//Limelight Spotlight: Amy MacDonald//

Importing goods. It’s the American way. Automobile parts, toys, oil, great musicians. It’s what we do and we’re not stopping anytime soon. Another great import from Europe is making her debut in the U.S. in a major way this week. Her name is Amy MacDonald.
Her debut album on Decca Records, This is the Life, is [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Jon McLaughlin//

Jon McLaughlin, best known for the song “So Close” from the Disney movie Enchanted, is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter with all the qualities for a hit maker. When “So Close” hit the big screen, it propelled his first album, Indiana, to the number one spot on Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list. The single “Beautiful Disaster” was [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Duffy//

An epidemic has hit the United States and not since the Spice Girls in 1996 have Americans been hit so hard. That epidemic is the new British explosion of the “New-Amy’s.” Just in case you’ve been living in a cave for the past year and a half, that Amy is Amy Winehouse, the singer with [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Delta Goodrem//

“It really was the scariest thing you could ever tell an 18-year-old is that ‘You have cancer.’”
But that’s exactly what doctors told Australian mega-star Delta Goodrem at the height of her success in 2003. Having just come off of a successful multi-platinum debut album, “Innocent Eyes,” in Australia, the UK, and Japan, Delta, in the middle of [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Charlotte Sometimes//

Upon first listen, I was convinced Charlotte Sometimes was another British import. Her velvety voice called to mind one of my favorite British newcomers, Adele. Her razor sharp witty songwriting reminded me of Lily Allen and Kate Nash. But, finally, score one for the home-team; she’s American-made.
 
This Wall, New Jersey native’s influences are all over the [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Marié Digby//

She’s the #7 most subscribed to musician on YouTube but most of you probably never heard of her. Her name is Marié Digby (pronounced Mar-ee-AY). The 24-year-old Japanese/Irish beauty from California made a huge splash last year when she took to YouTube to tape herself singing Rihanna’s massive hit “Umbrella.” The video caught on like wildfire, [...]

//Limelight Spotlight: Adele//

Meet Adele. She’s already a force in the UK. The 19 year old Londoner released her debut album, 19, in February of 2008 to massive critical acclaim. The album topped the UK album chart and the singles Hometown Glory and Chasing Pavements made their way up the singles chart; the latter reaching number one. Her rich, [...]

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