Sometimes you don’t know what your story is until you step away from the page. With Jack Savoretti’s 2015´s 100,000 selling album, WRITTEN IN SCARS, it was
clear. A top ten album and a sold-out worldwide tour later, WRITTEN IN SCARS had made him a star.
Laura Pergolizzi is an American singer and songwriter who performs under the stage name LP. She has released four albums and one EP. She has written songs for other artists including Cher, Rihanna, the Backstreet Boys, Leona Lewis and Christina Aguilera. LP duets with Mylène Farmer on the single „N‘oublie Pas“, released in June 2018. The single immediately hit number 1 on the French iTunes chart upon release.
You can never get enough of superstar Alicia Keys. That was the case even at the start of her career, when she sold 300.000 copies of her debut album within the space of one week. And it’s still the case. 35 million discs sold, 14 Grammys, a career as singer, producer, songwriter, actress – music industry magazine Billboard already counts her among the greatest artists of the 21st century. No other artist blends the traditional and modern diversity of New York culture as skillfully as she to produce such an enthralling collection of urbane hits, garnished by her luxuriant, powerful voice.
Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. Two of his studio albums, “The Road to Hell” and “Auberge”, topped the UK Albums Chart. Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist and the book “Guinness Rockopedia” described him as a „gravel-voiced guitar stalwart“.
Immerse yourself in electronic vibes: Goldfrapp’s music combines fragile melodies, inspired by film music, with electronic dance beats. With seven albums and legendary live shows, the British duo featuring the enchantingly elfin singer Alison Goldfrapp has been a major force in the electropop world of the new millennium. Their seven albums to date – including their latest, «Silver Eye» – switch eclectically between acoustic folk and pop and dance beats. Small wonder, then, that they have been nominated for awards that range in category from «Best Pop Artist» to «Best Dance Act».
Kaleo is an Icelandic blues/rock band. Their last album A/B has sold over 175,000 albums worldwide. One of the singles from A/B, „Way Down We Go“, has been sold over 500,000 times in the US and reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative Chart in 2016. The group has made multiple appearances on late night television shows including Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Their songs have been heard on many other television shows including Orange is the New Black, Blindspot, Suits, Vinyl, Grey‘s Anatomy, Empire, The Leftovers, Frequency, Supergirl, The Vampire Diaries, and Frontier. Kaleo‘s music is influenced by folk and blues. Their blues influences are mainly drawn from delta blues, which was the target for some of the heavier songs in their album A/B. Their music prominently features a distinctive resonator sound.
«Disco» has shaped the career of Dabu Fantastic, who came to prominence on the back of albums like «Agglo Disco», «Discochugle» and «Disco Titanic». Stylistically, the band from the Zurich Oberland is also extremely versatile. Their catchy hit «Angelina» demonstrates just one nuance of their broad musical range.
Madness are one of the most successful British pop groups of all time. They have had 15 singles in the UK top ten, including One Step Beyond, My Girl, and Baggy Trousers, and one UK number one single, House of Fun. Their eleventh studio album Can’t Touch Us Now was released last autumn to critical acclaim. Hailing from Kentish Town in London, they became a hit band of the late 1970s and early 1980s 2-Tone ska revival. They continue to perform with their most recognised line-up of seven members, fronted by Graham “Suggs” McPherson.
Filippo Neviani known by his stage name Nek, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Nek is popular in Italy and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and has performed and released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. During his career he has released thirteen studio albums and forty-eight singles, which include hits „Sei solo tu“, „Almeno stavolta“, „Lascia che io sia“, „Instabile“, „La voglia che non vorrei“ and his major hit “Laura non c‘è” . Nek has sold over 10 million records.
Nelly Furtado is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Furtado has won several awards throughout her career including Grammy Award, Latin Grammy Award, Brit Award, MTV Europe Music Award amongst others. She released her sixth studio album “The Ride” in March 2017.