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  • I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me

    I’ve just heard (and watched) all 24 songs up for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2011 selection; you can see them all below. It’s good to see decent studio video clips for each song for a change. It would seems that things are indeed getting better now that PBS has taken over the production of Malta’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.

    Since I’m not a judge on the official panel this year (as I was last year) I see no reason not to publicly share my thoughts on each of the songs after this first listen. These are just first reactions and my opinion of some songs may change in the coming weeks; still, keep in mind that many of the people voting at the Eurovision Song Contest itself in May will only have heard those songs once.

    Please take these comments with a pinch of salt and if you disagree with me just forget what I think. You can also leave your own comments below, of course.

    01. Amber – Catch 22 (Ray Agius, Godwin Sant)
    Very nice. Could be the winner!

    02. Jessica Muscat – Down Down Down (Philip Vella, Jessica Muscat)
    Good laid back club vibe…but about 5 years too late.

    03. Wayne Micallef – Everybody Sing (Wayne Micallef, Wayne Micallef)
    Fresh and catchy pop. Wayne is a force to be reckoned with.

    04. Richard Edwards – Finally (Jan Van Dijck, Richard Micallef)
    A decent song by a solid performer, but perhaps a little to formulaic.

    05. Cherise Grixti – Heart of Glass (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
    This singer deserves a better song!

    06. Marilena Gauci – He’s a Demon (Michael Henry, Anthony Grech)
    He may be a lot of things…but certainly not a demon.

    07. Eleanor Cassar – Hypnotized (Paul Giordimania , Fleur Balzan)
    Classy but probably slightly out of step with the new generation.

    08. Raquela – If I Could Do It All Again (Marc Paelnick, Mathias Strasser)
    Classy but probably slightly out of step with the older generation.

    09. Domenique – I’ll Follow the Sunshine (Ralph Siegel, Dr. Bernd Meinunger)
    Lena is not a better performer than Domenique but she has a far superior team behind her.

    10. Jamie Tonna – Lost Without You (Marco Debono, Aidan O’Connor)
    Not sure what to make of this one, but it didn’t grab me on a first listen.

    11. Kelly Schembri – Love Me Like Your Money (Sven Lundhol, Gerard James Borg)
    This has all the ingredients to be a great pop hit.

    12. Sophie – Love to Love You (Elton Zarb, Sophie Debattista)
    Poppy, catchy, and all that…fluffy but good, just like whipped cream.

    13. Baklava – Moon Dance (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
    Best song from Borg and Vella since Vertigo. Actually quite good.

    14. Claudia Faniello – Movie in my Mind (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
    It’s great to see Claudia enjoying herself instead of trying to win. Bring on the wind machine!

    15. Fabrizio Faniello – No Surrender (Johan Stentorp , Johan Bederholm)
    How is this one better than I Do?

    16. Ally – Numb (Ally, Ally)
    A heart-felt song…but I can’t see it touching the audience or judges.

    17. Glen Vella – One Life (Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan)
    Not half as good as last year’s attempt by Glen and his team.

    18. Kurt Calleja – Over and Over (Johan J’amtberg, Kurt Calleja)
    Wow! This is a really good rock ballad. How did this make it through the preliminary selections?

    19. Klinsmann Coleiro / Benjamin Darmanin – This Love (Klinsmann Coleiro, Jonathan Spiteri)
    Could it be that Klinsmann is finally growing up? Altogether not a bad song at all.

    20. J.Anvil – Topsy Turvy (Jonas Gladnikoff / Niall Mooney / Andrew Zahra, Deo Grech / Natasha Turner)
    J.Anvil doing what he does best. With the right stage act this song could make a big impact.

    21. Amber – Touch Wood (Ray Agius, Alfred Sant)
    Good thing Amber has a better song than this one for this contest.

    22. Anna Azzopardi – Unfaithful (Renato Briffa, Keith Zammit)
    Good singer for unintentionally retro Euro-Pop toe tapper.

    23. Petra Zammit – Unintentional (Elton Zarb, Rita Pace)
    I love this singer. One day soon everyone in Malta will know her name, if they don’t already.

    24. Rosman Pace – You’ll Never Know (Steven D. Cook, Jordan Milnes)
    Twenty four pop songs is a little too much to choose from at this stage.

    I’ll hold off until the Friday 11 February semi-final to pick my 16 for the final and a possible top 3, so please check back on this blog, via my Facebook page, or through EurovisionMalta.com for an update ahead of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2011 final. I’m also planning to release a special issue of my Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast just before that week, with more general comments about the whole shindig.

