After spending a week at Friends Arena and Melodifestivalen, it was a lot of music, not just once, but a lot of times. When a television production is made, it should be repeated so everything is smached in the spinal cord before it goes into the transmission.
Anyway, I'll keep it brief and let the pictures speak for themselves and then we end with a contribution from Melodifestivalen as the tune of the day .... here we go.
Here is during the build up.
Part of the rigg.
TheMelodifestivalenis a nicething towork on,you meetlots offamiliar peopleandgetthe opportunity to workwith the best.
Rehearsals
Carola Rehearsal
Greenroom
Lancelot
Roof view
Roof View during Sean Banan
Ravaillacz
Robin Stjernberg
State Of Drama
State Of Drama
Ralf Gyllenhammar
Bed On Fire
Ulrik Munther
Louise Hoffsten
Robin Stjernberg
Yohio
Now it is overwith picturecavalcadeandtime to focus ontoday'stune.
Louise Hoffsten (born September 6, 1965) is a Swedish song writer, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues and pop.
Louise was born in Linköping. Her father, Gunnar Hoffsten, was also a musician and played the trumpet in a jazz band.
From her first recordings, Hoffsten's music and stage act have weaved together rock, folk and blues influences, while sometimes moving into r'n'b and jazz territory, unified by her earthy, slightly operatic singing style and driving, lean grooves. Like many blues singers she plays the harmonica as well, a recurrent element in her songs; she is arguably the most well-known and recognized female blues singer of contemporary Sweden. She has built a wide following in her native land, has won several awards and currently resides in Stockholm.
In 1996, Louise was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but despite the complications and occasional depressions (mirrored in the book/record Blues), she continues to write, tour and perform music.
She is participating in Melodifestivalen 2013 which selects Swedens entry for Eurovision 2013 in Malmö with the song "Only The Dead Fish Follow The Stream" which is today's tune.
More info @
Official Louise HoffstenWeb
Official MelodifestivalenWeb
Listen to "Louise Hoffsten - Only The Dead Fish Follow The Stream" on Spotify here!
Ive been working on a show lately named "Elvis Barbra & Me"
(Elvis Barbara & Jag)
Its about her and her parents love to the artists Elvis Presley and Barbra Streisand, Carola has taken the best of those two and did it in a Carola way.
The show begins with Carola´s Dad talking on a film showing clips from her way to the top.
Carola is known artists from Sweden, She was born south of Stockholm in Norsborg, she have a fantastic voice and her star quality is very big.
I have to say I have not been a fan of her, but after I met her and observing her in building up this show, im quite the opposite now. She is very capabel woman, her voice is very broad and without one unclear tone!
This is what Carola says about this show:
It all started a
long time ago, at home with mom and dad in Norsborg. Elvis and Barbra were
always present, always a given in our house.
My dad loved Elvis
and my mother loved Barbra. Elvis with his fabulous voice, his energy,
influenced by rock, blues and country. I was just a kid but I immediately
realized there was something extraordinary about him. And Barbra, with her
deep, movie-like storytelling where every word seemed to be her own and with no
uncertainty as to what the song was about. They were always with us and it was
fantastic to see dad standing in the middle of the living room, playing an
Elvis record really loud and just loving it. A few years ago when I was in the
United States, in Mississippi, I had the opportunity to sing "The wild man
of Telecaster" with Elvis' guitarist, James Burton.
After the concert
James said: "Elvis would have loved you!" That was big, I wish my dad
could have been there. And I wish my mother could have been there when I got
the chance to act in a movie with the one and only Kris Kristofferson, who was
so wonderful in "A star is born" co-starring with Barbra. Elvis and
Barbra are sort of like two fields I have been circling since I was a kid. And
this album is yet another piece of the puzzle in my relationship with them. You
can call this piece a kind of longing for home.
Not the melancholy kind of longing but more like a reminder of all the joy and all the lovely times we had together all thanks to mom and dad.
Listen to "Louise Hoffsten - Only The Dead Fish Follow The Stream" on Spotify here!
