Song of the Day: Rise – Laurrhie Brouns

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OK peeps, it’s time to put your New Year’s Resolution to the test with single Rise by fiery singer-songwriter LAURRHIE BROUNS.

As you will hear from the four-minute must listen, the Haitian/Dutch powerhouse puts her rich soulful/modern R&B spin on K-Pop (in which she calls EuroKPop), creating a real sugary and spine tingling sensation.

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Her K-Pop/Soulful combo hasn’t fallen by the waste side: The 26-year-old performed three times at the huge Arena in Amsterdam for a crowd of 50,000 people at a time and also shared the stage with heavyweights including Emeli Sandé and Bob Marley’s legendary band The Wailers, whilst club touring across Netherlands.

In 2012, the upbeat pop songstress took her talent to new heights and auditioned for The Voice of Holland and instantly became the viewer’s favorite and was dubbed “The discovery” & “The one to watch”.

Now that’s all the credentials over with, it’s time to check out Rise. The single is taken from her EP, Ascension: Golden Seeds of Light, released in November on all major music outlets, including iTunes and Spotify.

Song of the Day: Stefski & Hutch – Keep it Together

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After a mad dash to get all those Christmas presents for friends and love ones, you guys must be tired as hell…so I thought I serve up a very soothing dish of the day, ‘Keep It Together’ by indie-pop/classic rock duo STEFSKI & HUTCH. The leading single is taken from their latest five-track EP entitled ‘Classic Rock?!?’, available now on Spotify.

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas – enjoy it wherever you are! For now, just relax and check out the video for ‘Keep It Together.’

Song of the Day: On The Vibe – Skye The King & Trilla T

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Today’s too-cool-for-school dish of the day comes in the form of On the Vibe from Virginia’s slick emcees  SKYE THE KING & TRILLA T. The single is the first release of their LP The RedEye, released in September.

Since the release of the LP, the duo have developed a large amount of buzz around their names, earning them a string of live performances at various local night clubs.

They’re now working on individual projects as well as on the collaborative effort, the  RedEye 2 LP…be sure to look out for that…now for now, hit the play button on On The Vibe.

Song of the Day: Why Do I Hurt You? – King Dice O (Sakinah Iman)

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Continuing the beautifully-raw/spoken word combo, displayed in his previous reflective effort, Who Am I?, KING DICE O dropped his latest single –  this time in the form of a thought-provoking, bitter-sweet love letter. This offering is too good to pass up…have a listen.

Why Do I Hurt You? is from his Forthcoming LP, Who Am I?

Song of The Day: Remember Me – Oparu

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Today’s very tasty dish of the day is OPARU’s debut single Remember Me, which boasts a stunning fusion of haunting pop, paired with operatic vocals and dark experimental electro.

OPARU is the musical endeavor of Los Angeles based songwriter, singer and actress Dianna St. Hilaire. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, St. Hilaire started to write and perform music at a very young age in choir and musicals. Self taught, her first instrument was the piano and she worked tirelessly at the craft of reading and writing music.

When St. Hilaire was in her late teens, she began performing with punk bands and for producers as a back up/ studio vocalist in New Mexico, where she took on her first musical alias, the highly successful group Versailles. Partnering with the infamous Kim Fowley (The Runaways, Kiss, Joan Jett, Alice Cooper), she has toured the US extensively, been featured on the official Grammy ballots, as well as charting on Billboard. Versailles’s music was also on rotation with popular stations across the U.S. including KROQ and NPR tastemaker KCRW. St. Hilaire reinvented herself in late 2015 as OPARU, deriving from the Japanese name of the birthstone opal.

The next chapter in her musical journey, is the highly anticipated Remember Me, out now on iTunes…before you go, have a listen.