Jessica Chapnik – ‘Sand’

Jessica Chapnik is a new name to me but she might be better known to the Australian public as Sam Tolhurst, a character from Home and Away. Argentinian born and Australian raised, she is a trained actress, but we’re interested in her for her music rep. She was a backing singer to Sarah Blasko when she met Ben Lee who ended up writing a whole album’s worth of songs for a soundtrack to the movie The Square and got Jessica to sing it. The songwriting is very Ben Lee, and I suspect if he was singing I wouldn’t bother listening to the CD, but Jessica’s voice gave the songs a new angle and feel to them. One to watch in the future.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Chapnik

www.squarethemovie.com/soundtrack.html

www.myspace.com/somethingwithnumbers

I saw the Grates for the first time in two years a few weeks ago in one of those secret shows, I thought I’d be over them but they’re still so fun to watch.

Micky Green – ‘Oh!’ (mp3)

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of pop music, I grew up on a diet of Top 40 radio so it’s impossible to shake off the habit. Paris based Micky Green in this category of easy light guilt free pop, something that I enjoy every now and then. Tall, blonde and stunning, 23 year old Michaela Gehrmann can easily be a fashion model…well as a matter of fact she is! She moved to France when she was 18 and are on the Ford and Vivien modelling agency books.

www.myspace.com/mickygreenmusic

www.myspace.com/winterpark

www.myspace.com/martinmartiniandthebonepalaceorchestra