Showing posts with label Louise Hoffsten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louise Hoffsten. Show all posts

Friday, February 11, 2022

Louise Hoffsten - Crossing The Border

Size: 105.2 MB
Time: 45:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Another Part Of Stockholm (4:09)
02. I Know A Place Called Memphis (4:30)
03. Child Of Man (2:57)
04. Together (5:17)
05. It's A Kind Of Revolution (5:02)
06. I Need You God Damn (Real Version) (5:23)
07. Eleven Days (4:36)
08. Asking For Mercy (3:10)
09. I Need A Long Vacation (4:57)
10. Don't Wanna Lose You (5:07)

Louise Hoffsten, born September 6, 1965 in Linköping, Sweden, is a Swedish songwriter, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues, folk and pop. Her father, Gunnar Hoffsten, was also a musician and played the trumpet in a jazz band.

From her first recordings, Hoffsten's music and stage act have weaved together rock, folk and blues influences, while sometimes moving into R'n'B and jazz territory, unified by her earthy, slightly operatic singing style and driving, lean grooves. Like many blues singers she plays the harmonica as well, a recurrent element in her songs; she is arguably the most well-known and recognized female blues singer of contemporary Sweden. She has built a wide following in her native land, has won several awards and currently resides in Stockholm. She participated in Melodifestivalen 2013 with the song "Only the Dead Fish Follow the Stream".

Four songs from her sixth studio album 6 (1995), "Dance On Your Grave", "Box Full Of Faces", "Miracle", and "Nice Doin' Business", were featured on the American primetime soap opera Melrose Place. In 1999, American country artist Faith Hill recorded a cover of Hoffsten's "Bringing Out The Elvis", which Hill included on her album Breathe, one of the best-selling country albums of all time.

In 1996, Louise was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but despite the complications and occasional depressions (mirrored in the book/record Blues), she continues to write, tour and perform music. On January 21, 2015, she released her second book En näve grus (a fist of gravel), which was co-written by Lena Katarina Swanberg. In 2018, she appears on Så mycket bättre which is broadcast on TV4. ~Wikipedia

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Saturday, September 1, 2018

VA - Blues From Sweden

Size: 162,0 MB
Time: 68:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01 Low Budget Blues Band - Walking The Dog (3:55)
02 Sven Zetterberg & Bluesbandet - Stranger Blues (3:45)
03 Christer Nahrendorf - Hard Rock (2:59)
04 The Lee Kings - I Just Want To Make Love To You (3:47)
05 Pugh Rogefeldt - Har Kommer Natten (3:31)
06 T-Boones - I Want You (2:39)
07 Linkin' Louisiana Peps - I Got My Mojo Working (2:50)
08 14 - Mr Great Blues (3:03)
09 The Best - Back Door Man (3:14)
10 Snacks - Since I Met You Baby (2:44)
11 Louise Hoffsten - Vem Far Nu Se Alla Tarar (4:27)
12 Rolf Wikstrom - Bluesen Laker Dina Sar (5:10)
13 Janne Lucas - Mean Woman Blues (2:20)
14 Bjornsson - Kanka Pa Ett Tag (3:15)
15 Slaptones - Little Red Rooster (3:34)
16 Perssons Pack - Johnny Du Ar Ra (4:45)
17 Tord Torderup - Latskrivarblues (3:23)
18 Hep Stars - Summertime Blues (1:51)
19 Totte Wallin - God Dag Mitt Lilla Jag (Hammarby Sjostad Blues) (2:26)
20 Svante Thuresson - Frihetens Blues (5:04)

Blues From Sweden

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

VA - Women Of Blues

Size: 182,4 MB
Time: 78:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Ruth Brown - Takin' Care Of Business (2:19)
02 Betty Lavette - Here I Am (Single Version) (2:48)
03 Louise Hoffsten - When It Rains It Really Pours (4:34)
04 Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing The Blues (4:24)
05 Lavern Baker - Sugar Daddy Blues (2:57)
06 Ike & Tina Turner - Aint Nobody's Business (3:41)
07 Bette Midler - Empty Bed Blues (3:18)
08 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Dirty Old Man (2:31)
09 Carla Thomas - Red Rooster (3:56)
10 Nina Simone - Gin House Blues (3:04)
11 Judy Henske - Blues Chase Up A Rabbit (2:36)
12 Dinah Washington - How Long (Malcolm Addey Remix) (4:58)
13 Odetta - Easy Rider (5:06)
14 Esther Phillips - Confessin' The Blues (3:01)
15 Alannah Myles - Hurry Make Love (4:59)
16 Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Blues In D (4:13)
17 Slaptones - I Can't Let Go (4:40)
18 Fanny - Lonesome Pine (UK Edit) (4:40)
19 Maria Muldaur - Jon The Generator (3:20)
20 Martha Velez - Drive Me Daddy (4:52)
21 Honey B. & T-Bones - 99 (2:41)

