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Day Twenty Nine: Netherlands
DAY TWENTY NINE: NETHERLANDS Lisa Lois, “No Good For Me” Finally making their debut on the blog, it’s the Netherlands! There’s a whole glut of good Dutch musicians out there at the moment, with one in particular – the wonderful … Continue reading
Day Twenty Eight: Sweden
DAY TWENTY EIGHT: SWEDEN First Aid Kit, “Emmylou” In terms of what you’d expect from Swedish music these days – dance, DJ-led hits – First Aid Kit so wonderfully break that mould. The band are made up of sisters Johanna … Continue reading
Day Twenty Seven: Denmark
DAY TWENTY SEVEN: DENMARK Aura Dione, “In Love With The World” Ah, good old Aura Dione. If you wanted to talk about a ready made European pop star, then look no further than Miss Dione. She first made her mark … Continue reading
Day Twenty Six: Iceland
DAY TWENTY SIX: ICELAND Retro Stefson, “Glow” Let’s go to one of my favourite countries, shall we? I’ve always had a soft spot for Iceland and having been there, I know that the country is a particularly wonderful place to … Continue reading
Day Twenty Five: Switzerland
DAY TWENTY FIVE: SWITZERLAND Bastian Baker, “I’d Sing For You” A little bit of male eye candy for a Sunday. Bastian Baker is a new talent from Switzerland, a country not particularly known for their musical talent; it’s frequent to … Continue reading
Day Twenty Four: United Kingdom
DAY TWENTY FOUR: UNITED KINGDOM Nicola Roberts, “Beat of My Drum” Rejoice, for Girls Aloud are back! But as this blog is meant to be about underrated music from the UK’s perspective (well, to some degree, anyway) it would be … Continue reading
Day Twenty Three: Slovakia
DAY TWENTY THREE: SLOVAKIA Celeste Buckingham, “Run Run Run“ A topical one for discussion today, as Celeste Buckingham is heavily rumoured to be taking part in Eurovision 2013 with her latest single, released in the past couple of days. Let’s … Continue reading
Day Twenty Two: Belarus
DAY TWENTY TWO: BELARUS Alexander Rybak & Paula Seling, “I’ll Show You“ I promised you Belarus and I delivered…just not in the form that people might have expected. There will be some people who immediately recognise Alexander Rybak from Eurovision … Continue reading
A bit of Eurovisiony goodness…
It’s probably quite clear from the rest of this blog that one of my favourite things is the Eurovision Song Contest. I’ve been a die-hard fan of the show since 1997 and that’s only grown over recent years. Putting my journalistic skills … Continue reading
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Day Twenty One: Bulgaria
DAY TWENTY ONE: BULGARIA Poli Genova ft. LaTiDa, “Soleni Dni“ Poli Genova holds the “honour” of being responsible for the song that I liked the most that never made it out of a Eurovision semi final: the Pink-if-she-were-Bulgarian “Na Inat”. … Continue reading
365 Days of Europe 