Sofia Talvik – Americana / Folk with Swedish Roots
Unmistakably Nordic in flavor, Sofia Talvik somehow still conforms to American interpretations of her own original music, a North Sea siren blending sparkle and melancholy, creating a special niche of folk music.
I’m out playing some Winter Concerts in December. They’re not really Christmas concerts but I will be doing a few of my Christmas songs, including the new one which you can download for FREE here!
Here are the dates!
19/12 Private House Concert, Magdeburg
20/12 Private House Concert, Solingen
21/12 Die Barrensteiner Whiskybar, Grevenbroich – SOLD OUT
22/12 SOL Kulturbar, Mülheim An Der Ruhr
It’s that time of year, you know that time when the roads get icy and the evenings are dark. So here’s a little light in the darkness – my annual Christmas single.
This year I’m also releasing it as a video. I got the chance to take a ride with the lady of trucking; Hanna Fange, and she is starring as herself in the video. Hanna knew from when she was a little girl that she wanted to drive the big rigs, and even though she was told “girls don’t drive trucks” she made her dream come true. Let’s hope she never meets the same ending as the trucker in “A Long Way Home”.
You can download the song here, for free or “pay what you want”. You can also choose to give me a little Christmas donation for the song and the video by clicking the donation banner at the top of this post.
Merry Christmas!
Bolstered by the icy visuals in the stark one-camera video, Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik’s seasonal release “A Long Way Home” rings with the bright Nordic flavor she claims as a solid birthright, echoing a priority of travelers worldwide: the drive to touch home base in the Yuletide season. While it glides along quite pleasantly on a casual first listening, the song becomes all the more poignant when reminding us that tragic events are a year-round reality, and not every holiday story has a happy ending. Talvik’s airy vocals, a chorus of blended horns, and chord changes that suggest an eighteen-wheeler shifting gears make this a road song for enjoying any time and place. – Keith Harrelson
Ho ho ho! It’s not even Thanksgiving, but Christmas is just around the corner and with the reindeer being so slow these days you might want to order your Christmas presents in good time before Christmas. So this year I have some really great gift packs in my new shop, and you can of course combine it with other stuff that you find there.
I have two different Christmas gift packs which both include a bag of my home-made Swedish christmas toffee (yum yum) and some new prints for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, tote bags and pillows that will make your Christmas even more Christmassy. Of course the gift packs also include a download of my new Christmas single.
Visit my shop HERE!
Here’s a peek into Mahoni Studios when my friend Marcus was in Berlin to record some guitar for my new album. It was a fun day with a lot of different instruments, Marcus played the dobro, the lap steel as well as regular guitars. You can hear a bit of a few of the new songs too, and get a view of how I’m thinking about the production.
If you like what you hear and you want to help me finish the album please hit the donate button at the top of this post to buy me a coffee or a lunch. All the donations will go to the production of the new album.
Tomorrow I’m going to Stockholm, Sweden to record drums, so stay tuned for updates!
Check out more posts about the new album:
My guitar player Marcus Högquist came down to Berlin from Stockholm the other day and we’ve been in the Mahoni studio to record some guitar. Here’s a glimpse from the recording and some of my new songs. I’m not doing a Kickstarter or other crowdfunding project for the album, but if you feel like you want to support indie music there is another way of doing this. Read more about my new donation system here! Or watch the two minute video by clicking here! And if you want to help out with the making of the new album feel free to click the donate button at the top of this post.
A huge thanks to Mathis for all the help with recording and for inviting us into his studio! Visit his website here.