Video: Erik Hassle - Russian Roulette (Rihanna Cover) - Radio 1 Live Lounge with Jo Whiley

Since catching our interest months ago with his highly addicting singles "Hurtful" and "Don't Bring Flowers" , ginger-domed singer-songwriter Erik Hassle has become big stuff in his native Sweden, collecting not only a Top 10 album and two Top 40 singles, but the Swedish equivalent to a Best New Artist Grammy Award as well. This year, the much-buzzed-about pop-soul-ster will finally steer his focus towards puncturing the US and UK markets with a re-packaging of his debut, now entitled Pieces ; but for those not quite sold on [...]

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• Erik Hassle - Russian Roulette (Rihanna Cover)

There is so much great Erik Hassle stuff floating about these days, I figure it was time for a bumper post! Don't you love those?! There are several things that you simply must check out. Firstly, this new collaboration on a cover of Be Mine (the Robyn track) with Ellie Goulding - seriously a perfect pairing on this version! DOWNLOAD: Erik Hassle ft. Ellie Goulding - Be Mine Secondly, the glorious Penguin Prison mix of Hurtful (Can Penguin [...]

Erik Hassle's single "Hurtful" is now out for sale in the UK, so he is doing the promo rounds. This is taken from the Jo Whiley show and it shows his prowess in covering tracks. The beginning of the sound songs like "Bang Bang" by Nancy Sinatra which is a cute touch. Click below to listen. Filed under: Beats , Clip , Scandi Tagged: album , cover , download , erik , [...]

erik hassle - russian roulette ( rihanna cover) (live @ bbc live lounge) [wongie favorite continues to showcase his talent by doing a wonderful cover of rihanna's hit song on a recent trip to jo whiley's live lounge. personally, i think it's better than the original!] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

When BBC radio jock Jo Wiley gives an artist her ultimate blessings, you know he or she is going places. Today, Swedish pop-rocker Erik Hassle appeared on Wiley's Radio One Lounge to perform a few songs live in the studio in anticipation of the release of his debut singe "Hurtful" in the U.K. tomorrow. One of the tracks he performed was a gutsy cover of Rihanna's "Russian Roulette" that you can check out in the player below. On a related note - Kudos to Universal Music for releasing "Hurtful" in the U.S. and the [...]