Maini and the American hip-hop artist Magneto Dayo won Arzuk Music Award 2017 in California on January 17th, 2018. They won in Freestyle/Rap/HipHop category with ‘Blue Song‘.

Arzuk Productions & Entertainment is a production company located at Barstow California. Arzuk Productions is run by Gonzalo Arzamendi, Raymond Rowe, Bobby Ludlam, and Steven Zukaitis.

Blue Song single was released on June 9th 2014. Music is written by Maini Sorri, lyrics by Gary Cornman & Dashawn Williams, remix by Carsten Lehmann. Video by Johan Zetterlund. Label behind the Blue Song release is Reya music.

On Saint Lucy’s Day December 13th 2017 Maini Sorri was invited to Swedish Radio Sisuradio in Stockholm for an interview in live broadcast in Iltapäivä talkshow. The interview was about spreading her music around the world, about being included in Spirit of December Vol. 7 album in Florida, USA, and other highlights during her career, and about her memories of Saint Lucy’s Day celebration.

The interview by Jorma Ikäheimo and Hanna Paimela Lindberg is in Finnish. You can listen to it and read the article here.

The picture is of the Christmas Tree at Swedish Radio.

Maini Sorri’s Christmas In Our Hearts is featured on a seasonal compilation album titled Spirit of December 7: Songs of Peace, Love and Hope; courtesy of record label Melodic Revolution Records.

As an annual tradition; Melodic Revolution Records releases Spirit of December to promote seasonal spirit and good will from one person to another through the positive power of music and has been rather poetically released on Thanksgiving Day. You can stream the entirety of the 14 track Spirit of December 7: Songs of Peace, Love and Hope album for free from November 23rd 2017 until the end of January 2018.

Some cuts from Maini‘s Parting Of Our Way reviews:  Jer at Sleeping Bag Studios writes: “Parting Of Our Way”ends up becoming quite the ride through a clever metal-melody that’s got a brilliant display of contrast between sweetness and the extreme. Orlando Mestre of the USA slays the guitar-parts completely, flexing much musical-muscle, style, chops & skills…”

“Orlando was a perfect choice to bring out the vibrant guitar-riffs and non-stop energy that fuels the music of “Parting Of Our Way” – and Maini is an equally-perfect choice to bring the lyrics/vocals to life through stunning contrast.”

“…it’s the magic in Maini’s performance that makes these words come alive.  Her sweetened tones sound innocent, yet bold in the mix of the music around her voice…”   Read the whole review here

A&R team at Got That Music LLC Records/All Purpose Music Group LLC writes: “The vocal performance has a soft angelic delivery with good melody range.”.. “The overall track sound is up to industry standards, good mix. Maini Sorri is a talented singer with a powerful produced musical composition!” “It’s a great song to be placed in movies and on television.” “Very marketable record!”

“Great overall sound, this team of producer, songwriter and singer have a lot of potential together!”

Rick Jamm at JamSphere writes: “The whole rock, ambient metal idea, is really cool, and blending it with Maini’s airy, high pitched vocals provides an interesting contrast.” “Her delivery is excellent, she has wonderful tone, and her harmonies sound absolutely beautiful.”

“When the music transitions from a heavier phase of the song to a dreamier, spacy feel, these transitions flow nicely. Guitars fade appropriately, percussion switches to a softer, electronic effect, and the vocals take the forefront, highlighting the strength and beauty of Maini’s voice.”

“Brian Lanese & Orlando Mestre produced the track, and they did a fantastic job.”.. the two producers seemed to have clear ideas, without over producing. In conclusion, this is simply a fantastic track.” Read the whole review here:

Brett Stewart at Independent Spotlight writes: “The intensely prolific songwriter, who now has 25 albums in her discography, has proven to be a resilient and compellingly creative talent.” “Written by Gary Cornman with instrumentation by Orlando Mestre, the powerhouse track is arguably one of the more driving, bombastic efforts in Sorri’s catalog”

“Vocally, I’d perhaps align Sorri with a performer like Yoko Ono. She has a very expressive, unique voice, and it’s a good one, too.”…”I adore how Sorri harmonizes with herself; it’s a great sound.” “Parting Of Our Way’ is an excellent track. I love that Maini Sorri is continuing to experiment within her sound.” Read the whole review here

Andrea Caccese at The BandCamp Diaries writes: “Maini is a rare talent: she is great on melodies and on moody vibes, but her brand new single, “Parting of Our Way” is also proof that she can really rock when she wants to.”

“The song features really great overdriven guitar tones as well as some really powerful drums and some beautiful synth keys.”… “Maini particularly shines on this track by layering multiple vocal harmonies that truly constitute the vocal strength of this track.” “The song is fairly different from most of her previous work, and it is incredibly refreshing to see an artist that isn’t afraid to challenge her own boundaries and constantly experiment with new things and new takes on sound.”

Read the whole review here

Read Maini’s promoter Jason Bonnar’s great selection of  her album, EP and single reviews here.

Maini – Parting Of Our Way (Official Music Video) is released on April 24th 2017.  It is directed by Truestudios in UK. You can see the amazing metropolis video here on Youtube. Take a look, how the traffic and the song interacts in a stunning way!

