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.
I’ve done 3 Christmas shows in Stockholm, and you’ll be able to see the last one in tomorrow’s window of my Xmas Calendar. So for all of you living in the UK, that haven’t had the chance to attend my Christmas shows, here’s your chance now! I’m playing live at Jajaja’s Xmas Party this Thursday, December 17th, at the Lexington.
I won’t play just Christmas songs but I might treat you to one of my free Christmas singles available on www.sofiatalvik.com/download
I once tried to bribe Fredrik Strage in the breakfast room at TV4. He was going to talk about new hip music, and I was going to play live at the TV4 Morning show where Fredrik is a profile every now and then. Apparently Fredrik wasn’t that easy to bribe that time, but he did want to be a guest in my Xmas Calendar when I asked him nicely.
If you’re easily scared, this is not an episode for you. Fredrik shows us his favourite scenes from Christmas horror movies, and he seems to have an evil side of himself as well …
Due to being unable to include the copyright material from the movies in this episode of the Xmas Calendar, I had to cut this episode up in parts, I’m sorry for the inconvenience.
Gremlins
Nightmare before Christmas
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Every week until the release of my new album “Jonestown” I’m inviting a new Swedish guest artists to do songs from the album with me. When all the live videos are released there will be a competition where you can win a signed copy of the album.
I’ve been so fortunate to have all my favorite artists sing with me and this week I’m proudly presenting Sweden’s own reggae wonder Papa Dee.
Sofia Talvik / Papa Dee – Summer ended yesterday
Song: Summer ended yesterday (Jonestown 2008)
Guest artist: Papa Dee
http://www.papadee.se/
http://www.myspace.com/theoriginalpapadee
Papa Dee is Sweden’s reggae pioneer, and has released albums for over twenty years. Right now he’s back in the spotlight with his new album “A Little Way Different”. The first single “Suzy Wong” is now spinning on the Swedish radio. Papa Dee is also known from the radio show P3 Rytm and the tv travel show Papa’s kappsäck.
I have an exciting fall ahead of me. My album Jonestown is being released in the US, Canada and Japan at the end of October and I have a lot of fun gigs coming up both in Sweden and in the US. The good thing is that a lot of these gigs are free and you should definitely swing by if you’re in the neighbourhood. Here’s what’s coming up:
Stockholm, Sweden:
September 22nd: Musslan, Dalagatan 46
No admission
September 29th: Berlin bar, Skånegatan 71
No admission
http://www.berlinsthlm.se/
Sign up to the event on Facebook here
New York, NY, USA
October 22nd: CMJ, The Swedish Showcase, hosted by Music export Sweden at Norwood, 241 W 14 Street
http://www.norwoodclub.com/
More gigs in the US will be announced shortly.
Export Music Sweden (EXMS) added a bunch of videos from some of my many showcases at SXSW 2009.
(click link “SxSW showcase from Sofia Talvik” in left menu)