coffee house Archives - Sofia Talvik - Americana / Folk with Swedish Roots

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012

SF top picks and Cali dates!

I’ve hit California and I’ve already done a few shows around the northern part, but I have many left. I hope to see you in San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles and San Diego in the near future. Here’s some of my upcoming dates, to see all my upcoming gigs go to https://sofiatalvik.com/gigs. Note that the selection below is only a handfull of the upcoming gigs around CA.

The San Francisco Chronicle has also chosen my gig in Oakland tonight at Disco Volante and my gig at Amnesia Bar in SF on the 30th as their top picks for this week! The show at Amnesia will also be the 200th gig on the tour so please bring all your friends and come celebrate with me!

[quote] An understated, folky Swedish singer-songwriter who alternates between beatific odes and disturbingly dark musings, Sofia Talvik possesses a voice that’s translucent, soft and deceptively cool. [/quote]

SF Gate

Tips! If you get tickets early you can take part of some great discounts and special offers!

Oakland
Thursday, 10/25, Disco Volante, Time: 8:00 pm. $5

San Francisco 
Tuesday, 10/30, Amnesia Bar, Time: 9:30 pm. GET TICKETS

San Luis Obispo 
Saturday, 11/03, Kreuzberg Cafe, Time: 8:00 pm.

Los Angeles 
Thursday, 11/08, The Coffee Gallery Backstage, Time: 8:00 pm. $15 
Thursday, 11/15, Hotel Café, Time: 7:00 pm. GET TICKETS

San Diego 
Wednesday, 11/21, Lestat’s Coffee House, Time: 9:30 pm. GET TICKETS

July 29, 2012July 30, 2012

Drivin’ & Dreaming to Chicago

Sofia Talvik in front of the Swedish American Museum

This Thursday I was invited to play at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago. What a great night it turned out to be. I’ve played at the museum once before, when I was on my Lollapalooza tour in 2008 so it was a real treat to be invited back. There were over 120 people in the audience and we had a very nice VIP reception before the show.

Many thanks to Karin Moen Abercrombie and the other board members of the Swedish American Museum for a wonderful night, and to Konstnärsnämnden for supporting as well.

Here’s some pictures from the show. You can see the full album here!

Here’s the closest upcoming gigs on my tour:

Wednesday, 08/01 Madison, WI   The Frequency
Thursday, 08/02 Rockford, IL   Emerson House – Concert Conversations
Friday, 08/03 Rock Island, IL   Cool Beanz Coffee House
Saturday, 08/04 Cedar Rapids, IA   Legion Arts – CSPS Hall
Tuesday, 08/07 Des Moines, IA   Vaudeville Mews
Wednesday, 08/08 Mankato, MN   The Coffee Hag
Thursday, 08/09 Minneapolis, MN   First Avenue
Saturday, 08/11 Minneapolis, MN   FIKA / American Swedish Institue

Full house at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago

July 27, 2012

Live in Valpo, IN

Shore Magazine recommends my show in Valpo

I’m playing live in Valparaiso, IN tonight, July 27th, at The Cornucopia Coffee House, and here’s a little write-up about the show! Read it here!

July 8, 2012July 8, 2012

Upcoming Ohio dates and Scene magazine!

Clevescene recommends my gig at the Spider

I’m in the Buckeye state! That’s Ohio for all of you who are not familiar with this somewhat weird nick name. I actually had to look up what it means and here’s what I found out. Not only did the state have a lot of Buckeye trees but William Henry Harrison who ran for president in 1840 used a log cabin made out of buckeye wood his trademark and the name of the tree itself comes from the markings on the nut that resembles the eye of a buck, the Indians called it “hetuck” or “buckeye.” So that’s today’s history lession for you. Now, let’s focus on what’s yet to come!

I’m doing a bunch of gigs here in the Buckeye state and I hope to see you there of course! Here’s all upcoming Ohio dates:

Monday, 07/09    Cleveland, OH    Barking Spider Tavern
Wednesday, 07/11    Akron, OH    Acoustix Cafe
Thursday, 07/12    Akron, OH    Annabells Bar and Lounge
Friday, 07/13    Columbus, OH    Woodland Tavern
Tuesday, 07/17    Cincinnati, OH    Sitwell’s Coffee House
Wednesday, 07/18    Cincinnati, OH    Mayday Northside
Thursday, 07/19    Dayton, OH    South Park Tavern

For times and ticket links please visit my gig page here!

Cleveland’s Scene Magazine hooked up with me a while ago to pick my brains about the gigs here in Cleveland and you can read all about it here!

May 20, 2012

Drivin’ & Dreaming Episode 3

Sofia Talvik live at The Republic, Richmond, VA

Episode #3 of Drivin’ & Dreaming TV is now up! In this episode we make filmjölk cheese and try to get back to the RV at 2 am in Richmond without much luck! Thanks to all people and venues in this episode; Cobbler Mountain Cellars, The Republic and Radio Rubber Room, Globehopper Coffee House. Please keep sharing to keep viewings up. I’ll keep doing the show as long as I have enough viewers. Did you miss any of the previous episodes? You can watch them all here!

You can see pictures from all my shows on my Facebook page here!

As usual all music in the episode can be found here! Help me keep the “Drivin’ & Dreaming Tour” on the road. Donate Gas, Food and Beer – Click this link and follow the instructions http://pic.twitter.com/7dEothYK