  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 770

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 770

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-770 edizzjoni li huwa s-seba’ programm fit-tmien staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Claire Tonna – A Woman I Love
    • Daryl Ebejer ft. David Cassar Torreggiani – Bħal Ħolma
    • Sad Pancake – Laceration
    • SterjoTipi – Il-Bidu
    • X-Vandals – Veil of Forgetfulness
    • Carlo Muscat – For the Walking Woman

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: X’sibt fl-arkivji tal-Yahoo Mail dil-ġimgħa? Inkomplu fejn bdejna fil-ġimgħatejn li għaddew fl-attentat tiegħi biex nara x’hemm li jista’ jitħassar mill-inbox tal-Yahoo Mail tiegħi. Sibt kwantità kbira ta’ emails b’attachments kbar li huma diversi tracks li rċivejt mingħand mużiċisti u kantanti li jitolbuni nikkunsidra xi ħaġa ġdida tagħhom għal waqt xi edizzjoni ta’ MMI.  U allura llum ukoll – u ċertament li nkompliha darb’ oħra wkoll din – qed naqsam magħkom uħud mis-siltiet li sibt jien u nħassar ħafna emails qodma li m’għandix bżonn aktar.  Is-siltiet mużikali qed inżommhom sintendi, flimkien m’uħud mill-aktar emails pertinenti li rċivejt matul is-snin.

    • Lyndsay – Regent Street
    • Dripht – Green Dub
    • Norm Rejection – Peltier
    • The Red Model – (what’s in) Colonel Gaddafi’s Suitcase?
    • TroffaĦamra – Mifruda bil-Ħin
    • Maryrose Mallia – Nazju tal-Ibirba
    • Todamusica ft. Sandrina – Falling

    Aidan - Cowboys Dont Cry album cover artPARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Cowboys Don’t Cry ta’ Aidan. Din il-ġimgħa bix-xieraq li niffokaw naqra fuq dan l-album hekk kif Aidan Cassar qed jidher fuq tant mijjiet ta’ eluf ta’ screens madwar l-Ewropa u fl-Awstralja. Dan l-album naħseb li huwa wieħed mill-aħjar li qatt akkumpanjaw lil min mar fil-Eurovision Song Contest f’isem Malta. Ilu li ħareġ mill-20 ta’ Marzu 2026, fih il-kanzunetta Bella (sintendi!) imma fih ukoll diversi siltiet oħra tipiċi ta’ dan il-kantant popolari Malti.  Minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • Cowboys Don’t Cry
    • Dolce Vita
    • Holy Water
    • Man on the Moon

    > Isma’ l-album Cowboys Don’t Cry ta’ Aidan kollu fuq Spotify

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

     

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 769

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 769

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-769 edizzjoni li huwa s-sitt programm fit-tmien staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Karin Duff – Rio
    • GinX – Imħabba Vera
    • Nicole Cassar feat. Gabe l-Babe – Lonely
    • Pete Molinari –The Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name
    • Evangelia (w/Miriana Conte & Kiki) – Paréa

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: X’sibt fl-arkivji tal-Yahoo Mail dil-ġimgħa? Inkomplu fejn bdejna l-ġimgħa l-oħra fl-attentat tiegħi biex nara x’hemm li jista’ jitħassar mill-inbox tal-Yahoo Mail tiegħi. Sibt kwantità kbira ta’ emails b’attachments kbar li huma diversi tracks li rċivejt mingħand mużiċisti u kantanti li jitolbuni nikkunsidra xi ħaġa ġdida tagħhom għal waqt xi edizzjoni ta’ MMI.  U allura llum ukoll – u ċertament li nkompliha darb’ oħra din – qed naqsam magħkom uħud mis-siltiet li sibt jien u nħassar ħafna emails qodma li m’għandix bżonn aktar.  Is-siltiet mużikali qed inżommhom sintendi, flimkien m’uħud mill-aktar emails pertinenti li rċivejt matul is-snin.

    • Amber – No Neverland (2017)
    • Bark Bark Disco – No One Else (minn The EP from the Sea)
    • Chasing Pandora – Tea Time (2024)
    • Hooligan – Fuq in-Nisa (2011)
    • Hunters Palace – Tal-Metall (10″ – 2011)
    • Mikaela [Attard] – Call Me (2010/11)
    • Pete Molinari – Since You’ve Been Gone (2011)
    • Monroe – Caged (2011)
    • South Central – Demons (2011)

     

    Sfera - Night Walk album cover artPARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Night Walk ta’ Sfera. Dan huwa t-tieni album ta’ dan il-trio Malti. Komunament nikklassifikaw din it-tip ta’ mużika bħala jazz, iżda Paul Giordimaina nsista miegħi li mhux jazz konvenzjonali u allura jitlob li jinstema’ aktar minn darba. Flimkien ma’ Giordimaina fit-trio Sfera nsibu lill-bassista Oliver Degabriele u l-batterista Ġużè Camilleri. Dan l-album ħareġ nhar is-Sibt 25 ta’ April 2026 waqt l-ewwel minn żewġ serati f’Palazzo de la Salle fil-Belt Valletta organizzati mill-Aġenzija Nazzjonali għall-Arti Performattiva (NAPA).  Minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • Night Walk
    • Never Again (mal-kitarrista Miles Busuttil)
    • Tree House (tkanta Angie Vella Zarba)
    • Embracing the Peace

    > L-album Night Walk ta’ Sfera għalissa huwa disponibbli biss f’edizzjoni limitata fuq vinyl.

