Fireside Uomini D'onoreReleased 1997 but never made it to vinyl. Crank Records (US) released a limited pressing 1998 but have been long gone since. April 7th it will be out again on Startracks/B-core. Pre-orders up in the shop.

Wendy Mcneill signs with Startracks

The multi talent canadian/swedish artist Wendy Mcneill sign with Startracks. During the spring Startracks will make here catalogue available worldwide and also titles who hasn’t been available digitally. New album is in the works and will be released spring 2018

Christian Kjellvander – Given Manifest Award

for best singer/singwriter Album 2016 at the Manifest Awards (Swedish independent Awards)

Singer/songwriter:
Årets vinnare har genom åren byggt upp ett oerhört livsverk av urstarka, briljanta album, där han med sitt senaste verk utmanar och utvecklar sitt egna omisskänneliga uttryck till fulländning.  En låtskrivare som utmanat ett traditionellt uttryck genom att hålla fast vid sina egna rötter i den alternativa musikscenen. Berättelserna framförs av en röst med sådan obeveklig tyngd, närvaro och auktoritet att det inte finns några andra ord att beskriva det med än världsklass. En uppvisning av en mästare och en av de mest säregna singer/songwriter-begåvningarna av sin generation. Vinnaren är:

Christian Kjellvander – A Village: Natural Light (Startracks)

 

Kristofer Åström – All Lovers Hell 1.000.000 streams on Spotify

I big deal to us. 1.000.000 on a track from 2001 (From the Northern Blues Album)!!

“Wow!

So my song All Lovers Hell just passed one million streams on Spotify! That’s 1.000 000!
I have never had a million of anything, ever, so this is a really big deal for me.

I remember when i wrote All Lovers Hell, I instantly knew It had something. Something that could grab hold of the listener and share the feeling of ”this has happened to me too”. It’s straight forward but still has just enough mystery to it not to get too obvious.
I like songs that you can put your own persona into.
I usually say when people ask me what it’s about, that it doesn’t matter. What matters is what you, as a listener, think it’s about. What’s it about for you?

It has now been listened to over a million times. Thank you! I appreciate it.

Kristofer”

All Lovers Hell on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0sI4vBd4dpJVypfsgFTVoo

Christian Kjellvander tourdates spring 2017

03 feb – Lund, Mejeriet
04 feb – Kalmar, söderport, Popidyll
21 april – Varberg, Varbergs Teatern

22.02.17 Hamburg – Hafenklang

23.02.17 Berlin – Privatclub

24.02.17 Bielefeld – Falkendom

25.02.17 Aachen – Raststätte

26.02.17 Münster – Fachwerk

01.03.17 CH-Zürich – Bogen F

02.03.17 CH-St.Gallen – Grabenhalle

03.03.17 AT-Vöcklabruck – OKH

04.03.17 Schorndorf – Manufaktur

05.03.17 München – Milla

06.03.16 Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal

07.03.16 Fürth – Kofferfabrik

08.03.17 Mainz – Schon Schön

09.03.17 Düsseldorf – Kassette

10.03.17 Bremen – KITO

11.03.17 Dresden – Beatpol

 

 

Tourdates Spring 2017

Tiger Lou
09 mars – Söderhamn, Söderhamns Teater
10 mars – Sundsvall, Pipeline
11 mars – Luleå, Kulturens Hus
13 april Hamburg (D), Knust
06 maj – Örebro, Konserthuset, Klubb Mono
Algesten
27 jan – Umeå, Klubb Heaven
13 feb – Stockholm, Rival (w/Olof Wretling)
14 feb – Stockholm, Rival (w/Olof Wretling)
15 feb – Stockholm, Rival (w/Olof Wretling)
17 feb – Stockholm, Södra Teatern (w/Jennie Abrahamsson)7
18 feb – Stockholm, Dieselverkstaden
07 april – Östersund, Gamla Teatern (w/Säkert!)
11 april – Göteborg, Göteborgs Konserthus (w/Säkert!)
12 april – Malmö, Slagthusets Teater (w/Säkert!)
21 april – Luleå, Kulturens Hus (w/Säkert!)
24 april – Stockholm, Dramaten (w/Säkert!)
25 april – Stockholm, Dramaten (w/Säkert!)
Rome is not a town
02 feb – Göteborg, Pustervik (Göteborg Filmfestival fest)
03 feb – Norrköping, Where’s The Music
01 april – Umeå, Umeå Open