Musik med Sophie Zelmani

Check out excellent singer/songwriter Sophie Zelmani performing live for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/12/13/musik-med-sophie-zelmani/

Ylva Bulldozer video premiere

Ylva Bulldozer is a new project fronted by Simon Norrsveden and their debut single/video "John Wayne Gacy (fast tjej)" is premiering at Gaffa: http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/976
Also streaming at Gaffa, Sophie Zelmani's new video "Free now" which I'm glad to see since it's blocked on YouTube: http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/977

New website, video for Sophie Zelmani

Sophie Zelmani's new website is now open in anticipation of her upcoming album "Soul" and a video for single "Free now" can be seen here: http://www.sophie-zelmani.com/2011/11/02/free-now/
That is, assuming you are in Sweden -- it's not available for any of us foreigners right now so we'll have to be content with this clip instead for the time being.

New Zelmani in November

Swedish singer/songwriter Sophie Zelmani will be releasing the new album "Soul", her 9th overall, in late November.

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Sophie Zelmani tourdates

Sophie Zelmani is playing a few European dates at the end of the month:

09/29 - Oolos Saal, Aschaffenberg (GER)
09/30 - Falkenbergs stadshus, Falkenberg (SWE)
09/30 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
10/01 - Kauflenten, Zurich (AUS)
10/02 - Dclub, Lausanne (AUS)
10/04 - E-werk, Erlangen (GER)
10/05 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
10/06 - Stadtgarten, Köln (GER)
10/07 - Karlstorbahuhof, Heidelberg (GER)

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Rolandz - Jajamen
02. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
03. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
04. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
05. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
06. Di Leva - Lovestar
07. Petter - En räddare i nöden
08. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
09. Timo Räisänen - The anatomy of Timo Räisänen
10. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
11. Totta Näslund - Totta's basement tapes
12. Björn Skifs - Da capo
13. Kent - Röd
14. Teddybears - Devil's music
15. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
16. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
17. Svenne Hedlund - Sings Elvis in Memphis
18. Perikles - Var ska vi sova inatt - en samling
19. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
20. Magnus Lindberg + Basse Wickman - Vita lögner + svarta ballader volym 1

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Rolandz - Jajamen
02. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
03. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
04. Timo Räisänen - The anatomy of Timo Räisänen
05. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
06. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
07. Teddybears - Devil's music
08. Björn Skifs - Da capo
09. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
10. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
11. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
12. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
13. Svenne Hedlund - Sings Elvis in Memphis
14. Claes Lövgrens - Vi lever nu
15. Kent - Röd
16. Magnus Lindberg + Basse Wickman - Vita lögner + svarta ballader volym 1
17. Nordman - Korsväg
18. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
19. Linda Sundblad - Manifest
20. Pauline - Never said I was an angel

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. The Radio Dept.
02. Jonathan Johansson
03. Kent
04. Sophie Zelmani
05. The National
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Loney, Dear
09. The Tough Alliance
10. Love Is All

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
02. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
03. Björn Skifs - Da capo
04. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
05. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
06. Treat - Coup de grace
07. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
08. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
09. Kent - Röd
10. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
11. Neo - Human frontier
12. Bruket - En annan klass
13. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
14. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
15. Reeperbahn - Samlade singlar
16. Nordman - Korsväg
17. Zekes - En sån natt
18. Claes Lövgrens - Vi lever nu
19. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
20. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
02. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
03. Neo - Human frontier
04. Claes Lövgrens - Vi lever nu
05. Björn Skifs - Da capo
06. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
07. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
08. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
09. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
10. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
11. Kent - Röd
12. Zekes - En sån natt
13. Nordman - Korsväg
14. Abramis Brama - Rubicon
15. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
18. Marulk - Marulk
19. Caroline af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
20. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void

MP3: Sophie Zelmani - Ready

I don't expect any surprises from Sophie Zelmani anymore; she's settled into a comfortable groove at this point in her career, regularly releasing solid, yet unassuming albums. Her hushed delivery and minimalist, spacious arrangements suit her well though, so expect no complaints from me. Likewise, her delicacy is a pleasant contrast to the usual bombast I subject myself to. Unfortunately, however, there's no way for me to hear her again like I heard her the first time, so I'm less inclined to rant and rave, but I do look forward to each new release and as for her latest "I'm the rain", let me say this: long-time fans will be pleased, new listeners should be intrigued, the unconvinced will likely remain so. That's as good as I had hoped. More of the same is fine by me.

Sophie Zelmani - Ready

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
02. Björn Skifs - Da capo
03. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
04. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
05. Kent - Röd
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
08. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
09. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
10. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
11. Moto Boy - Lost in the call 12. Zekes - En sån natt
13. Shout Out Louds - Work
14. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
15. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
16. Nordman - Korsväg
17. Mando Diao - Give me fire!
18. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
19. Nikola Sarcevic - Nikola & Fattiglapparna
20. Freda' - Ett mysterium

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
02. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
03. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
04. Björn Skifs - Da capo
05. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
06. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
07. Nordman - Korsväg
08. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
09. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
10. Kent - Röd
11. Shout Out Louds - Work
12. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
13. The Knife - Tomorrow, in a year
14. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
15. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
16. Zekes - En sån natt
17. Freda' - Ett mysterium
18. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
19. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
20. Mando Diao - Give me fire!

Sophie Zelmani - To be forgiven (video)

Sophie Zelmani has a new video for the single "To be forgiven": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJb5aTSWEUw