New single from Thea Saliba

Young Maltese singer Thea Saliba marked her return to the local music scene by launching her latest single, Hostage For Love, during her recent performance at the Great Beer Festival a fortnight ago.

The new single is her second of several planned single releases penned by American songwriter Matthew Loverso.

Produced by J-Stylz, Hostage For Love was mixed by David ‘DA’ Anthony, the latter an in-demand professional who has worked with various artists, among them gospel mega-star Yolanda Adams and R n’ B icon Janet Jackson.

Loverso, whose track record includes working with Teddy Riley, Scott Storch and Mr Wood$, was also behind Saliba’s 2009 single, a ballad called It’s His Eyes I See, and has kept track of the young singer’s career ever since. Inspired by her rapid emergence as an aspiring R n’ B artist, the American writer wrote Hostage For Love specifically with Saliba in mind.

J-Stylz, who also collaborated with Loverso on Hostage For Love, is a former member of notorious American R n’ B act Blackstreet, with whom he toured the US, Japan, Australia and Europe.

He later set up Powerplug Music Group, his own production company through which he seeks to support up-and-coming artists by helping them to develop their sound and prepare them for a career in the music industry.

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