GEORGE EZRA

When I discover new artists I totally lose myself in their music. I try to find everything they ever made. And then I listen to it whenever I can. (Which is basically whenever I'm awake). I get so excited that I have trouble falling asleep because their songs keep playing in my head. And I would rather spend my time watching interviews and finding out about tour dates instead of sleeping. I guess I get addicted.

My current "music drug" is George Ezra. The 20 year old singer-songwriter from Bristol released two EP's recently. 'Did You Hear the Rain?' with the Single 'Budapest' in October 2013 and 'Cassy O'' in March 2014 (Single is called Cassy O' as well). He went to 'Brighton Institute of Modern Music' and finished as the best in his year. (At least that's what Wikipedia sais.^^)

He played at Glastonbury in 2013 and has been touring a lot. Gigs and Festivals are planned for this year as well. If you want to see him live just google it. I guess you're gonna find something! 

I guess the BBC will play quite a big role on his way to being more known worldwide. His song "Angry Hill" was uploaded as part of 'BBC Introducing' in 2012, he played a cover of One Republic's "Counting Stars" at BBC Radio1 and he's on their 'Sound of 2014' list as well as several other lists that guarantee us that he will make it this year. 

He definitely deserves to be heard by lots of ears. His voice is very unique and you don't really feel like listening to a 20 year old guy.  I won't try to explain his voice, you just have to hear it! He plays the guitar and I guess he's pretty good but I'm not one to judge on that since I don't know a lot about guitar-playing!

I made a playlist with some videos from his as well as other channels. You can listen to it here.

You can check out his YouTube channel where he uploads a lot of his songs and official music videos as well as acoustic versions here. (He's also on most common social networks if you fancy "stalking" him a little.)

There are two free downloads on his official webpage if you're interested and you can of course buy his music on iTunes etc.

I will leave my favourite song here so you can listen to it right away. It's "Over The Creek".

He's gonna be playing at Southside Festival this summer and I hope that I will manage to see his set. If so, I will definitely write about it!

I hope you enjoyed this post and will check his music out eventually.

Have a nice day!
M






(Picture is taken from George Ezras official facebook page)

WHAT IS THIS?

I don't really know how to write about music. It's a pity because I want to share what I love and when I find a new artist or band I want everyone to know their greatness. But I never know where to start. I could give information about the artist. Where they're from, what they did etc. etc. But I guess that's not what makes people listen to them. I have to write about how their music makes me feel and what happens inside my head and heart when I hear their voice, their guitars, their soul. And that's the trouble. I'm struggling with putting myself out there. Music is such an important part of my life, of myself, of the way I feel. I define myself through music and I feel like I show you the deepest parts of myself by sharing the music I love.

But maybe that's good for me. Maybe that's just my way of handling my emotions.

I want to try to write about it. Those posts may suck. Or they won't. I don't know. Maybe there will be posts where I just leave a video or tune without a comment. We'll see!

Have a wonderful day.
M