24 Nov 2024
Music
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Time to kick off the Melodifestivalen circus!

In case you haven’t understood it as yet, Melodifestivalen is a BIG DEAL in Sweden . Last year’s final was the most watched TV programme of the year, all categories, with almost 3,8 million viewers (of a 10 million population). In comparison, the Eurovision Song Contest final – with a Swedish winner – “only” had […]

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Culture Music

Year in Music 2015: YLC’s 15 Swedish Faves

It’s time to take stock of the amazing music year 2015, so YLC’s resident music enthusiast Nina Uddin has put together a throwback special of artists and songs that made a mark during the music year in Stockholm. Nina has also picked some of her photos of each artist from their 2015 live performances.  Putting […]

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Culture Friday Playlist Music

YLC’s Swedish Xmas Playlist

‘Tis the season and we bring you a christmassy Spotify playlist with some pretty excellent Swedish artists who have all put their great voices on some Christmas tunes. We have the wonderful Cookies‘n Beans singing about being stuck in Stockholm over Christmas, and the amazing Elin Ruth putting a new bluesy twist on Christmas with her brand-new original Xmas songs. […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

In Pictures: Rockbjörnen 2015 Award Show

Aftonbladet’s Rockbjörnen Awards celebrate live music and are voted on by the readers. This year’s award show was brought to Kungsträdgården during the We Are STHLM festival and attracted a large and predominantly young audience. We present some photos by our resident rock photographer Nina Uddin.

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Art Culture Music Theatre What's on: Stockholm

YLC’s Top Picks – Culture Festival and We Are STHLM

This year’s Stockholm Culture Festival puts the spotlight on the UK and offers all forms of culture from music to contemporary circus to dance – all for free. We’ve put together some of our top picks from the programme day-by-day. Tuesday 11th August The opening day’s must-see act is the Tensta Gospel Choir, who are […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Experience the Music Outdoors this August

Once again August is promising to be an awesome month when it comes to live music and festivals in Stockholm. We’ve put together our best picks of outdoor events you should not miss this month. Stockholm Music and Arts Music and arts take over Skeppsholmen once again, as the festival celebrates its fourth year at […]

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Culture Music

Linnea Södahl on the life of a song-writer and singer in Stockholm

Meet Linnea Södahl – a song-writer starting to make her mark in the Stockholm music scene, and an artist in her own right. She’s one quarter Swedish, one quarter Finnish, one quarter Danish and one quarter Norwegian – so let’s just call her Nordic, shall we? Oh, and she was born in South Africa, out […]

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Culture Music Theatre What's on: Stockholm

5 Parkteatern Picks for July and August

For over 70 years Parkteatern has allowed Stockholmers and its heaps of summer visitors to enjoy the fine arts in a very Swedish way: always outside and always for free – a contained manifestation of Allemansrätten. Naturally, then, YLC recommends that you take in at least one Parkteatern show before the warm blues and greens of summer shift to the chilly red […]

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Culture Friday Playlist Music

Swedish Summer Party – The Friday Playlist

It’s high time to bring out some party tunes for your summer! Here’s our all-Swedish, all-awesome playlist of fresh new music to get your summer party dancing! This Spotify playlist includes the latest from Sweden’s pop princess Zara Larsson as well as the hip hop queen Linda Pira. We’ve also got Alcazar doing a gem […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Veronica Maggio brings her magic to Gröna Lund

Veronica Maggio kicked off Gröna Lund’s concert summer in impeccable style and attracted a massive audience to the amusement park. People had turned up at Gröna Lund in big numbers already in good time before the summer’s kick-off show. The most typical audience members may have been girls in their late teens, early twenties, but […]

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