With the New Year and decade already dawning, WomensRadio is proud to share with our audience several artists that we believe will be making big waves in 2010.  Read on, as this is the second round of our predictions, accompanied by Episode 18 of the WRMusicReview Podcast.

Amy Campbell

The first thing that we noticed about independent Canadian singer/songwriter, Amy Campbell, was an abundance of that special “something” that all genuine songwriters seem to effortlessly radiate from head to toe.  It is our firm belief that 2010 will be a fantastic year for Amy, who is still enjoying much success with her Double-Disc, Oh Heart, Oh Highway.  The previous three years of Amy’s traveling, searching, composing, sketching and writing were not in vain, as what came out was a beautifully narrated and heartwarming walk through the inner-workings of this Hot “Up-N-Comer”.  We see VERY big things on the horizon for this majestic songwriter.

Current Release: Oh Heart, Oh Highway 2XLP

Genre(s): Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriter

Camela Widad Kraemer

Oh, her voice!  It’s like bubblegum one moment and then offers a glint of rasp the next, and all the while oh-so-captivating!  Camela Widad Kraemer is an accomplished touring songwriter, and has room to boast, having already added performances at several UK and US Festivals as notches to her bedpost.  All the while, Camela maintains a humble and appreciated demeanor, often saturating intimate settings such as Coffeeshops and Songwriter Circles with her electrically-charged personality and gift of acoustic song.  The last 10 years have seen Camela release a total of 4 albums, and 2010 marks the next step in her devoted journey to continuing the recording and performance of her breathtaking original material.

Current Release: Before You’re Gone LP

Genre(s): Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Singer-Songwriter

Carley Tanchon

To be blown away by an artist that is youthful, energetic, and brimming with talent is one of the best feelings in the world.  Carley Tanchon does exactly that upon hearing the first note of her debut release, Peridot, and that spine-tingling feeling doesn’t let up until the album has come to a close.  We predict VERY big things for Carley in 2010, as this Berklee College of Music graduate and scholar is well on her way to making a name for herself in this overflowing, and often times cannibalistic, ocean of art and entertainment!

Current Release: Peridot LP

Genre(s): Americana, Blues, Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Soul, Southern Rock

Halie Loren

Eugene, Oregon’s upcoming Singer/Songwriter, Halie Loren, is ready to set the world on fire in 2010 with her uninhibited take on Jazz standards and innate songwriting ability.  Think about all of your favorite Jazz/Blues singers from the past that have touched your life and briefly ponder exactly what made them legendary – The voice, the presence, the emotion.  Halie Loren encompasses all of these traits, and at the young age of 25 maintains an equally balanced passion for performance and recording.  Having met up with Halie in Nashville during Indiegrrl 2009, we can safely say that her charisma is the first thing you’ll notice when she enters the room.  Hats off to Halie, as she is certainly doing her part in making music worth listening to in 2010 and beyond!

Current Release: They Oughta Write A Song… LP

Genre(s): Alternative, Blues, Contemporary, Downtempo, Jazz, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Jayme Dawicki

Indie Pop/Rock/Singer-Songwriter, Jayme Dawicki, is not your typical DIY Indie artist working to place her city (Milwaukee, WI) on the world’s musical map.  Her highly successful debut LP, Shatter Queen, hits an apex of sound and delivers her message loud and clear, and as 2010 moves forward, Jayme’s music the world is hearing more and more of Jayme; having her music placed in department stores and receiving nominations for WAMI Album of the Year and Pop Artist of the Year.  We firmly believe that Jayme Dawicki and her music will greatly surpass any previous accolades, and will blossom beyond all expectations throughout the next decade.

Current Release: Shatter Queen LP

Genre(s): Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Kirsten DeHaan

Woodstock, New York is famous for many different reasons; our new favorite reason is Alternative Singer/Songwriter, guitarist and owner of SirLady Records, Kirsten DeHaan.  Kirsten has recently released a five-song EP titled, Thorns On A Crown, which she describes in detail during a recent interview on WomensRadio, and has garnered a gaggle of goose bumps from fans of such favorites as Nirvana, U2 and Belly.  It is evident that Kirsten delivers pure talent in every breath that escapes her lips and through each strum of her guitar, and through a firmly planted position in the industry, has enabled herself to take the world by storm throughout the next decade!

Current Release: Thorns On A Crown EP

Genre(s): Acoustic, Americana, Alternative, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Lucia!

Lucia Nazzaro aka Lucia! is not only one of 2010’s Hot “Up-N-Comers”, she is a prominent, multi-talented TV/Radio Host and Reporter, Writer/Author and Motivational Speaker with a strong pop-sensibility and almost always approaches the situation with a welcoming deportment.  Building upon her 2009 release, Dreaming Big, Lucia! is doing just that, having recently announced a brand-new development titled, “The Lucy D Project” as well as licensing opportunities with MTV, indie film placement and the release of a new music video with Director/Editor Jeff Knight, for “Last Chance”.  Carrying forward this type of momentum into the new decade, Lucia! is one artist that is sure to keep us teetering on the edge of our seats!

Current Release: Dreaming Big LP

Genre(s): Acoustic, Alternative, Classical, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Soul

Phildel

If you’re looking to be taken away to a faraway place by another’s creative expression through sound, pretty much *any* song put out by Phildel will take you there.  The intimacy of her vocals combined with intrinsic pop-sense and a splash of darkness amidst an entire rainbow of untainted emotion makes Phildel, hands down, one of the greatest artists you’ll hear in 2010.  Like her lyrics suggest, Phildel has sent a storm to capture our hearts, and has brought us home through her sweet symphony of song, and guarantees to do the same for any listener to cross her musical path.