Maini‘s Rock single Parting Of Our Way was released on January 23rd 2017. It is co-produced by Grammy nominated Brian Lanese and Orlando Mestre in The US and mixed and mastered by Brian Lanese. All instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando Mestre. Music is written by Maini and lyrics by Gary Cornman from the USA and the label is Reya music from Sweden.

Parting of Our Way is the 5th of Maini’s singles that are co-produced by Brian Lanese and Orlando Mestre. It has got lots of international radio airplays and is loved by listeners and radio hosts in many countries.

Maini’s new single will be played on radio in UK many times this week. Please tune in on Monday – 7pm – 10pm  GMT (8pm-11pm Swedish time and CET, 2pm-5pm EST) WRFN 1025 

Wednesday – 10am – 12noon GMT (11 am-1pm Swedish time and CET, 5am-7am EST) Identify Radio

Wednesday – 6pm – 8pm GMT (7pm-9pm Swedish time and CET, 1pm-3pm EST) GloTIMEradio

Wednesday – 7am – 9am GMT (8pm-10pm Swedish time and CET, 2pm-4pm EST)– Rock Radio UK

Friday – 6pm – 8pm GMT (7pm-9pm Swedish time and CET, 1pm-3pm EST) Revival Internet Radio

Saturday – 11pm – 1am GMT  QMR.fm

Sunday – 12 noon – 2pm GMT Warm Radio UK

Sunday – 8pm – 10pm GMT  Fasching Web Radio

Last Saturday Maini’s single was played on  Sword Radio UK

Maini‘s new rock single I Fall To Pieces was released on may 31st! It is co-produced by Grammy nominated Brian Lanese and Orlando M (Orlando Mestre) in the USA, engineered and mastered by Brian Lanese and mixed by Brandon Bujnowski, USA.

All instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando M. Music is written by Maini and lyrics by Gary Cornman from the USA and the label is Reya music from Sweden.

You can listen to the new single at spotify.

It is available on iTunesUSA, iTunesUK, iTunesSweden, iTunesItaly, iTunesFrance, iTunes Finland, iTunesNorway, iTunesJapan, iTunesPhilippines etc. all around the world. Follow any of the iTunes links and switch the country code in the middle to your country code.

I Fall To Pieces is also available at Amazon, Deezer and GooglePlay.

You can also listen to I Fall To Pieces on Bandcamp.

CD artwork pic by Johan Zetterlund, CD artwork layout by Athil Belhadj, Tunisia.

A summary of Maini and Magneto Dayo‘s Second Chance Top Chart results shows that it stayed on DRT National Airplay Top 80 Independent Chart for 8 weeks and National Airplay Top 200 Chart for 4 weeks during Spring 2016.

Avicii is one of the biggest Swedish music imports. Second Chance was #109 on Top 200 Chart 2/6/16, that is 60 placements higher than Avicii  on #169.  Second Chance was #103 on Top 200 Chart 2/13/16 , 91 placements higher than Avicii on #194 .  When Avicii fell off Top 200 Chart 2/20/16, Second Chance was still there and made it to #107, and #165 the week after.

The DRT National Airplay Top Charts are based on an amount of weekly radio plays and tracks radio air plays on 5000+ radio stations.

Second Chance made it to DRT National Airplay Top Charts already before release and climbed to #39 on Top 80 Independent Chart. Following week it jumped up to #27, see the the chart in Record World Magazine here.

Maini and Magneto Dayo‘s Second Chance was released on January 25th 2016.

Second Chance debuts on radio in New York and will air twice a day from February 19th! Tune in WQVM Radio in New York at 10 A.M. and 12 Noon Eastern time on Friday 19th and 26th, and following days at 5 PM and 8 PM: Feb. 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 28th, 29th, March 1st, 2nd and 3rd. All above broadcasts are Eastern Time (New York)

You can also hear Second Chance on KQVMFM radio in Los Angeles twice a day from February 19th! Tune in KQVMFM Radio in LA at 10 A.M. and 12 Noon Pacific time on Friday 19th and 26th, and following days at 5 PM and 8 PM: Feb. 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 28th, 29th, March 1st,  2nd and 3rd.

All above broadcasts are Pacific Time (Los Angeles)

Maini and Magneto Dayo‘s Second Chance was released on January 25th 2016.

Carsten Lehmann has written the music and made the instrumental. Lyrics are by Maini Sorri and Magneto Dayo. The label behind the release is Reya music from Sweden.

Second Chance made it to DRT National Airplay Top Charts already before release! It climbed to #39 on National Airplay Top 80 Independent Chart. Following week it jumped up to #27, see the the chart in Record World Magazine here. Last week Second Chance’ position was #36, see last week’s chart here.

The DRT National Airplay Top Charts are based on an amount of weekly radio plays and tracks radio air plays on 5000+ radio stations.

Other artists from Sweden on last week’s DRT charts are Zara Larsson #47 on National Airplay Top50 Pop Chart and Avicii #105 on National Airplay Top200 Chart.

Maini and Magneto Dayo‘s Second Chance was released on January 25th 2016.