(as many already know) The Wrens are playing NYU with the Walkmen on November 2nd, 2006. “Swedish sensation” Frida Hyvonen is also on the bill. You might remember that was recently here touring with ...

Her start as a musician may have been simple, but Swedish singer-songwriter Frida Hyvonen is anything but. “We had a piano at home when I was little. And I had a double-deck cassette recorder. That’s ...

My three-year-old son Isaac’s pretty fussy about his music. I mean, for starters, it took us a few weeks before he got over the idea we could listen to it in the house. “No!” he’d scream. “No! Not in ...

Judee Sill died of a drug overdose in 1979 at the age of 35 after releasing two classic collections, Judee Sill and Heart Food. Frida Hyvönen's gorgeous take on the California folkie's '71 track ...

Frida Hyvönen On "Everybody Hurts" I heard this song for the first time when I was 14 or 15. I wanted to record this song like an echo of the way it felt to me then, and imagined singing it to console ...

Swedish singer/songwriter Frida Hyvonen walks this oddly compelling line between awkwardness and grace, combining bombastic piano pop with an intimate and subtle side. Embarrassingly personal and ...

Advent – a time of chocolates and rubbish pictures in a cardboard box… but be disappointed no longer! This advent, TLOBF are bringing you an aural treat! For each of the days leading up to Christmas, ...

JENS LEKMAN will be playing a benefit show this Saturday, November 1st, in Northampton, MA. The show will benefit a young student named Clara Gardner who lost her legs after being hit by a drunk ...

But there’s a disconcerting disparity between the buoyant arrangement and the lyrics. The direct, almost deadpan, voice sings a rolling melody. “A funeral in Banbridge/ I took the train here/ From ...

Dream Of Independence is instantly accessible and tune-packed, with its direct lyrics given added force by Hyvönen’s blunt delivery. A few specific tracks were noted when it was reviewed in March but ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. On her 2006 debut, Until ...