17 Mar 2025
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In Pictures: Stockholm Culture Festival 2017

The Stockholm Culture Festival and the parallel We Are STHLM were held from the 15th to the 20th of August 2017 and the festivals were once again a success, with a total of 750 000 visits during the six days. India, celebrating 70 years of independence, was a big theme of the festival, but there […]

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Music News

Behind the Scenes: Nova Miller’s Video Shoot

Nova Miller is the young local singer, who has her aims set high on future pop stardom, and the talent to go all the way. She has just released her latest poptastic tune Anything for U. Along with it she brought out a fabulous music video channeling 70s vibes in both fashion and dance moves. […]

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Music New Music Friday

New Music Friday: Unmissable videos from Nova Miller and Nadia Nair

For this New Music Friday we bring you once again our very favorite picks of new Swedish music releases. These are the ones you definitely should not miss! Nova Miller: Anything for U The talented 16-year-old songstress is bringing out an insanely catchy pop tune and a fabulous video to go along with it, so […]

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Photo by Olle Kirchmeier
Festivals Music Videos

Way Out West – more WOW than ever!

In its 11th edition Way Out West has thrown its biggest festival so far – bigger size, bigger line-up, bigger production… Total WOW factor everywhere! Around 34,000 souls stepped into Gothenburg’s Slottskogen fields every day, looking to satisfy their thirst for excitement, music and fun, because this is what Way Out West is all about, as we could discover by talking to the […]

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In Pictures: Jennie Abrahamson @ Gröna Lund

Jennie Abrahamson ended her summer tour at Gröna Lund, and Your Living City’s resident pop nerd Nina Uddin was there with her camera. Jennie Abrahamson‘s latest album Reverseries  (her fifth) is full of well-crafted, subtle and ethereal pop, and the tour has taken Jennie around Europe before returning in style to meet the home crowd in Stockholm […]

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Skott
Music New Music Friday

Fresh Swedish Sounds: Music Video Round-up

Some of our favorite Swedish artists have great new music videos out, so here are the ones you absolutely shouldn’t miss from July’s crop of music videos!   Skott: Mermaid Skott brings us dreamy under-water sequences that go amazingly together with her hauntingly beautiful song Mermaid. Skott is getting a lot of critical acclaim and hype […]

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Culture Music

Maxida Märak brings intensity and conviction

The first time I saw Maxida Märak live, she awoke my curiosity singing a duet at a huge charity gala. The second time I saw her, she blew my mind. It was another charity event with plenty of big artists performing, at a very small church, sometime before Christmas 2015. Maxida was the host of […]

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Friday Playlist Music

YLC Playlist: Stockholm Summer 2017

Are you looking for some fresh Swedish sounds for your summer playlist? Look no further, because we have put together an all-Swedish, all-awesome playlist of wonderful tunes that will get you into the summer state of mind in no time. We have Tove Styrke‘s excellent Say My Name, as well as Neiked‘s Call Me, which both give […]

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Featured Music What's on: Stockholm

Rita Ora and other stars of Sommarkrysset

Sommarkrysset is a long-running summer entertainment format of Swedish TV4, going on its 13th season. It is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund amusement park on summer Saturdays, giving the music fans the chance to enjoy performances by Swedish and international artists either on location or through their TV screens. The programme also includes a […]

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Culture Music Swedish Culture

Sing-along at Skansen – The ultimate summer tradition

The Swedes absolutely love a good sing-along and Allsång på Skansen is really the most Swedish of all things Swedish. On summer Tuesdays, the crowds gather in thousands to sing together at Skansen, and another million or two watch it on the telly.  The sing-along tradition at Skansen actually dates back to 1935, and its run […]

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