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

     

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 768

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 768

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-768 edizzjoni li huwa l-ħames programm fit-tmien staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Ġiżimina – Il-Qamar
    • Kym Pepe – Settembru
    • GinX – Rifless tal-Preżent
    • Crain u Relliker – Kanna u Xejn Iżjed
    • Aidan – Cowboys Don’t Cry

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: X’sibt fl-arkivji tal-Yahoo Mail dil-ġimgħa? Bħal kull min juża s-servizz tal-email tal-Yahoo, dan l-aħħar irċivejt messaġġ jgħidli li se jbiddlu l-ammont ta’ spazju disponibbli għall-utenti mingħajr ħlas. Jiena ili nuża s-servizz tal-Yahoo għall-emails personali sa mis-seklu l-ieħor.  Jidhirli li bdejt fl-1998. U allura issa qed indur dan il-kont biex nara x’hemm li jista’ jitħassar. Sibt kwantità kbira ta’ email b’attachments kbar li huma diversi tracks li rċivejt mingħand mużiċisti u kantanti li jitolbuni nikkunsidra xi ħaġa ġdida tagħhom għal waqt xi edizzjoni ta’ MMI.  U allura llum – u forsi anke nkompliha din darb’ oħra – qed naqsam magħkom uħud mis-siltiet li sibt jien u nħassar ħafna emails qodma li m’għandix bżonn aktar.  Is-siltiet mużikali qed inżommhom sintendi, flimkien m’uħud mill-aktar emails pertinenti li rċivejt matul is-snin.

    • Eleanor Cassar – Adagio (2013)
    • Stefanos [Stefan Mifsud] – Home Is Where the Heart Is (2011)
    • TroffaĦamra – In the Streets of Barcelona (2011)
    • Alvin Gee feat. Aaron Benjamin – Feel Alive
    • Jeremy T feat. Raquela – Loved & Lost (2009)
    • John Laus u Rita Farrugia – Għatini Daqsxejn (1973)

     

    Melchior Sultana - Interstate EPPARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Interstate ta’ Melchior Sultana. Dan l-album huwa ppreżentat bħala EP. Aktarx għax fih sitt siltiet biss u mhux minħabba t-tul ta’ ħin totali. F’sens ta’ ħin żgur li nistgħu nqisuh bħala album. Melchior Sultana huwa esponent regolari fuq MMI, u dan għal bosta u bosta snin għax issa ilu attiva għal madwar 20 sena.Dan l-EP jew album inħareġ fuq is-solita tikketta tad-diski ta’ Sultana stess, jiġifieri Profound Sound Music. Minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • It’s Alright
    • Fairground
    • The Definition

    > Isma’ jew niżżel l-EP Interstate ta’ Melchior Sultana fuq Bandcamp

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

     

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 767

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 767

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-767 edizzjoni li huwa r-raba’ programm fit-tmien staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Andre Camilleri – Midnight on Brunswick Street
    • Lighthouse – Crime
    • ZÖE – This Restless Mind
    • Ira Losco – Kuntenta Kif Jien
    • Kaya Gouder Curmi – Sliem (Lil Aurelio Belli)
    • Daniel Cauchi – Inħobbok Aurelio

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: X’ħoss jagħmel l-EP ta’ Keith Anthony? Lil dan il-kantawtur Għawdxi, aktarx li nafuh aktar bħala nofs id-duo Chasing Pandora. Madankollu, dan mhux l-ewwel proġett mużikali ta’ Keith Anthony apparti c-Chasing Pandora. Fit-13 ta’ April 2026 huwa ħareġ EP bl-isem ta’ Under the Surface.  Fil-verità anqas m’hu EP preċiżament, imma aktar mini-album. Dan għax fih hemm 4 siliet u ebda waħda minnhom ma jisimha Under the Surface. L-erbgħa siltiet huma dawn:

    • Almost Kept
    • Steam
    • Applaud
    • The Long Way Home

    > Isma’ l-mini-album Under the Surface ta’ Keith Anthony fuq Spotify

     

    Ivan Grech - Victory Street album cover artPARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Victory Street ta’ Ivan Grech. Jidhirli li dan huwa l-album debutt ta’ Ivan Grech mingħajr il-grupp Winter Moods, li daqq u rrekordja magħhom għal kważi 40 sena. M’hemmx xi differenza kbira fl-istil tal-mużika u allura s-segwaċi ta’ dan il-kantant popolari żgur li mhux se jiddiżappuntaw rwieħhom. Fl-istess waqt tajjeb ninnotaw ukoll li xi erba’ mis-siltiet li hemm f’dan l-album diġà nħarġu bħala singles promozzjonali sa mis-sena li għaddiet, anke b’music video magħhom. L-album ħareġ fit-13 t’April u milli nista’ nifhem hemm verjżoni tiegħu fuq CD u vinyl ukoll apparti fuq il-pjattaformi diġitali bħal Spotify. Ivan Grech qed jipprepara wkoll kunċert fis-Sala Temi Żammit tal-Università nhar il-Ġimgħa 8 ta’ Mejju 2026. Minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • Victory Street
    • Neverending
    • (Let’s Get) High on Love
    • Picture on the Wall
    • Not My Soul

    > Isma’ l-album Victory Street ta’ Ivan Grech fuq Spotify

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

     

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