Here’s a new heartfelt video from acclaimed pop singer, Maggie Szabo entitled ‘Don’t Give Up On Love.’ The video is a love letter of support to the LGBTQ community and tells the story of a transgender high school student attending prom. It’s a touching and relevant narrative.
Szabo has been featured on high profile media outlets including Billboard, Perez Hilton, Huffington Post and Yahoo Music! among others. She is also the vocalist on DJ Schiller’s new album, who has sold over 7 million records worldwide.
Searching for spirited music? Here’s a new release from Elena Andujar entitled “Flamenco in Time.” This disc introduces the young talent of percussionist, singer and song writer, Antonio Andujar, as a professional musician. It also debuts MyMy Lady G, aka House vocalist, composer and poet, MadyY “Pepper” Gomez, as Producer and Director.
Flamenco is endangered music and “Flamenco in Time” brings flamenco elements into the world of dance music complete with jamming house-style club mixes. Elena Andujar has always been an artist ahead of her time as she builds on her roots and continues to create, rap, and sing from her flamenco heart. By bringing flamenco framed music to today’s people, she keeps traditional flamenco alive as well.
Share the album “Flamenco in Time.”
Flamenco in TimeTrack List
1. Una Vez Mas
2. Fever ( Matt’s LateNite Ride)
3. El Despertador (Club Mix)
4. El Despertador (Matt’s Latenight Workout)
5. What It is (Vocal Mix)
6. What It is (Matt & MyMy’s Discofunk Mix) dedicated to the Queen of Soul
7. What It Is (Matt’s Peak Hour Mix)
Styles: Flamenco inspired dance songs, Latin house dance mixes Similar To: Sia, Inna, Kaleena Zanders
New music videos by Elena Andujar
Born of the richness that is Elena Andujar, this release (“El Desperatador”) features Latin/spanish rap with flamenco elements in a danceable and catchy song form. “Es Asi/What It Is” was written especially for Elena and showcases her ability to jam her vox off! Dedicated to and inspired by the Queen of Soul, Ms. Aretha Franklin.
About Elena Andujar
Elena Andujar was born in Sevilla, birthplace of flamenco. From these roots, she was raised in an atmosphere in which flamenco is a way of life. As a child, she was infused with the music, singing and dance of these traditions. Elena began formally studying dance at age 10 and by age 20 had graduated in Classical Spanish dance from the school of Matilde Coral and Rafael El Negro in Sevilla.
Her first professional performances began as a flamenco dancer with Antonio Canales on his Japanese tour in 1990 with Ketama. But she soon became known as aafter Joaquín Cortés asked her to sing in his shows Cibayi (1993) and Pasión Gitana (1994).
Currently, she is director of her own flamenco school in Madrid, where in addition to singing and dance, classes are given in all aspects of flamenco. As a premiere and certified flamenco dance teacher, she includes cante and music, particularly the cajon, in all of her classes. Her current and second CD,” Flamenco in Time”, reflects Elena’s continued roots and fusion expressions. Get ready to dance!
Searching for new music? Check out 15-year-old California indie pop singer/ songwriter Julia Krueger’s new EP “For(e)go.” This EP poses timeless reflection of murky identity, the heartbreak of going forward after the death of friendships, and the challenges of love and religion.
When listening to “For(e)go”, we appreciate the lyrical ingenuity and signature vocals. Krueger is a compelling singer and songwriter. I recommend anyone searching for a sense of identity and connectedness to society to have a listen to “For(e)go” on Spotify.
For(e)go Track List:
1. Flamethrower
2. Pavement
3. Three Days
4. Quarter Year Conflict
5. Blue Thread
6. Pavement (Acoustic)
Styles: Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter Similar To: Norah Jones, Birdy, Sarah McLachlin, Adele
Watch the music video “Pavement” by Julia Krueger:
About Julia Krueger
Julia began playing piano at age five, and began writing poetry shortly after. By age 15, she had carved heart, mind, and soul into four songs—Pavement, Blue Thread, Quarter-Year Conflict, and Three Days —for her debut EP.
