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December 21, 2012December 21, 2012

Sofia Talvik’s Xmas Calendar 2012 #21

Sofia Talvik's Xmas Calendar, window 21 — Sofia Talvik’s Xmas Calendar, window 21

Ho Ho Ho! Earlier this year I played a few shows up in Oregon and did something called the Salem Songwriter Sessions, which is basically a local TV show on CCTV (Salem, OR.) featuring artists playing live with the Salem Songwriter crew!

As I had just finished writing my new Christmas single at the time I thought it would be perfect to record it with the Salem Songwriter guys, and here it is -“One Last Wish For Christmas” live from Oregon!

Tom Phillips: Guitar
Aaron Panko: Bass
Audio: Brandon Johnson & Jonas
Filming Crew:
Charles Lewis
Dan Sprenkle
Sara Roth
Eric Kittleson
Anita Panko

Get the official single here: http://music.sofiatalvik.com/album/one-last-wish-for-christmas

Did you miss a day in the calendar? See all the windows in the Xmas Calendar here: https://sofiatalvik.com/julkalendern

December 12, 2012December 9, 2012

Sofia Talvik’s Xmas Calendar 2012 #12

In 2006 my Christmas single tradition started thanks to a collaboration with Swedish electronica artist Sophie Rimheden. Sophie was one of the artists who contributed to my album Street of Dreamix, a remixed version of my second album Street of Dreamsthat was released that same year.

Sophie and I decided to write a Christmas single together, doing something different from what we usually do. So we wrote and recorded “Xmas on the Dance Floor” a pop/disco/electronica song about dancing you ass off at Christmas, under the name “Sofia & Sophie”.

Sophie has since released a bunch of albums, most recently an album “HAJ” and a book called “Elektronika Drottning?” (the album is included in the book). Sophie also has her own Christmas Calendar called Sound Calendar that you can check out here!

Here’s the Christmas single that started it all, I give you: “Xmas on the Dance Floor” by Sofia & Sophie

Did you miss a day in the calendar? See all the windows in the Xmas Calendar here: https://sofiatalvik.com/julkalendern

November 14, 2012November 14, 2012

Sign up to get my Xmas calendar!

Sofia Talvik X-mas Calendar 2012 — Sign up for the Sofia Talvik x-mas Calendar 2012!

If you’ve been following me online for a while you know that I always do something special for my fans around Christmas. Now it’s time again!

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

A couple of years ago I did a complete video Christmas Calendar and every year I release a Christmas single. This year I’m doing the Christmas calendar again, although this time it’s not going to be all video. It will be a mix of Christmassy things, for example my favorite Christmas recipes, songs, special giveaways etc.

The BIG reward this year for signing up you’ll be the first to get my new Christmas single “One Last Wish For Christmas”.

So starting December 1st you’ll get a daily update from me until December 25th if you sign up NOW sign up here!

July 22, 2012July 24, 2012

Don’t miss me on Chicago Radio Monday 23rd!

Tune into Chicago radio show “Noteworthy” on UIC radio (The official Illinois University radio) tomorrow Monday July 23rd at 5:30pm. I’ll be chatting about the tour and might even play at tune or two. You can listen through their website.

After the show, make sure you get on the bus to the Elbo Room where I’ll be performing at 10pm. Chicago based cellist Ian Maksin will be doing a set at 9pm so don’t miss that! We’ll also play a few tunes together! I can’t wait!

[quote]It’s not that I’m a fan of most Swedish artists because they take on American genres I find favor with, but more so how they approach them. I feel that sometimes for such a decidedly American creation as folk and its long association as being music for the thinking man, there is more pressure as an American to create something that lives up to the sound of its predecessors and that sentiment can be all too obvious to the listener at times. That feeling doesn’t come across when listening to Sofia Talvik’s latest album, The Owls Are Not What They Seem. There is an effortless emphasis on melody that is influenced by the past, but never indebted to it. On “Everybody’s Favorite Concubine,” Talvik delicately glides along in a sparse setting that throws a few nods to the 60s and is relaxed in the way in it conveys emotion. Once the background vocals softly come in, everything’s extra creamy. [/quote]

Hectic but Eclectic / UIC Radio

July 17, 2012July 17, 2012

Free download of King of the Willow Tree

Don Draper went for Jaguar. I’m going for Dodge and YOU can help me. So what do you have to do?

Well just accept my humble gift of a free download of my song King of the Willow Tree from my Florida album!

Already have it? Well, you can always give it to a friend. The nice thing is that all you have to do is download it and that will count as a vote towards getting it in to a Dodge commercial, so that many more people get to hear it. You don’t have to keep voting every day and stupid stuff like that, download the song HERE and you’re a song richer as well as having helped your favorite artist (that would be me) out. Not bad huh?!

I’m actually one of 500 hand picked artist to be a part of this challenge so that alone is a great thing!

King of the Willow Tree – At last something beautiful that you can truly own!