Drivin’ & Dreaming – BOOK & LIVE ALBUM

From November 2011 to March 2013 I did the adventure of a lifetime. I toured America in an old RV and played my music in every little town I could find.

Many of you followed my tour through Facebook and my website and I met and became friends with so many of you along the way.

I’ve now decided to collect all my personal memories, pictures, stories and concert recordings from the tour in a coffee table book and a live album so that I can share all the fun I had with you. This is an excellent way to re-live the tour, as well as to be a part of it even if you didn’t get a chance to come to any of the shows.

Needless to say it’s a massive project that will take all summer for me to complete. That is why I’m asking you for help, and for some of your dollars to fund this huge undertaking.

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I’ve decided to make this book and album it into a Kickstarter Project. That way I’ll let YOU choose how much this project is worth, how much you are willing to support my passion and work to continue to create art and music. If you don’t know how Kickstarter works, I will send out some tutorials later, but to in short you choose a tier and a reward to help me fund parts of the production costs.

Once aboard you’ll get updates on the progress, see how the book grows and get to listen to previews of the songs from the live album. Everyone who joins will also get an exclusive download of an acoustic version of my latest album “The Owls Are Not What They Seem” that I recorded out in the nature in beautiful locations along the way.

By becoming a part of the project you will help assure that the book and album becomes reality, and it will also be the only way to get your hands on it. It will be very exclusive and only printed for the ones who join, you won’t be able to order it on my website or in any other store after the project closes.

Drivin' & Dreaming - THE BOOK & CD

This is my way of thanking you for helping me out along the way, for making my tour possible and for your support and friendship.

/Sofia Talvik

Arizona dates and interviews

Read the interview in Kingman Daily Miner here

I’m doing my first show in Arizona on January 3rd, followed by dates in Flagstaff and Phoenix. If you’re local you might have seen this article in The Daily Miner that was published the other day:

Read the interview in Kingman Daily Miner here
Read the interview in Kingman Daily Miner here

You can also tune in to Tucson’s KAMP student radio 1.00-2.00pm Mountain time on Monday January 7th to hear an interview with me.

You can find all my upcoming Arizona shows here: https://sofiatalvik.com/gigs

Happy new year! See you in the South!

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

2012 has been an amazing year. My tour has taken me to 35 states and I’ve done over 200 shows. I’ve met wonderful people and made new friends all over the US. In January and February I’m wrapping up my Drivin’ & Dreaming Tour here in the US before moving it to Europe. I’m touring my way back to Florida where it all started over a year ago and by that I’m completing the circle around the US. You have all been such a big support this year, helping me through flat tires and new releases. I have a bunch of shows booked in the Southern States in January and February and I hope to see both new as well as familiar faces on the shows. Here’s a list of my upcoming shows, more dates to come, see all details on my GIG page. Happy New 2013!

Thursday, 01/03 Kingman. AZ
The Cellar Door
Time: 7:00 pm.

Wednesday, 01/09 Flagstaff, AZ
Mia’s Lounge
Time: 8:00 pm.

Thursday, 01/10 Phoenix, AZ
The Lost Leaf
Time: 9:00 pm.

Saturday, 01/12 Phoenix, AZ
Obscura (Rips)
Time: 9:00 pm.

Thursday, 01/17 Las Cruces, NM
High Desert Brewing Company
Time: 8:00 pm.

Friday, 01/18 Roswell,
NM Pecos Flavors Winery, with Secret Circus
Time: 7:00 pm.

Monday, 01/21 San Antonio, TX
Fralos art of Pizza

Wednesday, 01/23 Austin, TX
SACC Austin Midwinter Cocktail with Sofia Talvik
Time: 6:00 pm. tickets: BUY HERE

Thursday, 01/24 Houston, TX
The Oak Room at Stag Head’s Pub
Time: 8:00 pm.

Friday, 01/25 New Orleans,
LA Banks Street Bar & Grill
Time: 9:00 pm.

Saturday, 01/26 Ocean Springs, MS
The Julep Room
Time: 9:00 pm.

SF top picks and Cali dates!

SF picks this week!

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

SF picks this week!
SF picks this week!

 

Daytrotter session coming up!

Daytrotter
Daytrotter
Daytrotter

I’m really excited to announce that I will be doing a Daytrotter session in early August. Daytrotter is one of today’s most interesting music formats, inviting artists to play their songs acoustically in their studio in Rock Island, IL making them available to listen to for anyone in the world. Or as Daytrotter themselves describe it:

These fine people – as they’re traveling through America’s heartland – take two hours out of their travels between shows to stop in for a Daytrotter Session at The Horseshack in downtown Rock Island, Ill. The name of the city is not ironic. They use borrowed instruments, play with their touring mates, utilize an often unkempt toilet, eat some food and then cram back into their vans for the last half of the drive. What they leave behind is a pile of ashes, sometimes a forgotten stocking hat and four absolutely collectible songs that often impart on whomever listens to them the true intensity that these musicians put into their art, sometimes with more clarity than they do when they have months to tinker with overdubs and experiments. These songs are them as they are on that particular day, on that particular tour – dirty and alive. We want you to make this your new home as it is ours. We promise that you will love it here.

Stay tuned for updates on when YOU can listen to my Daytrotter session.