Year 6, Day 242

Good Morning! Today's song is America's Sweetheart by Elle King.

So we're circling back into some country songs, or at least songs with country twang so if that's not your style then take a break from this for a couple days. Rather than straight up country, this is more pop country or stadium country, which is the newer genres in it. You'll see. I've written about Elle King before so I'm not going to do it again, but I hope you listen to and enjoy the song because she's a great artist.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 241

Good Morning! Today's song is Crush by Madeline Merlo.

Madeline Merlo is a singer from British Columbia whose been active since 2013. She got signed to a production company at 17, and two years later got signed to a label. She released a single which landed on the Canadian Billboard County charts in 2014, then released an EP the same year. She went on tour with Dean Brody and Paul Brandt, then starred in a film called Country Crush. She won the Rising Star and BC CMA Female Vocalist Of The Year in 2015, then released her debut album in 2016. She's had a couple of singles since then, including some last year so check those out if you're interested.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 240

Good Morning! Today's song is Oh Darling by Plug In Stereo featuring Cady Groves.

So Plug In Stereo is Trevor Dahl. He started off in a bunch of different bands, but started making some solo stuff under this moniker and putting it up on MySpace. It got a lot of popularity, so he focused on the solo stuff instead of the bands. He released two EP's by himself, then from what I can figure he got signed and released an album. This song is from that album. He's done lots of touring as support for bands like The Ready Set and Dashboard Confessional. Cady Groves is an American singers active since 2009, and has released four EP's and a bunch of singles. Her label put her with a couple different people to do collaborations, one of which was Plug In Stereo and thus this song was born. You can check out more stuff from both of them and let me know what you think.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 239

Good Morning! Today's song is Old Friends by Jasmine Thompson.

Jasmine Thompson is an English singer active since 2009. She started out on YouTube singing covers as a kid. In 2013 she self-released four different covers of popular songs, before releasing an album with those on them. One of her covers ended up being used for a supermarket's advertising, increasing her popularity. She released an EP that got some success in Europe and the US. In 2014, she released her second album, was a featured singer on a Robin Schulz song, and had one of her covers used for the trailer of a TV show. In 2015 she got signed to a label and released her first single, followed by her third EP. Then one of her songs got remixed by Felix Jaehn, and his version became huge worldwide. In 2016, another of her cover songs was used for media, this time for two different movies, then in 2017 she released her next EP. She had another album released last year, so she's still going strong and you can check out her other stuff if you like this one.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 238

Good Morning! Today's song is If You Fall by JJ Heller.

JJ Heller is Jennifer Judy Heller and is a Christian folk singer, active since 2003. She started writing while she was in college, then joined a coffee shop band where she met her husband. She started releasing albums in 2004, and has two EP's and eleven albums as of 2018. Two of her songs have been featured on the Billboard Christian Songs Chart, and one has been covered in a TV show by Jennifer Love Hewitt, with another used in One Tree Hill. She mostly flies under the radar, but thanks to YouTube I found this song that I could share with you. Enjoy!

Peace.

Year 6, Day 237

Good Morning! Today's song is He Wasn't There by Lily Allen.

I've featured Lily Allen numerous times so I don't need to do a write up on her, so instead how about an update on my life. So my grandpa went into the hospital on the 21st and he's still there today. They got the blood disease under control, but then he had a minor heart attack and got pneumonia. So he's now waiting to have a procedure to fix his heart that has a 50% chance of working, and then we'll have to go from there. I've gone up there almost every day this week because everyone else in my family is sick, and it's getting to be a lot. He keeps getting better, and then worse, then better again. He scared everyone the other day because he was talking like he was on his deathbed, which could happen, but it wasn't quite that dire at the time. So I'm trying to keep track on getting these posts out, but it might be sporadic depending on how intense these get with my family. I'll try though. For now, enjoy some Lily Allen.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 236

Good Morning! Today's song is Blue (Da Ba Dee) covered by Robyn Adele ft Vanessa Dunleavy & Sarah Krauss.

So this song is originally done by Eiffel 65, but this cover version is done in the same vein as Postmodern Jukebox where it's an old timey style. Personally I find it too be too fast, but thanks to YouTube, you can change the speed. I think it's perfect with the style at 0.75 of the speed, but you guys be the judge. So Robyn Adele Anderson is a singer whose been active since 2011. She started out by being the featured vocalist in Postmodern Jukebox before starting her own YouTube channel. She's done some shows and has been cast in some things including Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic and The Flying Doctor. She'd been a guest vocalist with a group called The Skivvies, and most recently voiced a singer in Red Dead Redemption 2. I enjoy this song, but I've got to agree with some of the comments on the video, it's not electroswing which is what it's titled as. If you want to hear that style, go check out Caravan Palace. I've featured them on here before and I think they pretty much hit the mark on Electroswing. Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Peace.