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.
Today’s daily playlist contains acoustic and remixed versions of some great tunes and artists ranging from Stone Temple Pilots to Miike Snow. Get it here: http://bit.ly/cCzXp8
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Sofia Talvik – You bring me back
The xx – Islands (Blue Nile remix)
Phoenix – Everything is everything (Acoustic exclusive live session)
Bat for Lashes – Pearls dream (Cenzo Townshend radio edit)
Radiohead – Creep (Acoustic)
MGMT – Electric feel (Justice remix)
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush (Acoustic)
Miike Snow – Animal (Punks Jump Up remix)
I know it’s a kinda weird headline, but this week there has been a lot of parties. Monday night me and the band celebrated the release of “Florida” at the beautiful “Södra Teatern” in Stockholm. We had a great night, the place was packed and we played 8 of the songs from the new album. No one asked me if I could play any ABBA so that was a perk!
Yesterday I attended my friend Dusty Monroe‘s release party for his debut album. Dusty himself looked a bit like Robert Smith on stage with wild makeup and tousled hair. During the gig ballet dancers, robots and a pregnant opera singer in a white sorcerers dress appeared on stage. Half my band who also play with Dusty were all made up in greek helmets and makeup. I was bummed they didn’t wear the same outfit to our release.. or not haha. It was a great gig. Dusty is really a live artist, but check out his album if you like electronica mixed with pop and surf.
Dusty Monroe live at Teater PeróDusty with a giant robot
I’m off to Gothenburg today to play at a radio show tomorrow and see my parents. Mum and dad have just been backpacking in India. They’re rather adventurous for a retired couple. Me and Jonas is actually alone in the first class carriage, and we just got stuck south of Stockholm due to some problems with the tracks. Good thing I’m in first class where there’s free wifi so I can do some blogging.
We’ve played at the Hartley Historic Mansion in Everett, WA and the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle. These kinds of gigs are always quite different as there’s such a mixed crowd. You have the people who know your music there and the people who come because they have a Nordic heritage and want to listen to a Swedish singer. Fortunately no one asked me to play ABBA as one guy that came up to me in the middle of my set on Hawaii. We sold out on all our albums so that was very nice and the audience was so great, really attentive and respectful. It’s such a nice change from bar gigs where there’s always people who talk and don’t care about the music.
Karen Pauley from the radio show Nordic Roots and Branches did an excellent job with the gigs. She was the one who first invited me here last year so I’m happy we could include it in our tour this time! Check ou her radio show here!
A big thank you to all that came to the shows! We had such a great time! Stay tuned for som video clips.
Playing at the Nordic Heritage Museum
The guys made friends with the guy that sold beer!
Annika Lantz is one of Sweden’s most beloved and well known radio show hosts. She’s got her own show in both national radio p4 and p1 so when I heard that she was dying to get on my Xmas Calendar as well I simply had to invite her. Somehow it’s really she who invited me, as today’s episode is being filmed in her radio studio, but I’m doing my best to take over the role as host and find out why Annika writes such gloomy haiku poems …
När Annika Lantz hörde att jag hade en julkalender ville hon såklart vara med. Och jag ville såklart ha med Annika, så jag bjöd in mig till hennes studio på radiohuset och Lantz i p4 och tog över ratten. Annika som inte bara är radiopratare, blivande skådis och virkexpert är också haikupoet och bjuder oss på 2 specialskrivna julhaikus!