Currently hailing from Southern California, with emotional ties to her roots in Cleveland, Ohio, Julia naturally blends various sensibilities and perspective into her songwriting.
Have you seen the new inspiring visuals by Los Angeles based artist Monti produced and co-written by Josh Stevens (LMFAO, Calvin Harris, The Game)? It’s worth the watch.
Monti’s music is empowering and lyrically thought-provoking. She sings about overcoming a life of hardships, including her experience in an abusive broken home filled with drugs and alcoholism. Monti has escaped a life of gangs, mental hospitals, groups homes… you name it. But she’s a survivor and her turbulent past is brilliantly conveyed in her debut song ‘Echo’ with moody synths and electro pop. Watch here:
Echo (Official Visual Video) Back Story:
Reggie Snowden is an aspiring fashion design student from Los Angeles, California.
After meeting and designing outfits for JoshStevens, Reggie opened up about how he had to travel to and from school, up early mornings each day to take buses and trains from Inglewood to North Hollywood, Ca. All the while still juggling graveyard night shifts for work each evening.
Josh thought it was an inspiring and fascinating story. So he and Echo video director Matt Champagin gave Reggie a $50 budget and a camera, the Echo video is the result of Reggie’s story and truly beautiful perspective. It gives a raw up close look at Los Angeles.
Every month Fromgirltogirl likes to try something new, including new music. In doing so, we discovered Swiss electro-pop artist Amaris’s album ‘Neon Colors.’ It features 11 tracks. When compared to other musicians, Amaris has a similar voice to Annie Lennox, Lorde, Lily Allen and Björk. Neon Colors released together with the new Geiko album ‘The Hollow’ November 2017.
You can listen to the album via the Neon Colors Spotify playlist. Highly recommend this album to those interested in female electronic dance music. Amaris is a fresh face with a great vibe.
About music artist Amaris Wenceslas
Amaris was born 1999 in Switzerland. She is not only a singer but also an author and actress – trained in drama, dance and classical singing. Follow her on Facebook to learn more.
Fromgirltogirl.com is checking out new music this year and couldn’t help but share the song ‘Wish’ by Saycille.
What we like about the song ‘Wish’
We like the upbeat music and the catchiness of the song. The music video is also beautiful… it is a peaceful bike ride and really makes one watching think of pleasant days and hope.
“I want to express whats in my heart, to make way for what’s in other
peoples hearts, where I believe we all share the same love for life
itself and our beautiful planet.” – Saycille said.
Watch wish now and let Fromgirltogirl know your thoughts:
Born in a small town near Amsterdam in 1964, Saycille worked at various
jobs. After, at the age of 52, she lost her job at the home healthcare where a lot of clients felt isolated and alone, she worked as a volunteer at Tijd voor Meedoen (TvM) at the community centre, a project to enhance the self supportiveness of a community.
It’s a New Year and a great time to update music playlists with fresh tracks. A single for your listen is ‘Daep’ from pop/ hip hop artist Yaysh who themes her song on self-belief, sexuality, swag, and spiritual depth. In addition to the new single, she plans to release a series of singles, videos, and EPs in 2018 – Fromgirltogirl will definitely keep an eye out on this musical chameleon and LGBTQ rights advocate.
Her new single, “Daep” means beautiful in Vietnamese and consist of a low tempo dance song created from a freestyle. Daep is available now on Spotify. Yaysh sounds like Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliot, Pink, Fergie,and Iggy Azaelea.
About Yaysh
Whether you are a hip hop head, a pop snob or a LGBTQ adovocate, you will fall in love with Yaysh’s style. Not only does she sing and rap, but she also has a message: Society is basically good.
Asked to describe herself she replied with a grin: “Well..if Kanye West and Adele had a baby…I would be that baby..and Drake would be my cousin.”
