Jon Stevens - Hold On

New Zealand-born singer Jon Stevens of Māori descent. Stevens is the brother of New Zealand Idol judge, Frankie Stevens. He is best known for his work with NOISEWORKS and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.

Jon Stevens is recognized as one of the most talented rock musicians to emerge from Australia in recent memory. In 2016 he joined forces with legendary musician, songwriter and producer Dave Stewart (of EURYTHMICS) to record a new album, "Starlight". The first single and today's tune “Hold On” is classic powerhouse Jon Stevens. The album also features Ringo Starr on one track ‘One Way Street’. Vanessa Amorosi also appears on the record. The album was released Friday 31 March.

"Starlight" is a true and deep look at the life and influences of the artist. The album explores the themes of mortality, striving for a better day and falling in love. The soulful artistry of "Starlight" has been met with critical acclaim.

Jon Stevens has spared no expense for his latest album "Starlight" with a Hollywood-sized video for the first single "Hold On", see it below. The video, shot in the Mojave Desert in California’, was directed by Jesse Davey who previously worked with Daryl Hall on Live From Daryl’s House.

Enjoy "Hold On", taken from Jon Stevens tenth studio album "Starlight"



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Nano - Hold On

The Melodifestivalen 2017 tour is finally over, 6 weeks on tour with loads of music, up & down, rehearsals, changes, travels, hotels etc. It have been a great tour, lots of fun even if the music don't speak all the time to my heart.

There have been a few artists that I thought could be decent winners, a worthy tune to represent Sweden in the Eurovison Song Contest that is going to take place in Kiev, Ukrainia in May.

The Stage

A lightning dude around Zara Larsson

Zara Larsson live

The Hope of the future, the kids posing.

Fun colleagues, haha

Fireworks by Pyroman at Boris Rene

FO&O

Wictoria

Devetdu

Loreen

Winner of Melodifestivalen 2017 - Robin Bengtsson

Nano Omar, better known as simply Nano, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He first came to prominence while competing in Melodifestivalen 2017. Nano is the Breakthrough at the Melodifestivalen Contest 2017. With a true soulful heart and a strong voice made him to stand out and win the Swedish viewers votes. Omar was born in 1986 in Botkyrka, Stockholm. At age 12, he moved to a foster home in Gotland. When his mother visited him for the first time since moving in, she gave him a synthesizer, which influenced his decision to focus on music.

He was arrested at age 18, and went to jail. When he was 21, he ended up in jail once again and thereafter was also informed that his girlfriend was pregnant with their child; Because of this, he decided to focus on his family and resume his musical career.

In the spring of 2015, he released his debut single "Lion". In 2017, he began competing in Melodifestivalen 2017, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Hold On". He has progressed directly to the final from the first-semi-final. In the final he placed second overall, being the winner of the televoting and second in the jury voting.

Thanks Nano for leaving this behind for me, I'm grateful :)

Today's tune "Hold On" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Nano. The song was released as a digital download in Sweden on 26 February 2017 and peaked at number 7 on the Swedish Singles Chart. It was written by Nano, Gino Yonan, Ayak Thiik, Carl Rydén, Christoffer Belaieff, Rikard de Bruin, and David Francis Jackson.



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Bob Mould - Hold On

HüSKER Dü and SUGAR front man Bob Mould have release his 12th solo album "Patch the Sky"

Patch the Sky is described by Mould as the third album in a trilogy, the other two albums being 2012's "Silver Age" and 2014's "Beauty & Ruin". This trilogy of albums began with Mould's signing to Merge Records and recruiting bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster into his recording and touring band.

Bob Mould initially considered making a primarily-acoustic album, much like his 1989 solo debut Workbook. The song "Hold On" dates back to this time, having been written as a "downtempo acoustic song" in 2013.

After the release of Beauty & Ruin, Mould's mother passed away. This, combined with other circumstances in Mould's life like "relationships ending", led to the darker tone of the album.

Recording for the album occurred at Steve Albini's Chicago studio Electrical Audio, with Bob Mould serving as producer and Beau Sorenson serving as engineer.

The title of the album arose out of a vision Mould had, "of when people leave or things end, of something shooting through the 'fabric of the sky' and disappearing. 'Sometimes you think you want to chase it,' he says, meditating on the people or elements you lose along the way in life. 'Sometimes you get right to the edge of it, and sow it back shut and stay on the other side. Does that make sense?' You decide to patch the sky and keep going, instead of shooting through yourself."

Personnel on "Patch the Sky"

Bob Mould - guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion
Jason Narducy - bass, backing vocals
Jon Wurster - drums, percussion

Bob Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.

Today's tune "Hold On" is taken from the album "Patch The Sky", Released on March 25, 2016 on Merge Records. The Video is Directed & Edited by Alicia J. Rose and Produced by Lara Cuddy



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We Hunt Buffalo - Living Ghosts

Canadian finest trio WE HUNT BUFFALO takes position 3 with their second album "Living Ghosts".

"Living Ghosts" reminds me of a fruit and not any common fruit as orange or banana, the fruit I have in mind is Chilli, to be more precise. It changes colour nicely during growth, first green, then orange and later take the most fenced blood-red hue. The album sprawls and changes directions during it's play time and touches many different genres, is really fresh and becomes stronger the more you listen. It starts grand with the magnificent instrumental "Ragnarök" which then melts into "Back To The River", a well packed heavy riffery machine that will blow you away, reminds partly of MASTODON, then the record accelerate to a more punkish, slimy, dirty rock n’ roll with "Prairie Oyster". With the 4th track "Hold On" the album take it first turn to the left with a new direction, still heavy but with a more melodic progressive approach (hey FAIR TO MIDLAND), the album continues in this path with killer tune "Comatose". On the 6th track the band hits the break and slows down and gives us the beautiful "Fear". Then it makes another turn, this time to the right and let us flow away with the guitar driven melody of the tune "The Barrens" (The chorus sounds almost like WITCHCRAFT). I slobbers already like a dog and "Looking Glass" plays in my head and follows the previous tune in style. I giggling a bit inwardly and wondering how this will this end. "Walk Again" takes the album to another direction and I start to wonder, is this still the same band. The vocal part is filled with sorrow and regret, the music is more lay back and slowly grows until it fades out in to a psychedelic noise. The album closer "Transcandemic" is a nice well crafted piece that ends the album with a dignity.

Today's tune "Hold On" is taken from "Living Ghosts", enjoy!



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