I've been hearing a lot of noise about the modern music scene being dead or over... usually these kind sentiments tend to come from the old folks whose time of having an opinion on what is hot or not is over anyway so I usually don't pay it no mind. But after catching the amazing video for Katy Perry's ET today (one of the best songs and videos of the year in my humble opinion) I felt I had to defend today's music...
There is so much great music out there particularly from female vocalists this year...so in this blog I weigh in with some examples of just why the future is so bright!
My first love Adele. Someone Like You is the greatest heart-break song ever written.
Adele is one of the most critically acclaimed muso's of the last few years. Her music is so timeless you tend to forget that she's only 23 years old. Her first album 19 was phenomenal and her second 21 even better - they belong in everyone's music collection - that's all.
Second on my list is a young lady who crept up on me 'cause I'd come across her songs but didn't know who she was till she won a Grammy. She's played the violin since she was five years old, is a phenomenal double bassist was accepted as a student at USC by age 16 and is currently part of their music faculty. Now at 23 years old she is the 2011 Best New Artist - bow down for the jazz hotness that is Esperanza Spalding!
Say what you will about her, but she really is the only girl (in the world), to have achieved seven number one songs on the Billboard pop chart that is. I have such respect for this girl's amazing pop culture icon status. She is just so NOW! Like Eminem made it cool for white boys in hip hop, Rihanna broke down the barrier between r'nb and pop and opened the door for black girls to reach Madonna status without having to sing in church first!
This David Guetta track feat Rihanna Who's That Chick just so represents what she stands for!
I have had a long and often abusive love affair with r'nb but not since the hey days of mariah, lauren and whitney has a singer given me a rise like this. Melanie Fiona like Drake and Justin Bieber is also from Canada (who knows what they put in the water), and her debut album The Bridge is a classic that I'll never get tired of listening to.
Never Coming Back is the first single off her new album - no release date yet - I can't wait!
Like everyone else I got over the Lilly Allen's and Duffy's pretty quickly so imagine my surprise when English song-writer and popstress Jessie J entered the scene and I became absolutely obsessed. Not sure how long it will last but for now she's made me forget about the tcha-tching-tching and she's got the world dancing...
Pricetag feat. B.O.B her other single Do It Like A Dude is also very cool
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