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.

Daytrotter session coming up!

Daytrotter
Daytrotter
Daytrotter

I’m really excited to announce that I will be doing a Daytrotter session in early August. Daytrotter is one of today’s most interesting music formats, inviting artists to play their songs acoustically in their studio in Rock Island, IL making them available to listen to for anyone in the world. Or as Daytrotter themselves describe it:

These fine people – as they’re traveling through America’s heartland – take two hours out of their travels between shows to stop in for a Daytrotter Session at The Horseshack in downtown Rock Island, Ill. The name of the city is not ironic. They use borrowed instruments, play with their touring mates, utilize an often unkempt toilet, eat some food and then cram back into their vans for the last half of the drive. What they leave behind is a pile of ashes, sometimes a forgotten stocking hat and four absolutely collectible songs that often impart on whomever listens to them the true intensity that these musicians put into their art, sometimes with more clarity than they do when they have months to tinker with overdubs and experiments. These songs are them as they are on that particular day, on that particular tour – dirty and alive. We want you to make this your new home as it is ours. We promise that you will love it here.

Stay tuned for updates on when YOU can listen to my Daytrotter session.

Drivin’ & Dreaming Episode 2

Sofia Talvik live at White Horse Black Mountain
At Fresh 96.1 with Jess and Jeff
At Fresh 96.1 with Jess and Jeff

Thanks for watching the first episode of my Drivin’ & Dreaming show. This is the second episode of the show and we’re going through the Smoky Mountains, the RV breaks down, we show up one day early for a …  well watch it and you’ll see. Please keep sharing to keep viewings up. I’ll keep doing the show as long as I have enough viewers 🙂

Big thanks to everyone in this episode White Horse, Black Mountain, The Acoustic Coffee House in Johnson City, TN 202 Market in Roanoke, VA and Beliveau Estate in Blacksburg, VA. 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 Drivin' & Dreamin Tour took us to the mountains in Virigina
The Drivin' & Dreamin Tour took us to the mountains in Virigina
Sofia Talvik live at White Horse Black Mountain
Sofia Talvik live at White Horse Black Mountain
White Horse Black Mountain
White Horse Black Mountain

 

My friends at Lollapalooza

Just wanted to post a few links to all the bands that are playing the Lollapalooza.
I will be playing on friday, August, 1:st.


Radiohead

Kanye West

Love and Rockets
The Black Keys
Mark Ronson
The National
Explosions in the Sky
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Amadou & Mariam
Girl Talk
Jamie Lidell
Spank Rock
Duffy
The Go! Team
Yeasayer
The Weakerthans
Black Kids
Dr. Dog
Kid Sister
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Manchester Orchestra
The Octopus Project
De Novo Dahl
K’naan
Your Vegas
Bang Camaro
White Lies
Innerpartysystem
DJ Bald Eagle
Witchcraft


Rage Against the Machine

Wilco

Gnarls Barkley
Broken Social Scene
Cat Power
G. Love & Special Sauce
Brand New
Dierks Bentley
Blues Traveler
CSS
Butch Walker
Brazilian Girls
The Kills
Mason Jennings
Grizzly Bear
Booka Shade
Black Lips
Nicole Atkins & the Sea
Office
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Foals
Cadence Weapon
Noah and the Whale
Serena Ryder
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves
The Blakes
Magic Wands
The Postelles
Krista
We Go to 11


Nine Inch Nails

The Raconteurs

Bloc Party
Flogging Molly
Lupe Fiasco
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Gogol Bordello
Okkervil River
The John Butler Trio
Battles
Mates of State
Chromeo
Rogue Wave
The Gutter Twins
MGMT
Santogold
Louis XIV
The Ting Tings
The Cool Kids
The Whigs
Uffie
Ferras
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
Newton Faulkner
Steel Train
Tally Hall
Electric Touch
The Parlor Mob
Ha Ha Tonka
Sofia Talvik

Check out http://www.lollapalooza.com/ for tickets and more information.