Tammy Wynette. Georges first number one hit was White Lightning. Many thanks goes to my good Twitter friend Diana aka Miss Texas for tweeting this! 
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White Lightning 
George Jones

Make The World Dance

 Passenger

Let Her Go 

A 26-year-old Brighton born singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, Passenger is a 21st cetury troubador. Currently touring Australia! Mike Rosenberg  Quote -- "Even my darkest songs have a sense of humour. The worst crime you can commit in pop is taking yourself too seriously. Passenger has its down tempo moments and some our songs are quite sensitive, but they all share a certain quirkiness. In the end, it’s about storytelling – creating characters and sending them off on a journey.” 

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 @passengermusic
 

Bruce Springsteen 

Shackled and Drawn from his Wrecking Ball album 
live performance
 Pinkpop Festival Landgraf Netherlands

Rob Thomas

In 1999, Rob Thomas penned "Smooth" which earned Rob three Grammy Awards and today ranks 1 on Billboard’s "Top Hot 100 Rock Songs" chart and 2 on

Hot all time 100 songs!

First of all we will have a listen t0 a new hit written by Rob for the Matchbox 20 North Album ! Then we will have a listen to a live version of Smooth! 
   

 Overjoyed 
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Smooth
 Rob Thomas ft Carlos Santana

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Payton Taylor
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Checkout more Payton Music at paytontaylor.com 
Special thanks to my good Twitter friend! 
@farmerdarrell
for putting me on to Payton's music! 

  17 year old Payton Quote “I know I have a lot to learn, and a lot of time to grow and mature as a singer, a songwriter, and an artist. I want to do whatever I can and take as much time as I need to achieve my dreams and make a career out of doing what I love.”
 

Merry Go Round" by Kacey Musgraves (Cover)

David Bowie 
 David Bowie is regarded as one of the most influential writers of pop music. Born David Jones, he changed his name to Bowie in the 1960s, to avoid confusion with the then well-known Davy Jones lead singer of The Monkees.

Magic Dance 
From the movie Labyrinth 

Queen's Bicycle Race

This is sampled in the song  written by Skylar Grey - C'mon Let Me Ride  
feat Eminem

Skylar Grey Cmon Let Me Ride 

The UK Voice 

kicked off this weekend with the same judges from last year Will I Am, Tom Jones, Danny O'Donoghue and Jessie J ! Here is the opening of the show on Saturday night!

Highlighted Music This Week

 
Adam Cousen's Band 
This Road Ahead
 Pop, Roots
  Based -- Hobart, Australia Members: Adam Cousens (vocals,guitar) Sam Forsyth (Kit, percussion) Sam Stansall (bass, lead guitar, bv's) James Mackey bass, lead guitar



  Aoede 
Fairy Tale Love 
Lisa Sniderman
 Indie Artist   Age40  San Francisco, California
Music Genre
 Pop, Folk-Acoustic, Indie, Singer-Songwriter, Childrens



Mila Falls
Interview plus her song Radio
 Mila is  young british singer song writer! One of her songs appeared on the Bring It On soundtrack. Her debut album should be finished within the next
two months! Her name came from a visit to Australia and the Atherton Tablelands where she spent a day at Milla Milla Falls! 

Creedence Clearwater Revival 

Feeling Blue
Must Thank  Diana aka Miss Texas for this!
Follow Diana here! @dsjinspring

 Song of the Week
Angel of the Morning
Chip Taylor
Formerly James Wesley Voight born March 21, 1940 also wrote Wild Thing. Actor Jon Voight's brother. The song also featured in the 1999 movie Girl Interrupted starring Chip Taylors niece Angelina Jolie .



Interesting Follow This Week
No Love At All 
B.J.Thomas
Thanks heaps to my good twitter friend Darrell for linking me up with BJ .
    @farmerdarrell 
   @TheBJThomas