“She’s sizzling because she’s got one of the best voices in the scene.” ~(The Daily Record ‘Hot Scots list’)
Ashton Lane (Esther O'Connor) is a little KT Tunstall, meets Michelle Branch, meets Vanessa Carlton, meets Sheryl Crow, meets Stevie Nicks. And she comes from all things musical....her dad Graeme Duffin played with Wet Wet Wet...and she started song writing at age 14.
Ashton's music is somewhere between modern country and the great west coast singer-songwriter pop music of the 60′s and 70′s. This redheaded singer/songwriter from Scotland is a unique voice (in today's overly produced pop scene)....and it's a refreshing one at that.
Her sound is familiar yet she makes it uniquely her own. She has an effortless and beautiful voice that you just want to keep listening to over and over again. Brilliant. And her lion's mane of red hair.....fabulous.
Lost Innocence
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Cover)
Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) (Cover)
Bruno Mars 'Grenade' (cover)
You can follow Ashton Lane on Twitter @estheroconnor49
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So here are some 'I've gotta see that again' videos with a musical slant that I came across this week while wasting time....umm researching on the web.
Anna Graceman, 11 ~ America's Got Talent 2011, Atlanta Auditions
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 cover - by Matthew Mayfield
Dev & The Cataracs vs. Britney Spears & will.i.am - Big Fat Bass Down Low
Madonna-Vs-Duck-Sauce-Barbra-Streisand-Strikes-A-Pose-(Vogue)-Robin-Skouteris-Mix
Hobbie Stuart - Fast Car (Tracy Chapman Cover)
U2 Nashville 07.02.11 Blind guitar player leads band in "All I Want is You"
This Canadian singer has the wit of Letterman and Leno combined, and the vocal prowess to back up every word… an acoustic female who finds a happy medium between Sarah McLachlan’s sad ballads and Ingrid Michaelson’s sugary seduction.”
~ Amiestreet.com
Mississauga native Robyn Dell’Unto first took the stage in Hamilton, ON, supporting emerging Canadian beauties like Basia Bulat, Jill Barber and Melissa McClelland. By 2009, she had inked a deal with Orange Lounge Records / inDiscover Recordings after making waves in their YouDiscover Summer Concert Series.
In the months to follow, Dell’Unto’s songs were featured on CBC’s ‘Being Erica’, Disney’s ‘Harriet The Spy’ and CMT’s ‘Unstable’ and ‘ER Vets’, as well as indie film fest favourite ‘Unrivaled’ (dir. Warren P. Sonoda). She “crashed” the 2010 Junos in St. John’s, Newfoundland as a correspondent for Bell Sympatico and was interviewed over the course of one year as the subject of The Robyn Dell’Unto Story, a “making of” documentary on indiscover.net.
And to that resume Robyn has recently added 'solo artist category' finalist in the 'Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest She's the One Emerging Female Artist' competition. The competition involved a cross-Canada talent search for the best in emerging Canadian female music talent.
You can follow Robyn along on Twitter at @robyndellunto, on Facebook and on MySpace.
Check out Robyn in concert:
*Waterloo: Maxwell's Music House - July 13
*Ottawa: Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest - July 16
*Toronto: The Piston - July 21 / C'est What - August 8
*Pictou, NS: Pictou Waterfront - August 14
*Mississauga: Mississauga City Hall (Living Arts Center Park) - August 23
Here is Robyn's latest single/video 'Just A Bird'
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