16 May 2024
Music
Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Stockholm Gig List – mid-October through November

Stockholm is buzzing with live music every day of the week and it can at times be hard to pick what to see. YLC’s music fan Nina Uddin guides you to the most interesting artists that are playing at Stockholm venues in the coming weeks.

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Friday Playlist Music

Awesome Autumn: The Friday Playlist

This fall is promising to be full of great new Swedish music and our latest playlist includes some brand-spanking new AWESOMENESS from the hottest Swedish artists right NOW.  Our Fresh Swedish Sounds playlist once again focuses firmly on up’n’coming artists and fresh new talent, as well as the latest releases from a few more established […]

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Music What's on: Stockholm

Fresh Swedish Sounds: Miriam Bryant

YLC’s Nina Uddin has some fangirl confessions to make as she’s getting ready for new releases from Miriam Bryant, the powerhouse vocalist who had her breakthrough in Sweden last year with the song Push Play.   –          Didn’t you see her just the other day? –          Well yeah, but it’s Miriam… –          But why again? […]

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Music What's on: Stockholm

Stockholm Open Air Gigs: July/August

Live music can be at it’s most magical when you experience it in the open air on a warm summer evening. Here are our best picks of the summer for creating music memories in Stockholm…   Popaganda in the park Popaganda teams up with Parkteatern to bring some lovely music to Djurgården on the 19th […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Last of the Legends: Bunny Wailer Live at Gröna Lund

He taught Bob Marley how to sing, refused to tour the world and turned down fame and fortune to live in a shack. Famously reclusive, he’s not an easy man to see live. This was a chance to redeem myself and experience a piece of reggae history. He came decked out in white, splashed with […]

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Culture Music

Silver Fox Still Shaking It: Tom Jones live at Gröna Lund

We’ve all heard his cheesy slow dance songs and cringed at the ladies man crooning Hasselhoff style sans shirt. Yet when Tom Jones played Gröna Lund in June, curiosity got the better of me and I put my hand up to go. What ensued was THE most surprising 1.5 hours of vocal finesse that had […]

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Culture Music

Girl Power at #KENTFEST

Sweden’s biggest rock band Kent decided to put together a festival of their own, the way they thought it should be done. They named it #KENTFEST and brought along a Ferris wheel as well as many of the most interesting young women on the Swedish music scene right now. The crowds had started gathering well […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Timbuktu and Damn! In concert at Gröna Lund

He’s the MC that Swedish grandparents have heard of. He’s also the guy that told Jimmie Åkesson to shove it. When Sweden’s most influential political musician Timbuktu plays at Gröna Lund, you sell your first-born to see him, says YLC’s Ting Yiu. I knew he was a big deal when middle-aged lunch lady types were […]

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Culture Friday Playlist Music

Summer Party: The Friday Playlist

It’s time for another Friday playlist to get you in the summer mood. YLC’s Nina Uddin has curated a FABULOUS Spotify playlist of party-worthy tunes from some of the hottest Swedish artists right now. Get your summer party going with Billboard-charting Swedish pop sensations  Tove Lo and Icona Pop.  Get into the groove with Syster Sol, […]

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Culture Friday Playlist Music

Fresh Swedish Sounds: The Friday Playlist

A POPTASTIC Spotify playlist with the freshest sounds of the Swedish music scene – just for you!

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