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Today (Friday 3rd September) will see  Carrie Underwood team up with fellow singer-songwriters,  Dan & Shay  release their cover of Only Us from the up and coming movie version of Dear Evan Hansen. Only Us  has a slow and soft piano instrumental which sets the tone of the song up wonderfully. The first verse sees Carrie's soft vocal supporting the songs emotional lyrics. There is something so special and unique about the way that Carrie delivers the lyrics that gives me goosebumps at various times. You can hear how much the lyrics mean to Carrie and how she has delivered the song in a way that is special to her. The chorus of Only Us   features some of the most heartfelt lyrics, I know it's only a cover but the attention to detail from Carrie is spot on, and it shows within her delivery as she emotional connects with the lyrics. The listeners will definitely feel many different emotions as they listen but that is something that makes for a wonderful song in ...

This Friday (3rd September) sees  British Emerging singing-songwriting duo,  One Trick Pony  made up of Georgia Lennon, and Michael Pickering   as they release their debut EP, Gone Chasin' Rollercoasters. Gone Chasin' Rollercoasters is made up of 3 tracks. Dream Chasers  has an upbeat instrumental to start.  The first verse sees Georgia's crisp vocal that sees the lyrics being ones that get you thinking about our future lives which quickly sees Michael with the another point of view that I love hearing.  The chorus of Dream Chasers   features some incredibly thought about lyrics as they stand out and they get you thinking once again about how we can go after our dreams whatever the situation. The chorus brings the song together perfectly. Michael and Georgia's harmonies make for wonderful thinking.  The second verse continues with Michael's vocal with  more of the big wide world feelings that you get as you realise you are capable o...

Tonight's double episodes of Coronation Street were nothing short of amazing, and a special shout out has to go to Mollie Gallagher, Sally Carman, especially as well as Millie Gibson, Maximus Evans, and  Harry Visinoni who came back to film these scenes for tonight's episodes. Tonight's episodes were standout for me as they featured some of the most heart-breaking scenes especially with Nina Lucas recreating the events of the evening and everything that happened helping her to fill in the gaps. The episode started with a pan of the cobbled street which saw the flashbacks begin, but also going back the present day very cleverly done with the directing from Abe Juckes -  I have nothing but praise for you and we aren't even 5 minutes in  as Nina told Roy Cropper that she can remember parts from the day. In the cafe, Abi Franklin comes to check on Nina where she admits how she is feeling Nina is then seen revisiting the scene of where she and Seb Franklin were when he was ...

As I am currently listening to this afternoon BBC Radio 2's show with Scott Mills to celebrate the 36 years of Neighbours, it got me thinking about the memories I have of watching the show so I thought why not wrote a blog on it. Neighbours is a show for me that I remember being on in the background as I would visit my grandparents throughout my childhood but it wasn't until 2013/ 2014, I started to watch properly so I thought I would share with you my memories. Neighbours was created by Reg Watson airing for the first time in Australia on 18th March, 1985. Neighbours has featured has some of the most iconic characters in Susan, and Karl Kennedy to Paul Robinson, alongside Charlene and Scott Robinson, to finally the incredible characters that were Harold and Madge Bishop. One of the very first memories, I always think of when I think of Neighbours would be the 30th Anniversary back in 2015 which saw Delta Goodrem return to perform as part of their festival line up that is one m...

Today (Friday 20th August) will see US country music trio,  Runaway June  made up of Jennifer Wayne, Naomi Cooke and Natalie Stovall release a 3-track EP called backstory. backstory is made of 3 songs that "tell the stories and paint the picture of the heartbreak, joy & freedom that comes along with growing up & moving forward. They represent the road to loving yourself & ultimately someone else." - Runaway June's twitter Photo Credit: CeCe Dawson Forgot About That  has a country rootsy feel instrumental which I have to admit, I absolutely love opening this EP wonderfully.  The first verse sees this country feel come to life with all the hometown memory feels, and you can hear how much seeing that one person again can bring up so much from your past that you had forgot about not making it any easier.  The chorus of Forgot About That   features some sassy upbeat vocals from the ladies in the most beautiful way allowing for their harmoni...

After the announcement that Everybody's Talking About Jamie , the much-anticipated film adaptation of award-winning West End hit musical will launch exclusively on Prime Video on Friday 17th September now comes the arrival of the accompanying Original Soundtrack, mostly written by The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie Sells which will be released on Friday 10th September via Island Records. You can watch the Prime Video Official Teaser  here . ‘While You’re Still Young’ (Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling) is available today written exclusively for the film you can  listen here . Since the last Feeling album 5 years ago, frontman Dan Gillespie Sells has been a busy boy! The musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has quickly become one the most successful new musicals of the last decade. With Everybody's Talking About Jamie premiering at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, before it transferred to London’s Apollo Theatre, the production became an overnight success amongst audiences a...

