Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

This is my newest love - Emeli Sande, Next To Me

Damn, this song is like Sarah Bareilles, Beyonce & Adele all wrapped up into one!  Watch out 2012… this is a year for Emeli!

2011 is nearly over… and Emeli Sande is just getting started.  Coming in early 2012, the incredibly talented songwriter (Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole) & singer will release her first studio album, Our Version of Events.  Though born Adele Emeli Sande, the Scottish singer stage name is ‘Emeli’ due to the high success of UK singer Adele.  She felt that Adele had ‘taken the name’ and didn’t want to compete with that.  Her second single, Daddy, comes after her recent #1 UK Chart Topping success with Read All About It.  Expect more from this rising artist next year!

Getting through a Tuesday is so much easier… especially with this delightful remix of White Town’s “Your Woman” by British rapper Wiley ft. Emeli Sande’.  Let the 90s live on.

Obsession of the week: Emeli Sande´ - new singer from the UK.  She’s a true combination of the soul of Jill Scott, the smoothness of Leona Lewis (who she is writing songs for her next album) and the rawness & honesty of Adele.  Truly talented.  I’ve got Heaven (available on iTunes) & Easier In Bed (demo) on repeat currently, but her song Maybe is a true testament of her beautiful vocals and intense soul and transparency.  It’s rumored that Easier In Bed was written for Christina Aguilera’s next album, most likely to drop sometime in 2012.  Emeli’s first studio album, Our Version of Events, is anticipated to be released sometime in November of this year.