A little bit of this and that...

A new exciting week and I'm still at 2nd place on the pop radio list. Feel free to give me your vote. popradion.se Thanks!

And here is a new review of my album. A really good one! ..."På skiva glöder Annis. Live brinner hon"... nyaskivor.se 

On wednesday it's a big day for me as I'm going to a Gillian Welch consert here in Stockholm. I really love her music and the new album is fantastic ♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫ :-) 


On Saturday I have a gig at the Hotel in Malung. For dinner it's already booked up but you can drop in around 21.00 when I start to sing. I hope to see a lot of "old" friends there...

Have a beautiful week! Love Annis

Karlstad and Örebro

Sunny weather and happy musicians in a silver coloured Saab! Me and the guys are on or way to Karlstad. At 15.00 we'll give an interview on P4 Värmland and later tonight at 20.00 we have a gig @ Cafe August. Hope to see you all there!

Tomorrow we'll make a stop at the nice and soft Clarion Hotel in Örebro. On stage at 20.00. Häpp!

Ny recension

Annis har en underbar röst som utger ett lugn samtidigt som den nästan gör ont och jag försvinner in i hennes skog och känner det som finns där. Det är utlämnande, sårbart och vackert. - Annika Torstensson, musicstage.se

Läs hela recensionen här! www.musicstage.se

The pop radio and a mini tour with the boys

I'm still on the Popitopp list this week. You can put your vote via this link  :-)  www.popradion.se

Thanks and see you around!

Ps This week I'll bring some of the guys from my band to Cafe August in Karlstad and Clarion Hotel in Örebro. For more information, look under "Tour".  Ds

Great review from the UK

Try and imagine a musical cross between Dolly Parton’s Jolene and Mary Hopkins’ Those Were The Days, then add some gypsy fiddle and a playful lyric and you’re getting close to More Than Ice Cream, a song that’s likely to become the Swedish singer-songwriter’s signature tune. It’s a catchy number, but it would be a shame if it became the one that defined her because, as this mostly self-penned (the two weaker tracks are by producer Henrik Astrom) album shows, she has a lot more to offer.

Discovering country through such artists as Parton, Cash, Harris, and Young, her influences have resolved into a predominantly Appalachian sound underscored by instrumentation that includes accordion, banjo, mandolin and fiddle in addition to her own acoustic guitar.

Pretty much recorded live, although there’s upbeat notes to Ice Cream and the lock and key meant to be relationship she sings about in Sweet Marianne, the overall lyrical tone is fairly dark. Piano waltzing ballad You Broke My Heart pretty much speaks for itself, death and the regret of things left unsaid are at the heart of the strings enfolded funeral farewell Goodnight while the poignant banjo accompanied Grace deals with a bullied girl who turns to self-harm to try and feel something.

The starkest though is Biggest Betrayal In the World which, built upon a military snare beat and piano and guitars that gradually swell to a climax and fade, is an unsettling story of a father’s participation in his daughter’s sexual abuse that easily stands comparison with Suzanne Vega’s Luka.

Over the past few years there’s been a steady stream of names emerging from Sweden to find critical acclaim - and often commercial success - on the indie folk/roots scene, First Aid Kit, Lykke Li, Yonder, Elin Ruth and Jose Gonzalez among them. It would be an injustice if Brander’s wasn’t added to the list.

Mike Davies October 2011         www.netrhythms.co.uk

http://netrhythms.com/reviews.html#annis

Oh Foolish me

A nice and busy Tuesday in Stockholm. Today I've started to make some plans for a small February-tour in Germany and The Netherlands. I hope it will work out. It would be interesting to see new roads and new people.

And by the way, this week my song "Oh Foolish me" is challenge on Swedish chart Pop i topp! Yippieee!

www.popradion.se

Releasefesten

Vilken releasefest det blev! Jag och grabbarna i bandet hade jättekul på scenen. Vi fyrade av 6 låtar från nya plattan och efteråt kunde jag bara sitta på scenen i två timmar och kramas med alla goa människor som tagit sig till Mosebacke denna kväll. Lyxigt! :-) Allt från gamla vänner från gymnasietiden till grannarna i Baljered. Calle som jag samarbetade med på Mariann Grammofon och fortfarande har lite projekt igång med, Whiskydomare från Tyskland och England, Mamma och så en massa nya ansikten. TACK för att ni kom och firade med oss. Tack för blommor, presenter och för att ni köper min platta. 

Massa kärlek till er alla från Annis med band

Ps Tack och förlåt till personalen på Mosebacke som hade tålamod med oss som inte ville att festen skulle ta slut fast det var sent och ni ville stänga och gå hem Ds