South African singer Steven Sterling has released his new album
Mooie Maria (Beautiful Maria) and it includes several tracks of interest to the Eurocovers fans.
It's safe to say
Mooie Maria is a joyous Schlager album with a nice collection of coverversions of Germans schlagers as well as international pop songs.
It also includes some self penned songs and Steven Sterling wrote all the Afrikaans lyrics himself.
Tracklist Mooie Maria
Gummi Bears - Temalied (Themesong)
Kaapse Meisies
- Coverversion of the Dutch 2010 song Sha La Lie (Ik Ben Verliefd). The Father Abraham penned song performed by Sieneke didn't make it to the final in Oslo, but it turns out to be the most covered track of the 2010 contest. This version is about top South African holiday destination Umhlanga Rocks and having fun in the summer season.
Piña Colada
- Albert Hammonds 1975 hit Down By The River.
Boere Barbie
Engel Hier Op Aarde
- The first of the tracks written by Sterling himself is a poppy ballad.
Glimlag
- This is a coverversion of Under Your Spell, a track from the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006 originally by Evan.
Bridge Over Troubled Water
- The Simon and Garfunkel hit, in English.
Mama Afrika
- The Afrikaans version of Mama Corsica, the French entry of 1993 by Patrick Fiori
Dissie Liedjies (Op Die Radio)
- Another self penned song.
To Love You More
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
- Originally a hit for Glenn Medeiros
Somer 2010 - remix
- A bonus remix of Mooie Maria, Kaapse Meisies, Umhlanga Rocks, Piña Colada and Boere Barbie.
Mama Afrika and
Glimlag appeared earlier on the album
Steven Sterling III which also includes a re-recording of Sterlings version of
Lief Vir Alles Hier (
Für Alle, the German 1985 entry by Wind).
An alternate version of
Lief Vir Alles Hier was included on the album Steven Sterling recorded with his brother, panflutist Ryan Walt. The title track of the CD
Take My hand (2009) is the CANSA theme song (The Cancer association of South Africa).
Take My Hand was recorded in English, Afrikaans (
Vat My Hand) and Italian (
Vieni Qui). These versions can be found on the edition
Take My Hand Forever (2010) which does not include
Lief Vir Alles Hier but a very interesting ABBA cover
Klein Pik Soentjies (Hey gamle Man).
Mooie Maria and other Steven Sterling albums are available at
Kalahari, or you can contact
EZpromotions.
Steven Sterling Links
Reverbnation: Listen to some Steven Sterlings songs including
Mama Afrika and
Lief Vir Alles Hier.
A cdsingle by the Cölln Girls is released by Pavement records (4012122801669) and also has two other songs.
