“Think about Leonard Cohen, Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan. Take away 51 percent caducity, two strings and add a new millenium”. That’s how Jonas Asker is described in a mail I received, and yes, I can certainly hear in the music where his roots are. The question is if he has the voice to stand out and touch someone in a crowded genre such as singer/songwriter?
And I really think he has. The somewhat draggy, bright, young voice cares for the words and paints beautiful emotions in the song “This Day”. If I also listen to the three-track EP, from last year, I find an interesting variety in the songs and in the way of singing.
Today I’ve been listening to some songs from the duo Kastanj. And it’s a very pleasant new acqaintance from Lund, where Simon Lussi’s clear vocals is the first thing that catches my attention.
It’s mostly acoustic with nice melodies and sometimes I get a feeling of Swedish prog, even though I wouldn’t put the duo directly in that genre. Listen for yourself here below.
You can follow Kastanj on their site where you also can listen some more.
Daniel Rodin is alone with a guitar in his songs (accompanied by Johan Brännström, Heart-Sick Groans), and we end up in the early sixties’ folk where Dylan defined the genre. Daniel’s soft voice and playing, though, often make me think of Damien Rice.
In January he released the two-track single “Remarks”, which you can listen to on his Bandcamp page. Here’s the first track “I Guess We Are Free Now”, a song that really has caught me:
Two young men, a piano, an acoustic guitar and all in one take could be a summary of the duo Profetian (“The Prophecy”). The sing in both English and Swedish, but I like the productions in English best, which have a nice presence and live feeling.
If you want to listen to more songs and the ones in Swedish you can visit Profetian’s Myspace page. Here are two songs in English:
The duo Old Amica had a hard time finding continuity in their collaboration as they lived in different places in Sweden during years. Now one of them lives in Umeå and the other in Stockholm, but in 2010 they fit the pieces together and found a way of working together and producing music by sending files over the net.
In spring the debut EP was released and in November the second EP “For a Second EP”. The last EP contains seven tracks where they blend singer-songwriter with electronica, experimentation with tradition. All in a mellow and bare ambience.
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“Think about Leonard Cohen, Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan. Take away 51 percent caducity, two strings and add a new millenium”. That’s how Jonas Asker is described in a mail I received, and yes, I can certainly hear in the music where his roots are. The question is if he has the voice to stand out and touch someone in a crowded genre such as singer/songwriter?
Two young men, a piano, an acoustic guitar and all in one take could be a summary of the duo Profetian (“The Prophecy”). The sing in both English and Swedish, but I like the productions in English best, which have a nice presence and live feeling.
