Another one of my 'Me and...' series of selfies, this time with the wonderful Katerine Duska after her gig at the Colours Hoxton in Shoreditch, London on 24th November 2019. She had only completed her set ten minutes beforehand and she was happy to not only have the picture taken but also chat with me for "Let Me Be The One"! You can hear that interview in this week's show, along with her new single "ANEMOS" that she has released together with Leon Of Athens, who accompanied her on stage for that track live:
I'll show you the best pictures and even a couple of videos I took at the gig later on but you must listen to the show where that really intriguing interview is:
And the playlist for show 69?
"ANEMOS" - Leon Of Athens and Katerine Duska
Interview with Katerine Duska, Colours Hoxton (24/11/2019)
"One In A Million" - Katerine Duska
"In My Blood" - Sandro Nicolas
"Requiem" - Alma
"Sing It Away" - Sandhja
"Waterman" - The Hearts Of Soul
"Share The Joy" - Gromee
"7th Wonder" - Ira Losco
Rodney Maskells "Why I Love It!"
"Alle Mine Tankar" - Silje Vige
"Let Me Drink" - Guy Sebastian ft. The HamilTones & Wale
"Constellation Prize" - Robin Bengtsson
"Break Up Song" - Klara Hammarström
"A Million Years" - Mariette
"Den Vilda" - One More Time
"Ping Pong" (censored) - Jennifer Cohen
"Young" - Rasmus Rändvee
"By My Side" - STEFAN
"Only Dream" - INGER
"Unistustes" - Mariliis Jõgeva
"Miljon sammu" - Merilin Mälk
"Monsters" - Tamara Todevska
"CHEYENNE" - Francesca Michielin
"Planets" - ALYOSHA
"Let Me Be The One" - The Shadows
Obviously the show opens with the star of this week's episode and you got to hear her new track that only came out last Friday. "One In A Million" is my favourite track of hers and that is why it 'bookends' her interview - that, and the fact that we really have heard "Better Love" a lot over the past six months! I was also delighted to be able to play the one available commercial release of Sandro Nicolas, the Cypriot representative for Rotterdam, along with Ira Losco's "7th Wonder" that, for me at least, seemed to fit in quite nicely with her wedding last weekend. One more thing to mention about hour one this week - go back to the selfie at the top of the article. See the chap unwittingly photobombing us both? That is Rodney Maskell and by chance it was his "Why I Love It!" on the show this week! I couldn't have planned that if I had tried.
But you want some more content from the Katerine Duska gig, I hear you all cry. Let's start with some pictures of her solo:
And that, along with "One In A Million", is why I traveled into London on a Sunday in November to watch her perform:
Absolutely incredible and I would go as far to say that Katerine's gig was one of my musical highlights of 2019. As I said on the show, if comes back to the UK to perform, she is a 'must watch' - totally transfixing on stage, those vocals hold you spellbound and she is such a lovely person to chat with too!
Next week's show is number 70 and fingers crossed I MIGHT have an interview with Holly Tandy. She was busy in panto rehearsals this week so I think that chatting with her off-air, pre-recording that and then playing it on the show might be the only way of our paths crossing. There will definitely be more songs from those artists at this year's MF, more entries from Eesti Laul and more new releases, including one from this lady:
Have a guess as to who that might be!