folk alliance Archives - Sofia Talvik - Americana / Folk with Swedish Roots

September 17, 2012

CD Baby blog about my US tour up now!

All the states we've covered in 9 months of touring

CD Baby blog - read it here — CD Baby blog – read it here

As an indie artist, CD Baby has been my loyal companion and part of my career for many years. I was lucky enough to met the CD Baby people at the Folk Alliance international conference earlier this year and they emailed me a while ago and asked me to write a blog about how to plan and execute a US tour.

When I got the questions I felt like, hey, my answers will be sooo long it’ll turn into a book, because there’s just so much I’ve learned along the way and there’s so many details that I could include. But I tried to keep it brief so that you wouldn’t loose site of the purpose (or your excitment on planning your tour) halfway through all the tiedious details on how to get a US drivers license etc. I hope I covered the basic “need to knows” as well as some good tips for artists, touring or not, and the rest is out there in cyberspace if you google it 🙂 Read it here!

August 5, 2012

With love from Illinois

I had a great time in Illinois and did a lot of radio and interviews. Here’s a few of them.

[quote] With her light, airy soprano and haunting, faraway melancholy, it’s easy to imagine Talvik herself hypnotizing crowds in a small-town biker bar, right before vanishing into the ether (…) continue reading here [/quote]

Mike Schulz, River Cities Reader

Sofia Talvik in Quad Cities Dispatch Argus

[quote] In 2008, Ms. Talvik became the first Swedish female singer to play the Lollapalooza festival. This year, she was showcased at the International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, Tenn., and South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. (continue reading here) [/quote]

Jonathan Turner, Quad Cities

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012

Folking in Memphis

Last week I attended the Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis, TN.

I spent a few hectic days attending seminars, networking and playing showcases. It was a lot of fun and we met a bunch of great people there that I hope to reconnect with further down the road. It was interesting to be totally surrounded by folkies for a while. I’ve always counted myself into the genre but haven’t quite been part of the scene if you know what I mean. Folk – being such a small genre in Sweden, I’ve always been a part of the pop scene anyway and that’s what I know so it was cool to see how the folk sceene thrives in the US.

Jonas took a bunch of pictures from the conference and you can see a selection here!
Feel free to tag yourself if you find yourself in any of the pictures.

I’ve been down with the flu for a week now, there were a lot of bugs circulating in the AC system at the hotel those days and I’ve heard a lot of attendees got sick. I’m glad to be (almost) well again though as I have some great gigs in Texas ahead of me.

Here’s the ones ahead:

Wednesday, 03/07 Lindale, TX Art of Coffee

Thursday, 03/08 Texarkana, AR Hopkins Icehouse

Friday, 03/09 Dallas, TX Opening Bell Coffee

Saturday, 03/10 San Antonio, TX G.I.G On The Strip

February 12, 2012

Nashville and Memphis

I’m currently freezing my fingers off in Tuscaloosa, AL where I’m playimg at the Bama Theatre tomorrow but as I’m in the Coffice (Starbucks) working, I figured I’d let you know a little about my upcoming stops on the tour.

I’m playing in Nashville at The Listening Room Cafe on the 16th. And make sure you note the time, the gig is as early as 4.30pm!

Then we’re heading to Memphis for The Folk Alliance International Conference where we’re doing three showcases. The conference is held at Memphis Marriott and you’ll be able to hear me sing and play on the following dates and times:

Wednesday, February 22 at 9:40
Thursday, February 23 at 8:00pm
Saturday, February 25 at 1:10am