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No rain, no muddy puddles, no blasting sun will ever stop the die-hard music festival lovers, who year after year browse for the biggest festivals and the most impressive line-ups and this is where we come into the picture. Like every year, we bring you a round-up of the newest and the good old classic […]
Stockholm-based artist SOMA caught our ear with her Don’t Believe Them and we had to dig deeper into her sound and visuals. SOMA has Kurdish roots, was raised in Helsinki, Finland, and has called Stockholm home for the past five years. She says life basically led her to Stockholm. Making pop in English in Finland […]
The Thursday before is always a long day of rehearsals when the artists, their staging and wardrobe people, dancers and backup singers, the pyro guys, the huge TV production crew, and all the other people involved are polishing the final details for the biggest TV show of the year, the Melodifestivalen Grand Final! We spent […]
The Mello season has reached the sixth and final week of touring music entertainment. The final is once again taking place at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, and by Saturday evening we will know who will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. As you should know by now, the Swedes take […]
If like me you landed one day in Stockholm and wanted to resume your Yoga practice, but didn’t know where to go, here is what I hope can be your ultimate guide to carrying on your practice in good hands and …in English – yes ! How many of you felt too shy to walk to […]
In Western countries, food allergies affect 8% of children and 2% of adults, according to Core. Some of the most common food allergies in Sweden are hazelnuts (between 12 and 15%), lactose (between 4 and 10%), and gluten (3%). Meanwhile, tree nuts, fruit, and carrots all rank highly, too. Food allergies commonly cause wheezing, hives, […]
Last week we saw Jon Henrik Fjällgren advance to the final as expected, and he was joined by Lina Hedlund, a less obvious choice, but one we are very happy with. This week it’s time for the last seven songs to be presented to the public in Lidköping. We have once again plenty of variety […]
We have once again listened to dozens and dozens of Swedish releases to bring you our picks of songs worth listening to. Take a look and have a listen right here… Beatrice Jaksch, or just Jaksch by her artist name, is a Stockholm-based independent artist, songwriter and producer, who feels she has now found her sound, […]
Billie Eilish is the hottest artist around right now, at least if you ask just about any teenager. So of course she created a fair amount of chaos when she played in Stockholm. Billie Eilish‘s success has pretty much exploded recently, so much so that the Stockholm concert had to be moved to a bigger […]
The second heat of Melodifestivalen brought a big surprise finalist in 15-year-old singer Malou Prytz, with an all-female power team behind her in everything from songwriting and production to staging and dancing. She is joined by the big favorites Hanna Ferm and Liamoo, who oozed chemistry on stage, as expected. Heat 3 in Leksand is […]
