22 Nov 2024
Music
Festivals Music News

Can anybody threaten a Loreen victory at Melfest?

So we have at last come to the climax of the six week Melodifestivalen tour that is aimed at finding a Swedish representative for Eurovision. The final at Friends Arena in Stockholm includes 12 songs, most of which deserve to be in the final. But is there anybody who could even dream of winning beside […]

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Concerts Music

Raye’s love of music shines through in Stockholm

It has clearly been Raye’s year since she parted ways with her record company who took years not letting her release her debut album. Finally having the chance of being herself musically as an independent artist, she has put out the album she wanted, My 21st Century Blues. And she has gained success, especially with […]

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Concerts Music

Fontän ready to gush tunes!

The Swedish duo Fontän was formed in Gothenburg in 2006. Back then Jesper Jarold and Johan Melin released their debut album, ‘Aktionskammarn’.  In 2009 the band released their second, ‘Winterhwila’. Then they took a little break. Their long awaited and self titled album, “Fontän” was ranked one of the top albums of 2017! Since then […]

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Concerts Music

Rina Sawayama brings contagious energy to the stage at Berns

Japanese-British pop powerhouse Rina Sawayama brought her Hold the Girl tour to Stockholm and Berns. The energy at the venue was through the roof from the start, as she came on with the title track of the tour. She soon made it clear that she would take the audience on a genre-bending journey, as her […]

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Festivals Music News

Melodifestivalen 2023 – Did they save the best for last?

So we have come to the last of the four preliminary heats of Melodifestivalen and are thus getting the entries from the remaining seven contestants. Eurovision queen Loreen’s return is having ESC fans all hyped up, and for good reason. Last week saw very expectedly Marcus & Martinus going straight to the final, joined by […]

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Festivals Music News

Melodifestivalen 2023 – Get ready for heat 3!

Last week’s second heat saw the Ukrainian talent Maria Sur getting the most votes with her belter of a survival ballad. And she is joined in the final by The Panetoz, who brought the dance party. Week 3 brings the touring Mello circus to Lidköping, and we have the next seven candidate vying for the […]

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Festivals Music News

Melodifestivalen 2023 – It’s time for Heat 2!

The first week of Melodifestivalen 2023 saw Jon Henrik Fjällgren with Arc North and Adam Woods going straight to the final as expected. And he will be joined by Tone Sekelius. The next seven contestants are up this Saturday in Linköping. Beside the actual qualification round, we can expect to see Linda Bentzing and Magnus […]

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Festivals Music News

Melodifestivalen 2023 kicks off with Heat 1

Can you believe it’s already time for Melodifestivalen?! The six-week music extravaganza is finally back on tour and the first heat of four is going to be held in Gothenburg on the 4th of February. So we will get to see the first seven of 28 entries competing for the Mello crown and for that […]

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Friday Playlist Music

YLC’s Best of Swedish Pop 2022 – The Playlist

As 2022 is coming to an end, it is once again time for many year-end lists putting together the best of the best. We have once again put together a playlist of the music that is very dear to our hearts, Swedish POP! This year has once again brought so much amazing Swedish music our […]

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Alma in Stockholm
Concerts Music

In Pictures: Finland’s coolest popstar ALMA in Stockholm

ALMA has been Finland’s most notable pop export in recent years, also lending her song-writing skills to the likes of Miley Cyrus and cooperating with pop royalty like Charli XCX and Sweden’s own Tove Lo. So when ALMA was in town for the last show of her European tour, we really wanted to be there […]

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