Women Of Blues

Friday, November 24, 2017

Louise Hoffsten - Knäckebröd Blues

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:50
Size: 99,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. The Seduction Of Sweet Louise (3:53)
2. Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes (3:18)
3. Love To Love You (2:32)
4. Belly Up Blues (3:20)
5. I Pity The Fool (4:10)
6. I Guess I'm A Fool (3:40)
7. God Don't Ever Change (3:34)
8. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (4:10)
9. Slow Down (2:12)
10. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (3:25)
11. It Serves You Right To Suffer (5:18)
12. Darling, Do You Remember Me? (3:13)

With numerous gold and platinum albums on her resume, Louise Hoffsten is considered a top tier singer and songwriter in her native Sweden. Despite her success on the home front, she’s been an all-too-well kept secret as far as music fans beyond Scandinavia are concerned... until now.

Louise’s career has been highlighted by many awards recognizing her achievement, including one bestowed by no less a light than His Royal Majesty Carl Gustaf XVI, the King of Sweden. She’s been the recipient of numerous gold and platinum awards for her pop, jazz and folk releases and has had a career as a successful songwriter, as well (Faith Hill covered two of her songs).

Deep inside her soul, despite her successes and commercial triumphs, Louise Hoffsten is a blues singer in the most traditional sense. She has used the music born in the Mississippi Delta and the streets of Chicago, worlds away from Sweden - or so it would seem, to express and relieve her pain. Louise Hoffsten’s Knäckebröd Blues is the real thing, the product of a very real life.

Personnel: Louise Hoffsten (vocals, harmonica); Staffan Astner (guitar); Backa Hans Eriksson (bass); Christer Jansson (drums, percussion).

(Note: This is a remix of the album "Blues", released in 1998.)

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Louise Hoffsten - From Linkoping To Memphis

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:12
Size: 98.9 MB
Styles: Retro soul, Country blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:40] 1. Good For You
[3:47] 2. Slow Train
[4:00] 3. Fall Like Babylon
[3:44] 4. My Favorite Lie
[3:21] 5. I Wish You Had My Heart
[4:13] 6. Make The Most Of It
[3:42] 7. Myggan
[4:23] 8. Rise
[3:56] 9. Shut Up & Kiss Me
[3:57] 10. Heart Of Stone
[4:24] 11. I Still Believe In Us

Louise Hoffsten is a megastar in her native Sweden. Since 1987 she has released recordings that have captured the hearts of her countryfolk and left them wanting more. As both a singer and a songwriter she has an uncanny knack for delivering pictures of the human condition in all its frailty, ambition, desire, vulnerability, and bravado. She is loved by performers from Marcia Ball to k.d. lang to Nancy Sinatra. From Linköping to Memphis is, in its own way, the story of a journey from her native village in Sweden to the heart of soul and funk, Memphis (and she records for the Memphis International record label now). Recorded at Ardent Studios, From Linköping to Memphis features some of the storied city's finest session men, including guitarist Steve Selvidge, keyboardist Lester Snell, bassist David Smith, and drummer Steve Potts. The horn players include stalwarts Jim Spake on saxophone and Scott Thompson on trumpet. Hoffsten co-wrote all but one track on this set with her songwriting partner, Peter Kvint, and others. Tracks range from the gritty soul-funk of "Good for You" and the reeling "Slow Train" to steamy jazzed-up soul ballads like "Fall Like Babylon," with Spake doing his best Ben Webster imitation. But there's more. There's the acoustically flavored country-ish ballad "Make the Most of It" and the folksy heartbreaker "Rise," which is pure poetry. Then there's sweltering straight-up gritty soul of "I Wish You Had My Heart" and the pumped-up rock & roll sass of "Shut Up & Kiss Me." There's so much here and it's all so utterly naked and honest, brimming with emotion and attitude, that there's something here for everyone. From Linköping to Memphis is a small marvel, a jewel in the rough that deserves to be heard and embraced. . ~Thom Jurek

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