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.
Yes that’s right folks, no vlog this time but I’ve got something even better for you: some audio! I’ve been locked in my closet all day recording my song “My Bored Ol’ Heart” from scratch. The song will be featured on my upcoming album. Still just me and my guitar but here’s a shortened sample for you! Enjoy!
Click here to listen to “My Bored Ol’ Heart” by Sofia Talvik (c) 2009
Everytime I need to do something, like recordings for a new album or something. I get this urge to do something else, something that I don’t need to do. That’s how I started doing the Christmas singles and all the other stuff that I do, just me, just by myself. So I guess it was no surprise that instead of going through the recorded files last week, I picked up the guitar and learned the old classic “Wichita Lineman”. Years back I had a brief collaboration with Swedish artist Niclas Frisk (Atomic Swing, A Camp). He was the one who first played me this song and I still love it. So thank you Niclas! And here’s how it turned out sounding in my kitchen…
Don’t bother with the video? Listen to the mp3.
Christmas is a time to do good deeds and I’ve stocked up on them this year! MQ (one of Sweden’s largest clothing companies) has joined forces with the Red Cross this Christmas in the campaign “Give a little bit” and I’m very happy to be a part of it. There will be a commersial on TV with 16 Swedish artists and we’re all giving our fees to the Red Cross.
The Red Cross
www.mq.se
I’m also, as usual each year, releasing a Christmas single. But this time I hope you will all visit Stadsmissionens website (Stadsmissionen helps homeless people in Sweden) and donate a gift by text message. If you do that you will get my Christmas single “A Carol for the Lonely” as a cellphone signal directly to your phone. The single will be available as mp3 here on my website as well.
Donate to Stadsmissionen
Be one of the first 50 customers in my new shop and get a €2 discount on any purchase! We sell all three albums signed and we ship world wide!
This is how you do it:
1. Go to http://www.sofiatalvik.com/shop
2. Add the items you want to your cart.
3. Go to your cart.
4. Enter JONESTOWN in the voucher code window.
4. Go to check out and enter the shipping details.
Some reasons to buy “Jonestown”:
“Sofia Talvik är helt underbar!” 4/5 SmÃ¥landsposten
“Sofia Talviks starkaste fullängdare hittills. Just go for it girl!” 4/5 Groove
“Jonestown” är Sofia Talviks genombrott.” 4/5 Nerikes allehanda
“With the release of Jonestown, Sofia Talvik easily gets over the idea of the difficult third album and turns out a collection that eclipses her first two.” Ninth space
“It sounds entirely original and, more importantly, rings true.” CD Baby, Editor’s pick
Fast det visste ni ju redan. Jag spelade ju som första kvinnliga svenska artist på deras största festival Lollapalooza i början av Augusti. Nu har CDBaby som är USAs största indiedistributör lagt upp mig som deras editor’s pick på sin hemsida. Eller som de själva skriver: “We’re *really* picky about what we feature. We get about 200-250 new albums a DAY coming in here now, (about 200,000 total), and yours is one of the best we’ve ever heard.“
Då blir man ju jäkligt glad! Här är deras recension på skivan:
SOFIA TALVIK: Jonestown
Fresh from a powerful performance at 2008’s Lollapalooza festival, Sweden’s Sofia Talvik is now poised to conquer the States with the release of her devastatingly beautiful third album. It’s a record of staggering elegance, with the faintest trace of Scandinavian twee and youthful exuberance. (Timpani, crisp castanets, tambourine, all the toys and tricks to put some bounce in your step.) But those forces are tempered by a subtle melancholy that slowly drips down the lonely walls while you listen until, by the last song, you’re drowning in a warm, welcome bath of sad sounds, syrupy string sections, and round, resonant horns. She combines modal chord changes and beautiful 60’s euro-pop production with the gentle singing of a 70’s folk songstress. Her voice shines through the dark tones of dramatic, lush orchestrations and the haze of reverb like a ray of liquid luminescence. “Jonestown” will remind you of Goldfrapp, Pulp, Nico, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Belle & Sebastian, Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach (I could go on and on!), and yet it sounds entirely original and, more importantly, rings true.