Never write about food!

A while ago I read this article about how to gain a lot of followers on twitter. The article had some good pointers but one of them made me smile a little. It said “never write about food”. Now you might have noticed I quite often write about food (maybe that’s why I only have 959 followers). Anyway, I like writing about food because I love cooking and as a natural addition to that I love eating good food. I also tend to photograph my food and post it online. (But I never count calories!)

I also follow Jamie Oliver (or whoever tweets for him) and he writes about food all the time. What else should he write about though? Sometimes I’ve had followers who think I write too much about music – duh!

Anyway, I don’t just like cooking, eating and writing about food – I also like watching food shows on TV. Obviously I love Jamie Oliver but another favourite is “Guys weekend”. After seeing their gnocchi episode I got addicted to gnocchi and make it quite often. They also made a great French apple pie (Tart Tartin) which I actually made tonight for the first time. So I’m ending this blog post about not writing about food by posting a pic of my tart tartin.

My tart tartin before I tucked into it!

And yes, you can follow me on twitter here!

Picture Competition – Winner announced!

Sofia Talvik live at Södra Teatern 2010

We had a little competition on the night of the release party where all you fans could take a picture of the gig, post it on Facebook and compete for a Sofia Talvik Florida tote. We had so many great contributions that it was really hard to choose a winner.

Sofia Talvik tote

But by capturing the happiness and and ambiance of the gig and by proving that you do not need a professional camera to take a great picture Therese Göterheim made us look twice at this lovely picture.

Sofia Talvik live at Södra Teatern 2010
Sofia Talvik live at Södra Bar, photo by Therese Göterheim

Thanks to all that participated in the competition. You can see all the pictures on facebook.com/sofiatalvik

Trevligt skivtips

Florida Album Cover

Per Henriksson har tagit sig tid att skriva ett litet tips on min nya platta Florida, det tackar jag för:

Skivtips: Sofia Talvik “Florida”

Sofia Talvik har länge varit en av Sveriges mest begåvade artister. Men hon har kommit en lång väg sen debuten. Där hon tidigare var lovande och charmig är nya skivan “Florida” fullgången och i internationell klass (jämför gärna med Christina Courtin) .

En del recensenter har jämfört Talvik med Frida Hyvönen och Anna Ternheim. Det är smickrande i den mening att de är artister som är genuint begåvade och gör något eget precis som Sofia Talvik. Jag skulle dock vilja hävda att Talvik har större internationell potential. Inte för att hon är mer kommersiell – snarare tvärtom. Men hennes referenser finns snarare i amerikansk country och alt rock än i svensk pop.

Att skivan heter Florida är ingen slump. Det är amerikansk country influerad rock som den var innan The Eagles sönderdominerade scenen. Det är mer Clouds och Ladies of the Canyon med Joni Mitchell än någon svensk artist som är rimliga referenser.

Album release party

Sofia Talvik gig at Södra Teatern Stockholm live new album Florida

This Monday we had a wonderful night at the fantastic venue “Södra Teatern” celebrating the release of my new album “Florida”. The place was packed with people and we had a fun gig playing many of the new songs. During the gig we had a little competition where people could win a Sofia Talvik tote if they took a picture and tagged it as me on Facebook. We got so many great pics. Here’s a few of them and we’ll appoint a winner at the end of this week.

Sofia Talvik live gig at Södra Teatern new album Florida
photo: Therese Göterheim
Sofia Talvik gig at Södrea Teatern Stockholm live new album Florida
photo: Suzanne Fors
Sofia Talvik gig at Södra Teatern Stockholm live new album Florida
photo: Suzanne Fors
Sofia Talvik gig at Södra Teatern Stockholm live new album Florida
photo: Jan Persson
Sofia Talvik gig at Södra Teatern Stockholm live new album Florida
photo: Christoffer Jonsson
Sofia Talvik gig at Södra Teatern Stockholm live new album Florida
photo: Jonas Westin

Thanks all for coming an making it such a great night, now don’t forget to buy the new album too. You know you can buy a download on music.sofiatalvik.com and decide your own price, or if you prefer a CD we have signed ones in the shop.
There’s also an acoustic version of the entire album that will be available for purchase in a week or so.

New album released today. Get Florida here!

Florida Album Cover

I’m excited to announce that my new album “Florida” was released worldwide today.

Florida Album Cover
Get your copy of the album today!

I’ve worked hard with the album for such a long time and it feels good to finally see it come online on all major music stores. Do you want to listen to it today?
You can stream and listen to the album from my official homepage.

I also have personally signed copies of the album and other great stuff like t-shirts, bags, lyrics and much more in the Sofia Talvik Music Shop.

You can download the album from my own private shop or these providers:

iTunes
Amazon
Rhapsody
Napster
EMusic
7Digital

or buy a CD from these providers:

Sofia Talvik Music Shop
Bengans
CDON
Megastore