Artists news n°9 : Ida Gard, Jc Villafan, Jessi Robertson, Meiko and The New Limb

• Ida Gard

Ida Gard will be on tour in Denmark in february. If you live there, go to see this amazing artist and you may also have the chance to hear some of her new songs.

• Jc Villafan

There are many news concerning Jc Villafan these days....

-> First of all, Jc has been nominated for Best EP of 2012, with "Sweet Time",  by the LA Music Critic Awards,

-> Then, you can help Jc Villafan to perform at the Grammy's. For that, click here and vote ! You can vote up to 10 times a day.

-> Finally, for all his European fans, Jc will be back from February to September in UK, in France and probably in Belgium and Norway as well.

• Jessi Robertson

Free Williamsburg posted the live video of "You Don't Want to Taste My Heart" courtesy of blaqbook magazine

Jessi Robertson will also be live on "ReW and WhO" January 18 at 5:45 pm. Here's the link if you want to watch the show http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rew-who

• Meiko

Meiko wrote the song "Happy Being Alone" as an entry for Perez Hilton's "write Taylor Swift's next song" competition.

• The New Limb

Few days ago, I have presented you the band "The New Limb". They have a new great song "Blood Lust".

"Joey Chavez reveals that "This is a song about having an intense lust for goodness—like if James Dean had done what Mother Theresa did instead of acting, it would have been cool and sexy as well as beautiful." Led by sparkling synth, airy harmonies, and pop-leaning melodies, the tune's good vibrations echo in both its message and instrumentation, delivering a truly vibrant new track."

Christmas Songs Series II with Jessi Robertson

Jessi Robertson has covered many classic holiday songs. You can find her set of Christmas Songs on soundcloud.

News about some artists

Hey guys,

I hope you had a great weekend. There were many news bout the artists which have been featured on the blog lately. A lot of new singles or cover songs ... Take a look below :

• Elaine Faye

Elaine Faye has released a new song with The Big Bang. This great song called "Justify" is a mix of pop, soul and R&B music. You can download "Justify" for free on bandcamp.

• Gianna Salvato

Gianna Salvato, the young singer songwriter from New York, did a great cover of the song Skyscraper by Demi Lovato.

• Hillary Hand

Hillary Hand has recorded 2 cover songs : "Live and Die" by The Avett Brothers and "The Scientist" by Coldplay. You can buy both of these songs on itunes.

"Live And Die" (cover)

"The Scientist" (cover)

• Ida Gard

Ida Gard has participated to the "Operation Dagsværk kampagnesang, Irak'12" and has sung the song "Ukrudt" with UFO and Krudtfar. You can download this song for free : http://od.dk/ukrudt

• Jenna Bryson

Jenna Bryson has released a new song called "Promise Me". 3 versions of the song are available : main, clear lyric and a stripped mix. You can buy them on itunes.

• Jessi Robertson

Jessi Robertson has recorded a new song "(ill) legitimately" . Here's what she said about that song "When I heard Todd Aiken's remarks about "legitimate rape" it made me burn with anger. I don't normally write political songs, and I'm not even sure if this qualifies as political, but my feelings on this subject were so overwhelming that I had to get it out in song."

There are two versions here from the same basic recording. One is stripped down with just guitar and vocal while the other is more full with drums, organs, and other assorted sounds.



Moreover, James Wilson of the blog My Random Jukebox did a great interview with Jessi. If you haven't read it yet, check it out !

• Kristin Diable

Kristin Diable made a video for her new song "Eyes Up To The Horizon" live in an empty house.

• Wilkes

WILKES has released a version of O Come Emmanuel as a christmas single. You can buy this song on itunes.

Jessi Robertson

Jessi Robertson is a singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. Jessi Robertson has an hauntingly and captivating voice. Her last record "Small Town Girl" was released in march 2011. You can buy all her songs on bandcamp, itunes and amazon.

"Musically, Jessi lives on the divide between gutsy indie rockers such as PJ Harvey and gritty Americana artists like Lucinda Williams. Embracing this duality, her performances can feel as intimate as a conversation, or as deep and dark as an ocean, and Jessi refuses to shy away from difficult subjects. The songs on "Small Town Girls" address domestic violence, mental illness and alienation, and yet are unflinchingly hopeful, too, shedding light into Jessi's own darkest corners."

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