23 Dec 2024
Music
Zara Larsson online concert
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New album and an online concert from Zara Larsson

Sweden’s biggest pop star Zara Larsson drops her long-awaited album Poster Girl and is ready to play the songs live for the first time in a free online concert on the International Women’s Day. Stockholm’s own Zara Larsson is undoubtedly the biggest pop star we have in this country, with her big breakthrough hit Lush Life […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 heat 4
Culture Festivals Music News

Time for Melodifestivalen Heat 4!

Last week saw Tusse and Charlotte Perrelli advancing straight to the final, and now we are getting to see and hear the last seven of this year’s contestants. That means by the end of the evening we will have heard Sweden’s Eurovision entry – but we’ll still need to wait two weeks before finding out […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 heat 3
Culture Festivals Music News

Time for Melodifestivalen Heat 3!

Last week’s second heat gave us Dotter straight to the final, and that’s basically all we were asking for, as she was in a league of her own… She will be joined by Anton Ewald, in case you missed it. This week’s heat is looking slightly weaker, but if you are into schlager or rock, […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 Heat 2
Festivals Music News

Dotter is back! Melodifestivalen Heat 2

Melodifestivalen made its highly anticipated return last week and things are naturally looking rather different than usual in the age of the pandemic. The music and the artists have taken the main role, as they well should, when there is no live audience. The first heat saw Danny Saucedo and Arvingarna go straight to the final, […]

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Culture Festivals Music News

Time for Melodifestivalen! Heat 1

We may still be in the middle of the pandemic, but the people need their entertainment, right?! Maybe now more than ever, when we can’t get to any live events… So Melodifestivalen will bring the party to the Swedish homes on six Saturdays, starting on the 6th of February and climaxing with the grand final […]

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Culture Music

Don’t Stop the Music!

TV4 is showing a two-hour live gala in support of the Swedish music scene that has suffered in many ways during the pandemic. Don’t Stop the Music is airing on the 30th of January at 8pm and can of course be seen online via TV Play afterwards. The gala is arranged at Hamburger Börs by […]

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Friday Playlist Music

YLC’s Top 50 of Swedish Pop 2020

Even though 2020 has been the year of cancelled concerts and we have been starved for live music, the music has not stopped! Our favorite Swedish artists have been releasing so much great music it was really hard to limit us to just 50 amazing tunes on this playlist to sum up the year in […]

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Friday Playlist Music

Playlist: Stockholm Christmas 2020

This Christmas will certainly be different from what we’re used to, since 2020 has more or less turned our lives upside down. But all the more reason to put together a nice Christmassy playlist to get into the Christmas mood. Some of our favorite Swedish artists have actually been busy making music this year, as […]

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Jonas Snitt
Music

Jonas Snitt releases new music

Your Living City had the chance to have a little chat with Jonas Snitt, Swedish singer / songwriter / guitarist / producer. Jonas grew up in Paris and moved to Stockholm in the year 2000. He started playing the guitar at the age of 13 and took his first singing lessons at the age of 16. […]

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Best Swedish Pop
Friday Playlist Music

YLC’s Best Swedish Pop – Summer 2020 edition

The summer is here for us to enjoy, even if we still need to keep our distance and can’t get together for summer festivals and other events. But the music is still there and new releases keep coming out to brighten our days. We put together a playlist of some of our current Swedish pop […]

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