hello all,
happy Sunday to you! one thing you may or not know about me, is that i'm a piano teacher. today, i am hosting a winter recital for my students. it's nothing big, but i know that my students grow a lot from playing in front of an audience, and being able to show off what they've learned this semester.
anyways, this post is going to be the start of my music reviews. today, i'm going to be sharing some of my favorite YouTube artists that i've discovered. i don't go and search for new artists, because with the friends i have and the wide variety of genres i like, but these ones that i've either found or been shown in the past month or so, i absolutely LOVE. i, myself, am working on my first real cover, so get ready for that in the near future. okay, let's get to the real point of this, the artists & songs!
1) Daniela Andrade
i first heard of Daniela when she covered the song Poison & Wine by the Civil Wars with another artist i'll be talking about, AJ Rafael. in that video, she was very quiet and i wasn't overly impressed by her. i recently saw that she had created her own channel, and OH MY GOODNESS. i was blown away. the two videos i'm posting below are her covers of Latch by Sam Smith & Disclosure and Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. i seriously adore the tone of her voice and how she flawlessly hits high notes. she has an Ingrid Michaelson or Sara Bareilles kinda sound, but she also has this unique element to her voice that makes you love her even more. definitely fangirling over her!
Latch (cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e78_3GnH_1I
(favorite part of this is when she adds the little part at the end, "don't wanna let, don't wanna let you go" #boooooom)
Crazy (cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzxag7U3Snk
2) AJ Rafael
since i just talked about Daniela, i thought i'd go ahead and talk about AJ Rafael. i am a huge fan of Wong Fu Productions (if you don't know who they are or haven't seen anything by them, pause your reading of this and GO WATCH THIS VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSkYbgxl93Y) and AJ has starred in different videos that they've put together and so i checked out his covers. something i like about AJ is that he can sing just about any style of song. he can go from singing an upbeat, rockin' T-Swift song to singing a slow Disney ballad to singing a raw, acoustic original song. definitely go check out AJ's videos!
Beautiful Escape (an original song!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stsaI8aPkrI
I Knew You Were Trouble (cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4BMmVh7h5w
3) Kina Grannis
my next new artist that i'm sharing with you guys is one of my favorite female vocalists of all time. her latest album Elements is so good. she has this indie pop vibe to her and she is so creative in the way that she covers songs. she has a mind for layering songs and putting in harmonies to make the song even more powerful. her videography skills are epic, too. i find my voice has a lot of a similar sound to hers so i admire her lots.
sweater weather (cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYsM9sTqxo
clean (cover) - http://youtu.be/4MzExrN1QFU
royals (cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Tc-o9SWcU
bring me the night w/ Sam Tsui - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ihOCgdarFg
my dear (original) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ddTAQGUNhs&index=13&list=PLmYi5FhSDA5fKcCUAajr77YB9AKqWgnJI
hope you all enjoyed this post! see y'all next Sunday!
xo,
LJB
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