Formed in 1976 British pop group “Racey” achieved success in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Lay Your Love on Me was their first hit single, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 2 in Ireland in December 1978. It was a number 1 hit in the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
Grammy-winning American rock band Greta Van Fleet’s much anticipated third studio album Starcatcher will be released in July. It’s the follow-up to 2021’s The Battle At Garden’s Gate which reached the top 10 of the album charts in a number of European countries and the USA. The single Meeting The Master is our first introduction to Starcatcher. According to the band:
“Meeting The Master peers into an esoteric world heeded by the word of a wise teacher. Sung in the voice of a devout believer, and eventual group exclamation, the song details the love these fervent followers have for their teacher and their firm belief in his vision. It’s an exotic spiritual journey. Meeting The Master is a dark comedy that inevitably ends in chaos.”
Greta van Fleet’s Meeting The Master is new this week on RadiJohan.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | New | Uriah Heep | Golden Light |
| 9 | 5 | Delain | Queen of Shadow |
| 8 | 4 | Tenille Townes & Bryan Adams | The Thing That Wrecks You |
| 7 | 6 | All Time Low | Modern Love |
| 6 | 1 | Ian Hunter | Bed of Roses |
| 5 | 10 | Floor Jansen | My Paragon |
| 4 | New | Shinedown | A Symptom of Being Human |
| 3 | 7 | Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts | Girls on The East Side of Town |
| 2 | 3 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Breaking The Circle |
| 1 | 2 | Roxanne | Only a Call Away |
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Any Day Now is the sixth studio album by Dutch band “Krezip.” It is a collection of songs about seeing life in a completely different light and experiencing it in a new way, about how the familiar disappears and how things sometimes fall into place as a result.
The title track Any Day Now is the follow up to Krezip’s recent hit, In The Water, and is new this week on RadiJohan.
Michael Barratt, known professionally as “Shakin’ Stevens,” is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK’s biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980’s. His recording career began in the late 1960s but it was not until 1980 that his commercial success really began. In the UK alone “Shaky” has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles including the four chart-toppers This Ole House, Green Door, Oh Julie, and Merry Christmas Everyone. His last Top 40 single was Trouble in 2005.
Shakin’ Stevens has released a new single, the catchy rocker All You Need Is Greed. The song has received some fantastic reactions online, with many likening the now 75-year-old Welshman’s latest recording to the late-career reinvention of Johnny Cash.
The song is taken from his new album, Re-Set, which has already been described as “a seriously good album” by some reviewers. Shaky himself has commented:
“Most of the problems we now face in our world have been brought about by the intense and selfish desire for excessive material gain, control and power over others. It may start as need, but quickly intensifies and translates into greed with no thought about the effect on others.”
All You Need Is Greed by Shakin’ Stevens is new this week on RadiJohan.
“Leah” is a Canadian Symphonic – Celtic Metal artist who first came to RadiJohan’s attention in 2019 with her singles Redemption and Light of The World. She is an independent artist and mother who prides herself in raising her five children at home.
Leah is currently working on her fifth full length album. She is a big lover of freedom and liberty and loves to mix old history themes with modern struggles which is evident in the lyrics of her new single Before This War is Over.
“The message of the song is that even in the midst of war, we can have victory. Even in the presence of struggle and great evil, we can prevail, thrive and WIN. So, though it’s a heavier lyrical theme, the real message is victory.“
Before This War is Over by Leah is new this week on RadiJohan.
This week in 1989 Michael Jackson, wearing a wig and fake Moustache, entered a jewelry store in California. Security thought he looked like a suspicious person and called the police. Michael, who wore the disguise in order to do some shopping without the drama of being recognised by fans, discovered that wearing a disguise to a jewelry store only replaced one drama with another.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | New | Floor Jansen | My Paragon |
| 9 | 6 | Riverside | Friend or Foe |
| 8 | 8 | The Interrupters ft The Skints | Love Never Dies |
| 7 | 10 | Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts | Girls on The East Side of Town |
| 6 | 9 | All Time Low | Modern Love |
| 5 | 2 | Delain | Queen of Shadow |
| 4 | 4 | Tenille Townes & Bryan Adams | The Thing That Wrecks You |
| 3 | 5 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Breaking The Circle |
| 2 | 3 | Roxanne | Only a Call Away |
| 1 | 1 | Ian Hunter | Bed of Roses |
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“American Authors” are an American rock band whose band members met while attending “Berklee College of Music” in 2006. They spent their first years in Boston recording and performing music under the name “The Blue Pages.” They changed their name to “American Authors” in 2012. In 2013 they released Best Day of My Life, their most successful single to date. It charted in many countries and, among other things, was featured in a “Hyundai” television advertisement in the United Kingdom, an advertisement in South Africa for “Castle Lager,” and a “Telecom” advertisement in New Zealand.
Ten years after Best Day of My Life American Authors have released their fourth album, “Best Night of My Life,” the album’s title track, which nicely compliments the band’s signature song, is new this week on RadiJohan.
“Birdy” has released a new single called Raincatchers. The song is the first preview of the English singer-songwriter’s upcoming fifth studio album, Portraits, which is due for release in July.
Jasmine van den Bogaerde (Birdy) learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and began writing her own music when she was eight. She won the music competition “Open Mic UK” in 2008 at the age of 12. The stage name “Birdy” comes from the nickname her parents gave her as a baby because she opened her mouth like a little bird when being fed.
Birdy’s Raincatchers is new this week on RadiJohan.