This Italian temptress opens up her new 6-song EP, “Rain and Sunshine of Heart”, with a strong voice that feels like she’s been in the game for a long time. Showing great range, Emanuela belts out “I Want You Back” with a lot of energy and emotion. Even though it’s a typical song about lost love it feels fresh with her passionate vocals and blaring background guitar.
She follows with a powerful song “Stay With Me” that she also sings in her native tongue on the last track. Pleading for her lover to stay, Emanuela makes her case with a bilingual message that only a fool would back down from.
It’s nice to see that Emanuela has some success with love on the track “Happiness”, which mixes 70’s soul with gospel sounds. It’s an upbeat track that switches moods quite nicely, and I would like to see more of this side of Emanuela. Even though it’s her only upbeat track on the EP her happiness transcends well and she should embrace this more often because love isn’t always heartbreaking, only most of the time.
Emanuela’s biggest weakness is that her lyrical content is very straightforward and doesn’t leave anything to mystery. I think that as she grows she will be more methodical in her delivery and not wear her heart on her sleeve all the time. Love is never straightforward and is usually confusing at best. It will be interesting to see this artist use metaphor and poetry to give her songs more depth.
“Rain and Sunshine of Heart”, is an excellent example of Emanuela’s vocal talent and emotional ability. If she can hone her songwriting skills and take advantage of the Italian language that sounds so beautiful coming from her lips, I predict big things in her future.
