Sofia Karlsson (singer) explained

Sofia Karlsson
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:1975 3, df=y
Birth Place:Enskede, Sweden
Occupation:Singer
Instrument:Bouzouki
Guitar
Flute
Pump organ,
Violin
Years Active:c. 1998–present

Sofia Karlsson (born 25 March 1975 in Enskede, Sweden) is a Swedish folk singer.[1]

Biography

Sofia Karlsson grew up in Enskede, Stockholm. She attended the folk music department of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. From 1998 to 2002 she was a full-time member in Swedish folk music act Groupa. In 2002 she released her debut solo album Folk songs.

In 2005 she made her public breakthrough with her second album Svarta ballader (Black Ballads). The album contains her interpretations of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson, named for his 1917 book. The album was in the charts for more than a year and has to date sold 60,000 copies. It was rewarded with Swedish as well as Danish Grammys.

After touring the country for two years she released her third album Visor från vinden (Songs from the loft) with its collection of classical songs sung in Swedish, but written by poets and musicians such as Baudelaire, Dan Andersson, Marianne Flodin, Mikael Wiehe, Alf Hambe, Inger Hagerup, Carl Michael Bellman, Peps Persson, and Evert Taube. The album also contains Lars Forssell's free version of Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur".

Reception

Folk SongsPeggy Latkovich, writing on Rootsworld, describes Karlsson as "an artist who deals in nuance and delicate shadings", adding that her voice "has the smoky overlay of Sandy Denny and the expressive phrasing of Niamh Parsons". Rootsworld describes Folk Songs as understated, with "exquisitely subtle performance". Rather than being traditional Swedish folk music, Karlsson and her band produce "meticulously wrought, emotionally satisfying works of art".[2]
Svarta balladerGöran Holmquist wrote in Helsingborgs Dagblad that "With its fingertip-light arrangement, she manages to bring Dan Andersson's poetry about dreams, breakup and longing into the present."[3]

The review site Dagensskiva.com gave the album 10/10, writing that "Sofia Karlsson has built a bridge to my childhood experience of Dan Andersson. The romantic, primaeval forest's loneliness and longing for closeness."[4]

The review site Rootsy.nu ended its review with the words "Svarta ballader is hereby designated as 2005's best Swedish ballad and folk music album."[5]

Awards

Karlsson has won the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy, the Grammis, four times, in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011, for her albums Folk Songs, Svarta Ballader, Söder om kärleken, and Levande.[6] [7]

In 2006, Karlsson won the "folk/world music" prize at the Swedish Manifest Gala, where the jury said that "With an alloy of Swedish song tradition, folk music precision and playful genre-borrowing, Sofia Karlsson's album has made Dan Andersson indispensable for another generation."[8] In 2008, she won the ;[9] In 2009, ;[10] in 2010, the Ulla Billquist Stipend; in 2013, the Troubadour Prize; and in 2015, Stockholm City's Culture Prize.[11]

Discography

Albums
Contributions

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mtaprod.se/artister/sofia-karlsson/ MTA Production: Sofia Karlsson
  2. Web site: Sofia Karlsson . Folk Songs . RootsWorld . 2002 . 16 September 2012 . Latkovich . Peggy.
  3. News: Holmquist . Göran . Svarta ballader . Helsingborgs Dagblad . 12 February 2005 . 17 December 2011 . sv .
  4. Web site: Dahlgren . Peter . Starkt. Brusande. Varmt. . sv . 17 December 2011 . 6 March 2007 . Dagensskiva.com .
  5. Web site: Eriksson . Bengt . Svarta ballader . sv . 17 December 2011 . Rootsy.nu .
  6. Web site: Karlsson . Sofia . Biografi . Sofia Karlsson . 19 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Sofia Karlsson . Boka Artist . 19 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072239/http://bokaartist.livenation.se/artist/sofia-karlsson/ . 10 September 2015.
  8. Web site: Vinnare 2006 . 17 December 2011 . Manifestgalan .
  9. News: Ludvika – Sofia Karlsson får årets Dan Andersson-pris . SVT Nyheter . Sveriges Television . Swedish . 2 May 2008.
  10. News: Ane Brun och Sofia Karlsson får pris . . 12 November 2009.
  11. Web site: Mogert . Roger . Stockholms stads kulturpristagare 2015 . Socialdemokraterna i Stockholms Stadshus . sv . Stockholm City's Culture Prizewinners 2015 . 21 January 2022 . Stockholm . 17 June 2015.

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