Andi Almqvist

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Andi Almqvist
Andi Almqvist in New York City, 2012..JPG
Andi Almqvist in New York City, 2012.
Background information
Born (1968-07-02) 2 July 1968 (age 57)
Sweden
OccupationsSinger, musician, composer
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, piano
Years active2004–present
LabelsWarner Music, Bad Taste Records, Zentropa Music, Feeble Music, City Hall Records, Rootsy, Sonic Rendezvous

Andi Almqvist (born 2 July 1968) is a Swedish singer, musician and composer known for his dark, cinematic sound and haunting lyrics.

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Almqvist has released six solo albums, Can't Stop Laughing (2005), Red Room Stories (2007), [1] Glimmer (2009), [2] Warsaw Holiday (2013), Tiltad (2018) and Not Too Far From Happy (2024).

Touring

Andi Almqvist has toured extensively over the years, headlining or supporting artists like Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, Holly Golightly, Kaizer's Orchestra, B.B. King, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette among others.

Almqvist has played many of Europe's big festivals, such as Eurosonic Festival (Holland), Les Ardentes (Belgium), Spot Festival (Denmark), Dias Nordicos (Spain), Peace & Love (Sweden), and Hultsfred Festival (Sweden).

Miscellaneous

During July and August 2010, Almqvist's song Low-Dive Jenny [3] was the most downloaded on well-known American music magazine Paste Magazine's website.

In May 2011 the documentary "The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist" aired on Swedish national television. The film was released on DVD in November 2011.

In February 2012, Almqvist's song Big Bad Black Dog Blues was featured in American TV-series Justified, episode 5, season 3. [4]

In May 2012 Andi Almqvist signed with Zentropa Music, the music division of film company Zentropa . Almqvist-song I Was Not To You What You Were to Me was featured in Thomas Vinterberg s film The Hunt , [5] which was nominated for the Golden Palm in Cannes 2012. Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the movie. The Hunt was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .

In February 2015 Almqvist made his debut as actor/soloist in the Swedish musical Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa, a collaboration between Malmö Opera and Skånes Dansteater.

In the spring of 2017, Swedish musical Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa, toured entire Sweden. The national tour was produced by Riksteatern.

In November 2017 Almqvist released the single Kirseberg, his first song in the Swedish language.

In April 2018 Almqvist released the album Tiltad, also in Swedish.

In October 2024 Almqvist released the album Not Too Far From Happy.

Discography

Studio albums
Singles
Live albums
with KURZ

Filmography

Bibliography

Placements Film/TV

Theater

Music videos

References

  1. ↑ "Rock: Andi Almqvist (4)". Sydsvenskan . 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Skivrecensioner: Andi Almqvist Glimmer (4)". Dagens Nyheter . 28 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Paste Magazine
  4. ↑ Bad Taste Empire 120218
  5. ↑ SDS Mattias Oscarsson artikel 120426
  6. ↑ Rootsy.nu nyhet 130628
  7. ↑ Rootsy.nu nyhet 081218
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