Coining herself as a hybrid artist, she is both meditation yogi and music artist. She writes all her own music and is genuine to who she is. Yaysh is an avid meditation practitioner and student in Shambhala Buddhism and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
Hailing from Colorado, Yaysh mainly grew up in Denver as a rebellious youth. Later she went to explore the world of music and freestyle on her lonesome as the music provided a way for her to express her angst and emotional depth as well as process her previous life of rebellion, moving to LA to work with a few music producers that lead to her main Troy “R8dio” Johnson (credits: Solange, Chris Brown, Why Don’t We).
“R8dio and I had a vibe. That is all I gotta say. That man is talented and he is also my friend. I am so thankful that we met. We are both spiritual people who live in this worldly world and we both make amazing music. Combined we are incredible.” From there the story continues.
Happy holidays! If you are picking up last-minute gifts for Christmas, give the gift of new music. Brooklyn pop artist Blakeley has a new single just in time for a merry Christmas. Blakeley’s ‘Holiday Vinyl’ is soaked in booze, snow, and in purring vocals that invert the Christmas winter wonderland into a revelation about loss, longing, and the kind of affection that only materializes after half a cup of Jack Daniels. We all have that kind of holiday sometimes.
What we like about Blakeley’s ‘Holiday Vinyl’ is the beautiful tension between the immaculate city adorned with ornaments, and a private loneliness that vacillates between love, neediness, and alcohol drenched desire. If you appreciate slow, languid guitar ballads, you will appreciate Blakely’s song and sonorous voice. Let us know what you think about the song and music video:
Working on the gift list for family and friends? Then you cannot go wrong with new music. Just in time for the holidays, an Illinois-based indie singer/ songwriter of the name Sarah Schonert, has released her album ‘Penguin Party.’ This LP takes an experimental approach sure to resonate with music fan innovators like Kate Bush and Imogen Heap. Sarah writes and records out of her home studio, combining classical-sounding piano with ambient washes, vocoded synths, electronic elements, and layered vocals. What we like about this artist: she is not afraid to experiment with vintage instruments or new technology to create her sound.
Photo credit: The artwork for Penguin Party features photography by Brian Rowe (argentography.com), taken on film using vintage cameras to counter Sarah’s digital sound.
Penguin Party
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For ‘Penguin Party’ she chose to stick to keyboards and loopers to focus on producing an energetic album people would want to dance to. She also experimented with vocoder to make a drum track drive a bassline, looping live, and extravagant piano ornaments. Have a listen and pre-order here.
1. Astound Me
2. Tree with Feet
3. Queen of Panels
4. Queen of Panels Outro
5. Penguin Party
6. Listen Soak Repeat
7. I Can’t Think Straight
8. Glacier Dive
9. Irrelevant
10. NonCrystalline
11. Overdriving Headlights
12. You Still Awake
13. Get Thee to a Nunnery
About Sarah Schonert
Sarah Schonert is a Creative, writing, recording, and producing original pieces out of her home studio in Peoria, IL and coming out with her third LP, “Penguin Party.” Her second LP, “My Unwinding State” has garnered over a dozen reviews/interviews/features and an award, and hasn’t slowed down, releasing two instrumental albums between LPs.
Sarah is a multi-instrumentalist and singer that loves her gear and software. Her style is rooted in classical piano, supported by electronic vsts, loopers, ambient washes, carefully crafted arps, and assorted instruments she has collected over the years. Her sound is eclectic, ethereal, dreamy, and unexpected.
Rock/ Pop. Industrial. Electronic. Experimental. Doomtronica and psychedelic music. These are all music genres that offer fresh material one’s ears can appreciate. The Post Death Soundtrack – ‘Transform in White Light’ is no exception to the rule. This brand new music video for the ‘Transform in White Light,’ is by the award-winning artist Shaun Friesen (Free Zen Design) with original album artwork by Kayla Aileen Brown. Taken from our 2016 full-length “The Unlearning Curve”, available for FREE here: https://postdeathsoundtrack.bandcamp.com/
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New Music video for ‘Transform in White Light’ – A Post Death Soundtrack
