Escala are an electric string quartet who shot to fame on last year’s Britain’s Got Talent, reaching the final of the competition before narrowly losing to eventual winner George Sampson.
On last night’s show the girls performed Kashmir, a song originally by Led Zeppelin which they have covered for their new album in collaboration with Slash. The new Escala album also features songs performed on last year’s Britain’s Got Talent including Palladio and Live and Let Die.
You can buy the new album by Escala, titled ‘Escala’, as seen on Britain’s Got Talent, here
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Britain’s Got Talent returns for a third series tonight on ITV1. Judges Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell will once again preside over a boat-load of solo singers, musicians, acrobats, dancers, mime-artists, dancing dogs, contortionists, ventriloquists, impressionists trying to decide who should make it into the final of Britain’s Got Talent 2009.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for a few years, you will at least have heard of Paul Potts, winner of the first series of Britain’s Got Talent. Former mobile phone salesman Paul wowed and won the hearts of millions of UK viewers with his astounding version of Nessum Dorma. His first audition became a worldwide YouTube sensation with well over 50 million views.
Paul Potts’ first album is titled One Chance, and you can buy it here