I have a lot of varied independent music from around the globe for you, from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and Chile. The Song the Week of this week is by a very convincing winner from Finland. I start in the United Kingdom, with a 3-piece indie, alternative and dance project, formed in 2012. I shall end with a danceable song by an artist from Switzerland, who made her first home-recorded album at the age of 10 already.

This week I have a track from a just released album for you, made by the duo that also made some of our jingles, and like last week the music is relaxing and the music styles are varied. The first song of today is the track from the new album. It's by the duo of Paméla and Chris from France – Laïxa. The last track is by the dance and electronic project of Peter Lagarde from Germany - Pluxx7MusicStudio. This was the last time TalentCast was broadcast on Ede FM. They are reorganizing their programming and TalentCast doesn't fit there any more. A big thank you goes to Ede FM, and especially Martin Both, for broadcasting TalentCast for so many years.

This week I planned a programme with many different music styles and mostly relaxing music. Not so many listeners came to vote during the last voting round, but the voting gained a new winner, a jazz band from my hometown Groningen which I played for the first time last week. First song in the programme is by a singer-songwriter from Nashville. The last song is by an electronic music composer from Finland.

I have very pleasant music for you in this week's programme. I will start with some jazz (one song is by a TalentCast newcomer from my home town Groningen), followed many more relaxed tunes. Of course I will also play our our first Song of the Week winner of this new season. The first song is from Australia, a track from the latest album of a jazz singer-songwriter, it's titled "The Bridge".

After a beautiful summer in the Netherlands, our break is over. We are back and ready to serve you your weekly portion of good independent music. Of course we are very curious again to know which song in the programme you particularly enjoy, so don't forget to vote for it before next Tuesday. This week I will only play new songs which I received during the summer break, 4 are by newcomers to TalentCast (a duo from Colorado, a project from Mansfield, a band from Grimbergen in Belgium, and a band from the north west of England), the other new songs are sent by existing members.

Because this is the last programme before the summer break, I will do it a bit differently than usual. There is no voting, you will hear some artists I haven't played for a long time, and I will only play music from a country that brought TalentCast quite some good music in the past years. It's the country of kiełbasa, pierogi and votka: Poland. One song is not from Poland, but from Indonesia, our last Song of the Week winner of this season. TalentCast will be back on Friday, September the 7th on the internet, on Saturday the 8th on Ede FM, and on Sunday the 9th on Universe Radio. Thank you for tuning in, today and during this season. I hope you will have a beautiful and sunny summer!

This is the second last programme before our summer break. We won't release new editions of TalentCast during June, July and August. This week is the last time before our break that we have a voting. Last week most of the votes came in for two songs, one by an acoustic project from Austria and the other by a country musician from Nashville. In about 35 minutes I will tell who won in the end. We have received quite a few new songs this week, and one of them was sent by a newcomer to TalentCast, a 3-person indie, alternative and dance project from Birmingham. The music genres are quite varied this time, but mainly peaceful. I shall start with a brand new song from a yet unreleased EP by a roots-pop singer-songwriter from Denver, and I shall end with a country and blues musician from Florida.

It's very warm in the studio while I am preparing the programme, and maybe that's why I have selected only relaxing music for this week. Last week's voting brought us a clear winner. She is from Canada, has released two solo albums, and an album together with her family. In about 40 minutes you will hear who that is, and who else entered our top 3. This time I will start with a country singer-songwriter from Nashville, and end in the Netherlands with a popnoir, rock and gothic jazz band from the Hague, who's latest album has got some excellent reviews.

A musician from the Netherlands and a musician from the US joined TalentCast this week. You will hear them today, together with many more independent artists from around the globe. I will start the programme with uplifting music and end with some instrumental pieces. Last week we didn't receive enough votes to gain a new Song of the Week. This week the voting almost ended with two Songs of the Week, because the difference between the numbers 1 and 2 is just one vote. In about 40 minutes you will hear how the voting closed on Monday night at midnight. If you hear a song you really enjoy among the other songs in the programme, please cast your vote for it. The first uplifting song is by a 6-piece band from Chile. The last song is by the project Earthspaces of musician and composer Csaba Gulyas from Budapest.

I have made a varied programme for you, with soul, funk, folk, jazz, pop, rap, rock and more. Last week's voting didn't bring a new Song of the Week winner for this week because too few votes (just 9) came in. One artist voted 37 times for himself, of course we don't count such votes, and of course we won't play this artist any more. Until Tuesday (May 1) you can vote for 15 songs, so if you hear a song you really enjoy, feel very welcome to cast your vote for it. I will start with a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Dallas, and end with a musician who describes her genre as visual, alternative, new wave, and experimental.