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.
När jag släppte min platta Jonestown förra året gjorde jag 12 stycken live-videos med olika gästartister. En av dem var Christian Kjellvander.
Nu har jag fått den fina möjligheten att ha Christian som gästartist igen! På söndag är han med och sjunger på Sofia Talviks julmys på Mosebacke och jag presenterar honom i dagens lucka. Har du inte redan köpt biljett så gå genast in på www.mosebacke.se och skaffa en!
Idag kan du dessutom höra mig i musikplats Stockholm på p4, ratta in radion!
I’m getting star struck in this Xmas calendar! This episode doesn’t only teach you how to cook some genuine Swedish vegetarian Christmas food, you’ll also get to hear the great artist Stiko Per Larsson sing one of his songs live. Food, music and Christmas. It’s all you need right!
Nu jäklar börjar det likna nåt! Dalafödde artisten Stiko Per Larsson visar mig hur man lagar vegetarisk julmat och sjunger en av sina sånger live i dagens avsnitt av min julkalender. Och Stiko Stalkers, vilka är det egentligen?
I hope you liked the first window of my Xmas Calendar. In this second window it’s time for me to introduce you to my guest artists for my Christmas Shows. Wonderful Meja is first up!
Almost 15 years have passed since the birth of her solo carrier, and yet Meja’s history is not about what happened “ then”. It will always be about what Is happening” now”. The Mega hits are still spinning around in our minds, our lips are still humming “It´s all about the Dum-dum-du-du-du-dum” and the stories of the Japanese mass euphoria are regarded as literacy. It’s nice with fixed stars, the artists we feel are “ours” whom we can feel proud of. But to rely on old ways would be unfair, not only to Meja’s variety and creativity, and if we don’t look ahead we will miss out on a multifaceted artist with the fingers in more cookie jars than most.
Today it’s December 1st and the first window of my Christmas Calendar.
An Christmas Calendar orAdvent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Today, most advent calendars are made for children. In Europe you can find the cardboard ones in stores and usually see a them as a television show for children, starting on the first of December, and ending on Christmas Eve.
Sofia Talvik’s Advent Calendar however, is not made for children but for music lovers. Through December you’ll be able to watch 24 episodes where I celebrate Christmas in different ways up till Christmas eve.
I also have the tradition of giving away a free Christmas single each year and this year I’m releasing the single “Snowy White River” in collaboration with Music Teachers Without Borders and Gehrmans Publishing. Gehrmans Publishing is issuing a sheet music for “Snowy White River” and all proceeds will go to Music Teachers Without Borders, who works through and with music to give a meaningful life for children living in an otherwise tough environment.
So not only will you be able to learn how to play a Sofia Talvik song, but you’ll also do something good for children who need it. Gehrman’s publishing will also have a Christmas Calendar, to check it out on www.gehrmans.se where you also can download the sheet music for “Snowy White River”.
You can download the single here: www.sofiatalvik.com/snowy and check out me and my cello player perform it live in my livingroom.
