Thank you!

Drivin' & Dreaming - THE BOOK & CD

Two months ago I put up a Kickstarter project for a live album and a book about the US tour “Drivin’ & Dreaming”. I didn’t know if any of you would be interested in reading about it, after all, I posted a lot on Facebook and my website along the way. But not only did you show me that you wanted to read more about it, you showed me that you support me in what I do and want me to keep on doing it!

The book and the album was funded within 24 hours and now that the project is closed we almost tripled our goal. This has helped me to expand the book from the original planned 200 pages to 300 pages, filled with stories, pictures and recipes – and believe me I could have filled 1000, but 300 is not bad either. So this is me saying THANK YOU for your support, on the tour and now – after the tour.

The whole thing was such an amazing experience and I got to relive it all through making this book. I hope you will feel like it was you going on tour when you read it, and I hope you will love every story just as much as I love them and try all the recipes (especially the Swedish ones).

Some final editing is left for me to do before I send it off to the printer and it should be ready to ship to you in September. I hope you all have enjoyed your digital bonus album and have checked out the videos for all the songs (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL291E31BFD5CB9723). 

If you haven’t watched it already, here’s the video diary I did while on the tour, ten episodes of gigs, driving, breaking down and having fun:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77033D15B65E7C84

Well, I suppose I need to get to work finishing all so you can get your goodies 😉

Thanks once again for your immense support!

xoxo
/Sofia

TOANWTS Acoustic video album #12

#12 – Nothing Quite So Gentle

I’ve been performig all the songs from my latest album “The Owls Are Not What They Seem” live from different places in the US during my Drivin’ & Dreaming Tour and published them on YouTube.

This is the twelvth and final track from the album – Nothing Quite So Gentle, performed in the Palm Cemetary in Winter Park, Orlando, Florida. To record a video in a cemetary might seem like a werd idea, but I’ve always loved the eerie look of the spanish moss hanging off the trees and the old tomb stones, and the first line in the song is “If you’re one step from the grave…”.

This is probably the TOANWTS Acoustic video album version that is the most different from the album version since I originally wrote the song on the piano and had to re-interpret it for the guitar. Kinda like a cover of myself. With this song the Acoustic video album is now complete. I’ve recorded the 12 original songs in almost as many states during my 2011-2013 tour and I hope you enjoyed the scenery as well as the acoustic versions.

The full album can be found here: http://music.sofiatalvik.com

Check out the all 12 songs recorded here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL291E31BFD5CB9723

Sofia Talvik’s Xmas Calendar 2012 #1 Get my new Xmas single!

Sofia Talvik's Xmas Calendar, window 1
Sofia Talvik's Xmas Calendar, window 1
Sofia Talvik’s Xmas Calendar, window 1

Welcome to my 2012 Christmas Calendar! Through-out December 1st-25th I will do fun Christmassy things everyday and you can follow the calendar here on my website, on Facebook or you can get it straight to your inbox every day by clicking on the link below!

Sign up here to recieve daily goodies during December straight to your inbox!

So for the first window of my calendar I’m giving you my new Christmas single “One Last Wish For Christmas”. Every year I release a new original Christmas single. It’s always for free, but you can choose your own price if you want to pay for it anyway. A huge thank you to my wonderful band back in Sweden who have done an amazing job recording and mixing the single; Joakim Lundgren my co-producer, perkussionist, backing strings arranger, mixer and masterer, Marcus Högquist on guitar, Christian Hörgen on cello, Janne Manninen on bass and Kristoffer Jonsson on trombone.

And thank you to all of my friends and fans who supported my tour this year! I hope you all enjoy this little token of appreciation. Merry Christmas!

Get the Christmas single HERE!

One Last Wish For Christmas
One Last Wish For Christmas

Drivin’ & Dreaming Episode 2

Sofia Talvik live at White Horse Black Mountain
At Fresh 96.1 with Jess and Jeff
At Fresh 96.1 with Jess and Jeff

Thanks for watching the first episode of my Drivin’ & Dreaming show. This is the second episode of the show and we’re going through the Smoky Mountains, the RV breaks down, we show up one day early for a …  well watch it and you’ll see. Please keep sharing to keep viewings up. I’ll keep doing the show as long as I have enough viewers 🙂

Big thanks to everyone in this episode White Horse, Black Mountain, The Acoustic Coffee House in Johnson City, TN 202 Market in Roanoke, VA and Beliveau Estate in Blacksburg, VA. 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

 

The Drivin' & Dreamin Tour took us to the mountains in Virigina
The Drivin' & Dreamin Tour took us to the mountains in Virigina
Sofia Talvik live at White Horse Black Mountain
Sofia Talvik live at White Horse Black Mountain
White Horse Black Mountain
White Horse Black Mountain

 

Sofia Talvik + Kenny = True

I’ve been listening to The Killers album Sawdust. It’s an album of b-sides and covers. They made a great version of an old Kenny Rogers song called Ruby.

I found the original song and the video of Kenny Rogers performing it on www.youtube.com.

Watch and listen to it here and then download or listen to my soft mellow version.
KENNY ROGERS ROCKS!

SOFIA:

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KENNY: