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New video for ‘My James Dean’!

So, ‘My James Dean’ has been playing on your radio long enough and I know you’ve all been dying to see the video! And here it is!

Song: My James Dean (Jonestown 2008)
Artist: Sofia Talvik
Producer: Jonas Westin
Hair&Makeup: Åsa Östergren

Competition closed - here are the winners!

A big thank you to all that has competed for the collection of 13 albums by Swedish artists! It’s been a delight to read your motivations and we have chosen the winners. Congratulations to:

Jerry (US) - you have won the first prize, 13 wonderful albums (I’m really quite jealous myself!)
Niels (Germany) - you have won a signed copy of “Jonestown”
P (Austria) - you have won a signed copy of “Jonestown”

5 carrots from Bluesbunny

Review: Sofia Talvik Jonestown
5/5 carrots from Bluesbunny

“This is an album that mixes fragility with emotional depth and it has an intensity that is most unusual. In fact, it could well be described as spiritual. The songs reward repeated listens and at the point of understanding, Ms Talvik’s voice and Tobias Fröberg’s sensitive, understated production gel perfectly. Elegant, sophisticated and warm, this is an easy recommendation for those of us who still have a soul.”
review by Bluesbunny

Artist of the week in the UK

Christopher Laird has been so kind as to appoint me artist of the week on his radio show Radio Nowhere!

Listen to the show here!

BIG COMPETITION!

Win 13 Cd’s from great Swedish artists!
As you all know I’ve been doing all of the 12 tracks from my latest album “Jonestown” as small video duets with 12 of my favorite Swedish artists.

Now it’s time for all you guys and gals out there to compete for albums from all these wonderful artists. You have the chance to win 13 CD’s, one from each of the artists including a signed copy of my latest album “Jonestown”.

All you have to do is to answer one question and message me the answer with a short note about why YOU want to win this great collection of Swedish music.

This is how to do it:
1. List 5 artists and the name of the video/song they did with me from my latest album “Jonestown” (You can find the videos under my videos on myspace)
2. Message me the answer together with a small note of why YOU want to win this great collection of 13 CD’s.
3. Directlink to my mail. Click here to send your answer.
– MESSAGE ME THE ANSWER IN PRIVATE ON MY MYSPACE PROFILE –
http://www.myspace.com/sofiatalvik

The winners will be informed early next week by message on MySpace.

If you don’t want to rely on luck to get a signed copy of my new album you can order signed CD’s directly from me here:
http://www.sofiatalvik.com/shop

Good luck!
/Sofia Talvik

Get a discount in the new shop!

Be one of the first 50 customers in my new shop and get a €2 discount on any purchase! We sell all three albums signed and we ship world wide!

This is how you do it:
1. Go to http://www.sofiatalvik.com/shop
2. Add the items you want to your cart.
3. Go to your cart.
4. Enter JONESTOWN in the voucher code window.
4. Go to check out and enter the shipping details.

Some reasons to buy “Jonestown”:
“Sofia Talvik är helt underbar!” 4/5 Smålandsposten
“Sofia Talviks starkaste fullängdare hittills. Just go for it girl!” 4/5 Groove
”’Jonestown’ är Sofia Talviks genombrott.” 4/5 Nerikes allehanda
“With the release of Jonestown, Sofia Talvik easily gets over the idea of the difficult third album and turns out a collection that eclipses her first two.” Ninth space
“It sounds entirely original and, more importantly, rings true.” CD Baby, Editor’s pick

New review from Smålandsposten!

Sofia Talvik är helt underbar
Sofia Talvik är för underskattad för sitt eget bästa.
Sofia Talvik - Jonestown
Betyg: 4

För några år sedan fanns det kvinnliga singer/songwriters i varje buske. En av dem var Sofia Talvik som debuterade för tre år sedan. Hon fick en dunderhit med den sorgliga saken Ghosts.
Sedan dess har hon släppt platta nummer två, samarbetat med Bernard Butler och spelat på Lollapalooza-festivalen. Trots det är hon lite i skymundan i Sverige. Vilket är tråkigt. För Sofia Talvik är en egen artist. Hon har ett eget uttryck, en fantastisk röst och låtar som är små berättelser, nästan som medeltida ballader. Jonestown är en något mer lågmäld platta, de riktiga hittarna uteblir. Men det är egentligen bara skönt.

Tuva Klinthäll
Smålandsposten

Video from the Lollapalooza

I just found this video of an interview with me on Roxwel TV after my gig at the Lollapalooza. Those clips of the festival really takes me back. That was such a wonderful weekend!

Sofia Talvik - Lollapalooza Music Festival
Music Videos at www.roxwel.com

Rave review from Ninthspace

I just got this lovely review from Ninthspace! Thank you so much!

“I guess, by the time a musician gets to their third album they know whether it’s going to work out for them. Not writing, recording and touring as a hobby, but embracing their talents and working with something that’s turned out to be innate to their existence. There are perhaps a handful of musicians that I could categorise in such a way.

With the release of Jonestown, Sofia Talvik easily gets over the idea of the difficult third album (younger sibling of the difficult second album) and turns out a collection that eclipses her first two. Opening track and lead single As Summers Pass recalls the past with its acoustic progressions, but the subsequent song My James Dean is astonishing.

Because it’s not what you’re expecting. Sure it has these synth pads that appear to hang over from its predecessor, but the guitar loops lower, more geared towards grooving. The best way I can describe it is the merging of the droning synth-rock of Stereolab and the sub-Spektor inclinations of El Perro del Mar – with piano too.

Over the top of this comes Sofia’s outstanding vocals and a plaintiff declaration that “I’m not that special.” But she is.”

The grand final with Maia Hirasawa

So. This is the last video to be posted, and you have now heard all 12 songs from my new album. Last but not least I’m happy to present Maia Hirasawa. Maia received a P3 Guld award for newcomer of the year when she released her album, and I had to go all the way to Gothenburg to record this song with her. I caught her in the middle of her changing appartments but she was as happy and carefree as her own music is, and she also brought that to the final song of this series of videos, “Something Good”.
Sofia Talvik / Maia Hirasawa - Something good

Song: Something Good (Jonestown 2008)
Guest artist: Maia Hirasawa
www.myspace.com/maiahirasawa

About Maia:
Maia Hirasawa has been singing in a million different bands – we most recently recognize her as the backing vocalist and multi instrumentalist in Hello Saferide, but she also played support to HS the entire of last year and sold every copy of her demo that she had the energy to burn on her Macbook. She won the Roland/Sami price for the best un-signed act of 2006. She’s in fact a skilled jazz singer, has a background as a brit-popper and listens to Loney Dear and Rufus Wainright, but not to Regina Spektor, simply cause everyone says that they bear resemblance. She is half Japanese. “Though I’m Just Me”, is the name of Maia Hirasawa’s solo debut album.

Stay tuned for the competition, which will begin soon, where you can win a box with 13 albums. One from each guest artist and of course my “Jonestown” album!

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