Fiddles on Friday XVI

Today we have a Swedish folk band with a nykelharpe (keyfiddle) it is Nordic

I found them on youtube and think they are amazing. The nykelharpe is played by Erik Rydvall, Mandolin by Magnus Zetterlund and cello by Anders Löfberg: This is the song Skatan played at Huset in Aalborg Denmark. Nordic is one of Sweden's best and most booked folk music band. With roots in as well as a great knowledge of folk music, the trio experiment freely in a quest for new expression. The result includes film-like compositions filled with soundscapes, rhythms, groove, reggae and improvisation. The unusual setting of cello, nyckelharpa and mandolin gives the group its own unique sound and contributes to Nordic's experimental expression. Sorry i don't have any streaming links for you but a nice youtube link will do, this is the song 3 or it is the third song :) let me know if you have more info or music streams of Nordic And we end with Bruce, nice weekend hope to see you back on monday

Misty Monday XIV

Okay we've had a wonderful Eurosonic this year and

Anna von Hausswolff was one of the many artists there to discover !

Anna Michaela Ebba Electra von Hausswolff is a Swedish singer, pianist and songwriter. She released her debut single "Track of Time" in February 2010, followed by the debut album "Singing from the Grave". The album was very well received by the Swedish press. She's often compared with Kate Bush (listen to the song Pills) but her music has also a Lana Del Rey feeling in my opinion. In july 2012 she released her second album "Ceremony". But first let's take a look at the video of her debut song "Track of Time" before we go to the newer stuff Nice misty monday song isn't it? Her new album "Ceremony" is great, let's listen to the song "Mountains Crave". This album is poured over with a church organ juice... nice! And here's a grooveshark link to the song Sova, starting again with that church organ and this has a more Kate Bush feeling to understand the comparison. Another great song is "Red Sun And ofcourse we end with "Goodbye"

Misty Monday XI

First I wanted to post an item of Father John Misty, (Joshua Tillman) because of it's name, but it's not the name that counts it's the music and that wasn't misty enough so I was looking at other artists of Sub Pop records when I bumped into Sweden based, Soweto born singer Spoek Mathambo

Spoek Mathambo is a South African term for ghost of bones, it's a term like the boogieman, an amorphous imaginary being used by adults to frighten children into compliant behaviour. But nowadays there's a positive buzz about that name because it's the artist moniker of Nthato Mokgata. His electronic hip-hop based music sounds dark, futuristic and grim. First take a look at a video from the song "Stuck Together" He released his debut album, titled Mshini Wam on Stockholm label BBE Records. “Mshini Wam” is named after an Apartheid-era Zulu folk song meaning: ‘bring me my machine gun’, and tells the story of a child soldier growing into a bloodthirsty adult. At the same time, the song is a club banger that enlists a gang of the youth to sing its “pa-rum-pa-pum-pum” chorus. Mathambo is also known for DJing, graphic design and illustration artwork. He also made the song Control which is a remake of Joy Divisions She's Lost Control. For the music video, Spoek has collaborated with one of South Africa's most celebrated photographers, Pieter Hugo & cinematographer Michael Cleary. It explores the world of township cults, street preaches and teen gangs and was shot on location in a squatted train boarding house in Langa, Cape Town. The cast is mainly made up of the neighborhood kids who run their own dance troop, "Happy Feet".

Warm Wednesday Vl

Today it's up to Christian Kjellvander to give us a warm wednesday.

Christian Kjellvander is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He played in the alt country band Loosegoats. After that, he went solo in 2001 with some very nice records as a result. I've heard the song "Portugal" on (one of my favourite online radio) Radioparadise and I thought: Thats a welcome warm wednesday song. His voice is very warm and has a little "country" feel like for example Richard Buckner. First let's hear Portugal. And here's "Two Souls", someone said "If the Beach Boys made country it would sound like this":) There's no real recent work from him and a soundcloud link is unfindable but I hope you can live with this. Here's a song from his latest album The Rough And The Rynge(2010) the song "Bad Hurtn"