This year Sweden will be participating in MusExpo 2008 with a special performance by one of the most talked about young artsist to hit the Swedish and international music scene: Miss Li. The Consulate General of Sweden will be hosting as music industry brunch to kick off Sweden´s participation. By invitation onlyMusExpo, 2008 April 27 – April 30
In addition several other Swedish bands and artists will be in town for gigs at various venues:
Tobias FröbergSwedish singer song writer Tobias Fröberg will be performing at Hotel Cafe on May 2 and at the Troubadour on May 3rd. His album Turn Heads will be released on April 9th and includes guest appearances by Ane Brun, Kathryn Williams and Peter Morén (from Peter, Björn & John).www.myspace.com/tobiasfrobergI´m From BarcelonaFueled by love and vacation, Emanuel Lundgren writes a couple of explosive happy pop songs and decides to gather all his friends to put them on tape. His apartment turns into a friendly factory as people come and go loaded with banjos, accordions and kazoos. Some weeks (and lifetime memories) later, a homemade EP is finished and Emanuel collects almost all the 29 participants for a first and last live show in August 2005. What he thought was an ending was a beginning of numerous rumours and talk about this new and exciting band. One show soon turned into plenty. Swedish media goes out of control and bloggers all over the world starts sharing their knowledge about the Swedish big band. In only a couple of months more than 20 000 people have downloaded songs from the bands website. Today over 140 000 people have watched the video for We're from Barcelona on the website youtube.com! The EP "Don't Give Up On Your Dreams, Buddy!" is released on EMI Sweden in early 2006 and is followed up by the full length album "Let Me Intruduce My Friends". A record full of euphoric pop gems and sing-a-long friendly choruses . The anthem "We're From Barcelona" climbs the charts and the band is headed for a summer of festivals, including Primavera Sound in Barcelona.I'm from Barcelona embraces the do-it-yourself mentality and live it's hard to say where the band ends and the audience begins. Tour Dates:24/4 Unitarian Church-Philadelphia 25/4 Maxwell's - Hoboken New Jersey27/4 Coachella 28/4 El Rey - Los Angeles 29/4 The Independent - San Fransisco