Releasenews from South Africa
Written by Newsdesk Monday, 26 October 2009 08:48
Ek kan weer in die liefde glo.
Wondering what is the most Eurovisionminded country around right now, South Africa could be the answer. Recently three CD's have been released with material that is interesting for any Eurovision fan. Andriette, Heinz Winckler and Patricia Lewis all have a song from this year's Eurovision Song Contest included.
Singer Andriette (Norman) has just released her new album 'Dink Aan My' (Think of me).
'Dink Aan My' is her second album, after last years Diamant. There's one Eurovision cover on it and that's Düm Tek Tek, this years Turkish entry by Hadise. (4th place in Moscow). Hadise's Düm Tek Tek already enjoyed some success in Japanese charts and it's Andriettes turn to make the song a hit in South Africa. It will be the next radiosingle of the Dink Aan My CD. The album is available at many digital sources like Virginmedia and itunes and the CD is available in South African (web) shops.
Heinz Wincklers CD 'Ek Kan Weer In Liefde Glo' is also out this week. You have already seen the video of his coverversion of Believe Again (Denmark 2009). There's another track of Eurovision interest, Jy Gee My Butterflies. This is an Afrikaans version of Butterflies by Tone Damli Aaberge, the #2in this years Norwegian selection and a #2 hit in the Nowegian charts (Kept off the #1 spot by eventual winner Fairytaile). As expected, 'Ek Kan Weer In Liefde Glo' is a collection of solid pop rock songs, mostly original compositions and a few coverversions thrown in for good measure. The songs are in English and in Afrikaans. The 16 track CD closes with a coverversion of Alphaville's Forever Young.
The third much talked about coverversion of this years contest, German entry Miss Kiss Kiss Bang by Patricia Lewis & David Hasselhoff is also out now. The song, originally by Oscar Loya and Alex Christensen (Alex Swings Oscar Sings) ended 20th, but hey, it was on Oprah so they actually won anyway.
The Afrikaans coverversion can be found on the re-issued Patricia Lewis CD 'Net Soos In Drome', which also includes the other song Lewis recorded with Hasselhoff: As I Am. Charlotte Perelli's Hero (Sweden 2008) and Swedish preselection songs Cara Mia (Måns Zelmerlöw), Empty Room (Sanna Nielsen) & Live Forever (Magnus Carlsson) complete the tracks of Eurocovers interest. As a bonus there are three videoclips on the CD including Hero, Miss Kiss Kiss Bang and Gee My Nog 'n Kans. The CD is released on Sony and is available internationally through Kalahari.
Source: Eurocovers.blogspot.com