Current Release: Tales From The Moonsea EP

Genre(s): Contemporary, Electronic, Indie, Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriter

Sarah Elizabeth Foster

New York is brimming with talent, and amidst the chaos of speeding taxi’s and polluting delivery vehicles is classically trained and multilingual vocalist, Sarah Elizabeth Foster, who’s debut EP, Gardening From The Ground Up, is doing just that – building a solid and successful career on a foundation of songs that exhibit an accomplished and hauntingly beautiful manner, reserved most often for the later years of an artist’s career.  As Sarah continues to garden from the ground up, we can assuredly boast precognition of her success throughout the upcoming years.

Current Release: Gardening From The Ground Up EP

Genre(s): Acoustic-Electric, Alternative, Indie, Jazz, Lo-Fi, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Shannon Curtis

Three words to describe Shannon Curtis: Ultimate pop sensation.  We could stop there, but why pass up the opportunity to let you know that you can have Shannon be your singing Valentine this February 14th?!  Literally, if you’re looking for an amazingly talented singer/songwriter to share in the beauty of love songs with, look no further, as this Southern California star-studded songstress has consistently delivered three solid releases since 2007, and is showing no sign of slowing down in the new year with tour dates spanning from Colorado to Missouri, LA to NYC and back again.

Current Release: Why Don’t You Stay? EP

Genre(s): Blues, Cabaret, Folk, Lo-Fi, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Soul

Shunda K

With talent dripping out of every pore on her body, Shunda K holds back nothing in her relentless push onward and upward in an industry that for decades has been holding female hip-hop artists down or forcing them to compromise their artistic vision to earn a comfortable living.  Not Shunda K – uh uh, no way, not now, not then, not ever.  Finishing out her Jan./Feb. Australian tour unofficially titled, “Shunda Down Unda: Da Takeova!”, Shunda K can be seen on stage performing her brilliant collaboration with Peaches titled, “Billionaire” as part of their collaborative effort to bring Peaches + Shunda K’s electro/hip-hop superstardom to the masses of the Southern Hemisphere throughout their summertime club/concert/festival season, and just in time to return to the states for SXSW + more!

Current Release: Feel EP

Genre(s): Club, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Indie, Pop, Rap, R&B

Teri A. Coutu

When you give an artist room to do what they do best, take the time to creatively dot all of the I’s and cross all the t’s of their work, you will end up with an album like Teri A. Coutu’s debut, Answer Me.  Teri’s music expands upon a refined Mexican songwriting style and blends blues and rock elements to provide the perfect accompaniment to her strong and seductive voice.   Not that we have superhuman powers, or that we’re “just that good”, but a little birdie tells us that Teri A. Coutu is one woman to watch out for, as we move out of the 2000’s and into the “twenty ten’s”.

Current Release: Answer Me LP

Genre(s): Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Vagina Panther

If the catchy guitar riffs don’t get you, the vocal carnage reaped by front woman Dead June is sure to chew you up and spit you out into the foreign world of claymation created especially for their acclaimed music video, “Dave, You Are Killing Me”.  This Brooklyn, NY band features excellent musicianship all throughout from Dead June on vocals & guitar, Kit Days on Guitar, Johnathan Swass on Bass and Trent Good on Drums; weighing in at about 30 minutes in length, the album gains a high replay value with plenty of bite-sized servings to feed the über-short attention spans of our digitally-merged generations.  By our calculations, the twenty ten’s are already much brighter, now that Vagina Panther is on the scene.

Current Release: Vagina Panther LP

Genre(s): Alternative, Grunge, Indie, Punk, Rock

Vanessa Pellon

How can you not love a woman who insists on doing takes of her playing guitar in the bathtub?  Los Angeles is home to a lot of musical greats, and Vanessa Pellon is one singer/songwriter that is sure to stand out, and having a diverse background in both business and music, is using both to elevate her brutally honest and charismatic style to the top.  There is a passion that stirs deep within the belly of Vanessa Pellon’s music, and through this passion arrives a medium for both musician and listener to connect and share in the intimate and omnipresent experience of song.  We’re confident that as Vanessa’s music blossoms throughout the twenty ten’s, it will carry a scent captivating as that of a rose in full bloom, luring the listener in closely for maximum listening pleasure.

Current Release: Porcelain Diary LP

Genre(s): Acoustic-Electric, Americana, Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriter

Zera Vaughan

If Tunisian-born Zera Vaughan hadn’t taken that vacation to London while studying music at the Paris Music Conservatory, and hadn’t been introduced to the music of Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead, or had her father not played Ella Fitzgerald for her as a young girl, the exuding magic on her sophomore release, The New Seed, may never have come to be.  It is our stern belief that the twenty ten’s will be a very successful time for Zera Vaughan and her signature combination of downtempo electronics on top of acoustic, analogous sounds and candy-like vox – blurring the boundaries between pop, rock, electronic and often times songwriting as a whole.  We are very excited to discover what Zera has in mind for her junior release, and anticipate it will arrive soon!

Current Release: The New Seed LP

Genre(s): Alternative, Downtempo, Electronic, Indie, Lo-Fi, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

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