This Friday (13th August) will see  Swansea based artist singer-songwriter,  Eleri Angharad release her brand new EP, Nightclub Floor. Nightclub Floor is made up of 5 songs which is made up of over 2 years worth of work. Photo Credit:  Jumarey Mosuela New Sin  starts with a drumming instrumental which compliments Eleri's vocal range really well as she goes into the first verse.  The first verse sees Eleri's crisp and pure vocal at the forefront allowing for the lyrics to come through straight away ain turn allowing for the wonderful story telling to shine through. The chorus of New Sin sees Eleri sharing some rather catchy lyrics that you can hear she is passionate about which gives the song a new life. Love it when an artist is so passionate about what they have written about making the listeners feel many different emotions.  The second verse continues Eleri's soft vocal show with the message of the song continuing taking another new turn, love the a...

It's been a while since I have written a blog like this but at the start of the year, Emmerdale producer, Jane Hudson announced that the show would be having its younger cast members at the forefront of 2021, and you know what they have been amazing over the past 8 months. Gabby Thomas ' teenage pregnancy has seen many different elements shown within her character which has seen the character become stronger in turn allowing for Rosie Bentham to give as an actress. The vulnerability within Gabby has seen the character lean on Laurel Thomas especially when it come to discovering she was pregnant, wanting to make her dad, Ashley Thomas proud despite everything, Diane Sugden and especially, Kim Tate since her pregnancy. The return of her mother, Bernice Blackstock back at the end of May as seen another side of Gabby that has been lovely as a viewer to see as you can see how vulnerable she really is, and this week as showed this side of the character once again, whilst also managin...

Today (Friday 6th August) will see British singer-songwriter,  Emily Faye  release her brand new single, Summer Feeling. Emily wrote Summer Feeling as part of the 5 minute song feature which she does over on instagram. Summer Feeling was written by Emily, and fellow British singer-songwriter, Poppy Fardell. Summer Feeling  starts with a summery feeling guitar instrumental which I have to say gives off this warm summery vibe throughout. The first verse sees Emily's soft but crisp vocal which allows us to hear the lyrics based on summer memories and the feelings you only get during the summer months that moved me as I caught myself relating to them reminding me of the incredible summer memories, I have made over the past few weeks. The chorus features a journey that you go on in the car or walking with friends about the breeze, and all the memories you make doing them. The lyrics are super catchy - perfect for the summer days that August will hopefully give us. The second v...

Today (Friday 30th July) will see US singer-songwriter,  Danielle Bradbery  release her brand new single, Stop Draggin' Your Boots. Stop Draggin' Your Boots was written by Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. Photo Credit: Big Machine Records Stop Draggin' Your Boots  starts with a uptempo instrumental giving off some real country feels which I am loving as it brings the song together fantastically throughout. The first verse sees Danielle's crisp vocal at the forefront with catchy lyrics with that feeling off seeing someone on a night out with the feelings of wondering where to go next. The chorus of Stop Draggin' Your Boots features some incredibly beautiful catchy lyrics that I couldn't help but catch myself singing along with. I love the sass from Danielle, this is a song that is demonstrating so much of how Danielle has grown as an artist. T his part of the song when I heard the ultimate you’re either all in or you’re out lyrics. Th...

Yesterday (Friday 23rd July) saw Carrie Underwood and  Jason Aldean release their duet of If I Didn't Love You which I have to say as been added to my summer playlist. If I Didn't Love You  starts with a piano instrumental which gets the song going beautifully and supports the song throughout. The first verse sees Jason's crisp vocal at the forefront allowing for the song to take you on a journey thanks to the songs beautiful lyrics even though it's based on a relationship ending.  The chorus of If I Didn't Love You   features some of the most beautifully heartfelt lyrics that I couldn't heart but get a little emotional over thanks to Carrie and Jason's vocals blending so incredibly well throughout allowing the song to go on a journey. The second verse continues with Carrie giving a rather emotional vocal delivery thanks to her softer vocal giving the lyrics the chance to take the listeners on a journey. The lyrics show you a lot of thankful for the relation...

Today (Friday 23rd July) will see US based singer-songwriter,  Emily Daniels  release her debut EP, Welcome To A Heartache. Welcome To A Heartache is made up of 6 songs. You can read my review of Welcome To A Heartache  here . Photo Credit: Mallory Holcomb Hello, Emily. How are you? I am fantastic, thank you for asking! Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview with me, it's a pleasure as always to be talking to you once again. How are you feeling about the release of your debut EP,  Welcome To A Heartache  out today? I'm just so excited the music and the EP is out there for everyone to hear. I've been listening to these songs that last year and a half. I pray the tracks make it to the people who need to hear it - no matter what stage of love or heartache they're currently experiencing. Tell us about the songs on the debut EP, Welcome To A Heartache and what people can expect to hear as it relates to “stories” and the music (...

Triple Tigers recording artist, Scotty McCreery will release his highly anticipated fifth studio album, Same Truck on Friday 17th September, 2021. Same Truck was produced by Frank Rogers, Derek Wells and Aaron Eshuis. Same Truck is available now for pre-order HERE . Photo Credit: Jeff Ray Same Truck is a project that features his current Top 15 and rising single,  You Time  and his recently released song,  Why You Gotta Be Like That  which quickly was added to Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist; Apple’s Best New Country Songs and New in Country playlists; and Pandora’s New Music Now, New Country Now and New Country playlists. Originally, Same Truck was going to be announced in August, but after intense fan demand following last Friday’s release of Why You Gotta Be Like That caused pre-sale information to leak at several key retailers, Scotty and his label both decided to announce the album early as a thank you to his fans for fervently supporting his music through...

