{"id":13398,"date":"2023-04-08T18:44:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=13398"},"modified":"2023-04-08T18:45:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T16:45:05","slug":"goes-straight-into-our-hearts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2023\/goes-straight-into-our-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Goes straight into our hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e4ffle-Tidningen 2023-04-06<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: CLAES \u00d6STERMAN<\/p>\n

If one were to list Sweden’s greatest female artists of all time, Helen Sj\u00f6holm would end up among the top names. On Tuesday, she stood on the Citizen’s House stage and offered a concert that the audience will never forget.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If an artist runs like a common thread through Kristina from Duvem\u00e5la<\/em>, Chess<\/em>, As it is in heaven<\/em> and Benny Andersson Band \u2013 then that artist belongs to the greatest. But Helen Sj\u00f6holm is so much more than a singer with gold in her throat and above all you are touched by her warmth, humor and humility. She simply goes straight into our hearts.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s concert in Medis was a moment of celebration and during certain pieces it felt like a privilege to hear her sing for us. Gabriella’s song<\/em> is one of our second national anthems and she barely had time to take the last note before the audience (packed to the last seat) stood up and gave a standing ovation the likes of which you rarely see..<\/p>\n

And what do you say about You have to be there<\/em> (…), which is also one of the most beautiful things written in Swedish in the last half century.<\/p>\n

They were songs to carry with you into the chilly spring evening, an evening that began with Helen Sj\u00f6holm reminding us that spring is indeed coming and that we should take advantage of the moments. After V\u00e5rvindar friska<\/em> and a fantastic version of H\u00e5rgal\u00e5ten<\/em>, she sang some of her newest songs, including the wonderful love song I morse n\u00e4r du gick<\/em> that Andreas Mattsson has written for her.<\/p>\n

Naughtiest song<\/h4>\n

It was a rough throw but dealing with rough throws is typical of the greatest and broadest performers. After beautiful songs about love and passion, Helen threw herself into melancholy and longing \u2013 or more precisely the folk story of K\u00e5ta Maja (Horny Maja)<\/em>, a song so brash it would have made Johnny Bode blush. And the throw is just as sharp when Helen Sj\u00f6holm leads us onto the dance floor with Benny Andersson Band’s modern classics V\u00e5r sista dans (Our last dance)<\/em> and Du \u00e4r min man (You are my man)<\/em> which was 278 weeks on the Svedish charts.<\/p>\n

In this context, one must highlight her accompanist Rikard Nilsson (…)<\/p>\n

We were treated to a few surprises. Helen’s personal version of Jakob Hellman’s classic Hon har ett s\u00e4tt (She has a way)<\/em> is called Han har ett s\u00e4tt (He has a way)<\/em> and is a nice declaration of love, and we were certainly impressed by her interpretation of Loreen’s Euforia<\/em>, which became one of the evening’s encores in a 100-minute long concert \u2013 which we will not forget.<\/p>\n

(The entire review is not reproduced for copyright reasons)<\/em><\/p>\n

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