Firelight is a pop/folk-band founded in 2013 by vocalist Richard Edwards Micallef in Malta. Michelle Mifsud (vocals and piano), Wayne Williams (vocals, keys and guitar) and Daniel (guitars) are all Richard's siblings. The band is completed by Tony Polidano (bass) and Leslie Decesare (drums).
Firelight's style is a mix of pop, rock, country and folk. Richard plays the
Appalachian dulcimer
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, an American traditional instrument related to the European zither.
Firelight
represented Malta in
the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in
Denmark
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with their song
"Coming Home", placing
23rd out of 26 with 32 points, receiving
12 points from the jury selections from
Armenia
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and the
UK..
Firelight released their first album called "Backdrop Of Life" in October 2014.
Band members
*Michelle Mifsud – vocals, piano, percussion
*Richard Edward Micallef – vocals, acoustic guitar,
Appalachian dulcimer
The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of ...
, percussion
*Tony Polidano – vocals,
upright bass
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, electric bass,
acoustic bass
The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar a ...
, percussion
*Daniel Micallef – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Leslie Decesare – drums, percussion, harmonica
*Wayne Williams -vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Discography
Album
Singles
References
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Malta
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2014
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