Andi Almqvist

Andi Almqvist

Andi Almqvist in New York City, 2012.
Background information
Born 2 July 1968
Sweden
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, composer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 2004–present
Labels Warner, Rootsy, City Hall Records, Zentropa Music, Feeble Music

Andi Almqvist is a Swedish singer and composer known for his dark, cinematic sound and haunting lyrics about life, death, alienation and dysfunctional love.

Almqvist has released four solo albums, Can't Stop Laughing (2005), Red Room Stories (2007),[1] Glimmer (2009)[2] and Warsaw Holiday (2013).

Touring

Andi Almqvist has toured extensively over the years, headlining or supporting artists like Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, Holly Golightly, Holly Williams, 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).

He has also performed in venues around the world, such as Joe's Pub in New York City, Club Passim in Boston, Borderline in London, King Tut's in Glasgow, Andrews Lane Theatre in Dublin, Le Mura in Rome, Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, B72 in Vienna, Galileo Galilei in Madrid, Vega in Copenhagen, Grand Theatre in Groningen, Debaser Medis in Stockholm and many others.

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 Vinterbergs 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.

Discography

Studio albums
Live albums

Filmography

Film music

Theater

Music videos

References

External links

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