Today (Friday 22nd July) will see British singer-songwriter,  Lisa Wright  release her brand new single, The Idea Of You. Photo Credit: FaceTimPhotos on instagram The Idea Of You  has a piano instrumental that happens throughout supporting the song wonderfully. The first verse sees Lisa's soft vocal range at the forefront throughout allowing for many different levels to be added to her stunning vocal. Within this verse listeners will see a mix of dreaming and reality which is the perfect mix as it allows for beautiful song writing and storytelling with this alone giving me goosebumps. The chorus features many catchy lyrics with the happy sharing those happy moments with the relationship is starting to grow and develop into something special however, it's all the idea you love which in turn allows for some wonderful moments from Lisa. The second verse of The Idea Of You continues with the softer vocal opening up the other half of the song allowing for the v...

This Friday (23rd July) will see US based singer-songwriter,  Emily Daniels release her debut EP, Welcome To A Heartache. Welcome To A Heartache is made up of 6 songs. You can read my interview with Emily  here . Photo Credit: Mallory Holcomb Welcome To The Heartache  sees a drum instrumental opening the EP up wonderfully with an emotional feel right from the start which saw Emily's softer vocals complimenting so well alongside her pure honesty heartfelt lyrics in the first verse sees another side that for me as a listeners, I really enjoy listening too - I love vulnerability from the artist as it shows so much about them, and their passion. The chorus features many catchy lyrics with the honesty continuing as the opening up following a relationship ending and that's ok with the emotions developing/ being shown. The second verse of Welcome To The Heartache continues beautifully about the moment that they start to move on and that's ok too as it's apart of...

This Friday (16th July) will see Nashville Recording Artist,  Colleen McKee  who describes herself as a Country-Pop singer-songwriter release her brand new single, Boy Tears. Photo Credit: Kathy McKee Boy Tears  starts with a upbeat guitar instrumental whilst remaining to a softer country tone. The first verse sees Colleen's softer vocal opening up with this raw emotion thanks to the brilliantly thought about lyrics. I like how Colleen has write the song based on a personal experience which is something that makes the song even more special, and relatable for the listeners. Colleen's vocal tone changes are wonderfully timed. The chorus has many catchy lyrics that allow the listeners to create their own story to go alongside the song. The emotions that you hear from Colleen's vocal is something that is even more special giving the song this diverse dynamic. The backing instrumental compliments Colleen's vocals and lyrics throughout and in the most natural way. The second...

This Friday (9th July) will see British singer-songwriter,  Hannah Dorothy  release her second single, Used To This. Photo Credit: graceelizphoto on instagram Used To This  has a guitar instrumental that opens the song in the most beautiful way allowing for song to have meaning before Hannah's vocals and lyrics have even come in instantly giving me a 'Kelsea Ballerini' moment. The first verse sees Hannah's soft vocal at the forefront allowing for the listeners to get a real feel for the song straight away that had me wanting more from the start. There is something about the way Hannah is singing that tells you that she has suffered heartache, as she is wearing her heart on her sleeve which allows for many emotions to be displayed throughout the lyrics. The chorus has a female empowerment about it which had me gripped thanks to the upbeat and fun vibe that left me wanting to sing along despite having no idea of the lyrics aha. The lyrics are super catchy sticking to t...

Back in January, US singer-songwriter,  Leah Marie Mason  shared Far Boy on TikTok, it is only recently that she has chosen to release it as her latest single with Austin Burke, and I caught up with her recently to discuss the single. Photo Credit: Abigail Bollinger Good afternoon as I believe it is over there. How are you today? I'm doing fantastic. On top of the world even! Couldn't be better! That is so wonderful to hear, I love interviewing artists when they feel like that. Before we go any further with this interview, are you able to introduce yourself to our readers? My name is Leah Marie Mason. I'm a 21 year old North Carolina native living in Nashville, Tennessee pursuing a career in music! Congratulations on the release of your brand new single, Far Boy. How are you feeling about the single being out there for people to hear? I am so happy that I get to finally put out this project that Austin and I have been working on. I feel like the male perspective gives this ...

This Friday (2nd July) will see US singer-songwriter,  Christina Taylor  releasing her brand new single, I Got That From You. Photo Credit: Kelsey Maggart Photography I Got That From You  has an extremely soft sounding guitar i nstrumental to start which opens the song up beautifully with Christina's softer vocals as the first verse starts. The first verse sees Christina's emotionally soft vocals at the forefront with a warm family feel to the meaning of the song that instantly drew me in as I caught myself relating to so many of the lyrics. Every single details within this verse is just perfect giving you this real warm, relatable feel to the song that no doubt listeners are going to love. The chorus is the most poignant part of  I Got That From You  and thanks to Christina's emotional vocal delivery it really allows you to dive into your own past, whilst you are listening making it even more special for us listeners.   The second verse of  ...