New album and book in September!

Kisses and hugs to all who pledged on my Kickstarter Project! Thanks to you the project is now GO! and I’ve started working on the book.

Go HERE to place your order for the book and live album now!

Drivin' & Dreaming - THE BOOK & CD

The pre-order for the live album and the book will be open until August 2nd, but even if you order now you will not be charged until August 2nd when the pre-order closes. Note that pre-order is the ONLY way to get the book and it will only be printed in a limited edition. So after August 2nd, there will be no way and nowhere to get a copy unless you pre-ordered.

The order is made via Kickstarter and Amazon, so if you have shopped at Amazon before it will be easy as pie to just log in and order. (If you are unsure how to order, here’s a video that will guide you.

Watch it here and follow the instructions:

Everyone who places an order for the live album or the book will get a complimentary download of the acoustic version of my album “The Owls Are Not What They Seem” direct to your email.

Some info about the album and the book:

Drivin' & Dreaming - THE BOOK

Drivin’ & Dreaming – One artist’s odyssey through America

I spent a year and a half from 2011 to 2013 traveling across America in an old RV, playing over 250 shows in 37 states. I named the tour “Drivin’ & Dreaming”. During the tour I met amazingly wonderful, weird and inspiring people, and I got to see and experience every corner of the US.

This book is the product of all the stories and pictures from the “Drivin’ & Dreaming” tour that I collected along the way. The book is in coffee table format with beautiful pictures and funny short stories. You will be able to open the book to any page and just start reading. It will be around 200 pages and you’ll get to experience the life on the road, breakdowns, the wonderful people that came to our rescue, weird gigs, breathtaking places and smiling faces. The book also contains a collection of my favorite recipes that we cooked in the RV.

Drivin' & Dreaming - LIVE CD

Drivin’ & Dreaming LIVE – full length album (CD)

We recorded almost all of the 250+ shows on the tour and have chosen the best of the best to be featured on this live album. If you weren’t able to make it to any of the concerts, here’s your chance to experience it, just like you were there in the room with me. All the recordings on the live album were recorded with room microphones and direct sound from the board. The final product will be a high-quality live album mixed and mastered from these source recordings. Many of you asked about the Swedish folk song that I sang on the shows, this song will be featured on the album!

You can get the book + live album for $100 (including shipping in the US, +$5 for outside the US) or the live album alone for $25. There is also a possibility to get some other cool stuff, like your name in the thank you notes in the book. Check it out here!

When the pre-order closes on August 2nd the album and the book will be sent to the printers. You will have your copy approximately a month later.

Last Florida show on the Drivin’ & Dreaming Tour

Meet me at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago
Meet me at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago
Last show in FL will take place March 1st!

It’s been such and adventure being on the Drivin’ & Dreaming tour. We’ve been to 37 states, played over 250 shows and have met so many wonderful people. But it’s time for Europe to get some Sofia Talvik too and this spring the Drivin’ & Dreaming tour will be moving across the pond to the old country.

I have one more Florida show before we leave so don’t miss out on getting tickets, as seating is limited. It will be a night of music and stories from the road at the Civic Media Center in Gainesville, presented by Shake Rag Cultural Center, on March 1st 8pm. Tickets are only $10 and you can get yours HERE! I’ll see you there!

Drivin’ & Dreaming Episode #10 – Season finale!

This is the very last episode of the Drivin’ & Dreaming show. In this episode we go to Chicago and eat Swedish food in Andersonville, get our RV fixed (once again) in Milwaukee, thanks Al! and last but not least we record a Daytrotter Session that will be released tomorrow September 21st!

Thanks everyone for watching! The tour will go on! Please keep following the tour on my Facebook page and here on my website!

Did you miss any of the previous episodes? You can watch them all here!

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 tour has hit the West Coast!!!!

Sofia Talvik at Red Rock Theatre, Colorado

The Drivin’ & Dreaming tour has landed in Seattle, WA which means we’ve made it cross country and finally hit the West Coast! And we couldn’t have done it without you! We broke down in Idaho, but you came through for us and funded some new tires and ball joints and got us back on the road so THANK YOU to all of you who helped out with that!! Below you’ll find a little video about it, and some pics from various shows around the country! You can find all the Drivin’ & Dreaming pics here! Thanks for supporting us all this way! Check out our upcoming shows in WA, OR and CA here!

 

Sofia Talvik at Red Rock Theatre, Colorado
Sofia Talvik at Red Rock Theatre, Colorado

Sofia Talvik live at Red 9 in Lincoln, NE
Sofia Talvik live at Red 9 in Lincoln, NE

The Drivin' & Dreaming mobile in Utah
The Drivin’ & Dreaming mobile in Utah

Sofia Talvik live at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Sofia Talvik live at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

Sofia Talvik live at Venue 162, Council Bluffs, IA
Sofia Talvik live at Venue 162, Council Bluffs, IA

The Owls on Bandcamp top list!

The Owls is #3 on Bandcamp!

My new album The Owls Are Not What They Seem is the #3 best selling album on the Bandcamp toplist for folk this week! Check it out! You can still get it for “pay what you want” and help us keep the Drivin’ & Dreaming Tour on the road! You can buy it here!

Here’s what one listener just posted about it on Twitter:

Tweets about my new album
Tweets about my new album

The Owls is #3 on Bandcamp!
The Owls is #3 on Bandcamp!