{"id":4953,"date":"2013-11-06T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T09:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=4953"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:23:42","slug":"singer-with-many-sides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2013\/singer-with-many-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer with many sides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uppsala Nya Tidning 131014<\/strong>
\nBy: Ellinor Skageg\u00e5rd<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm is not afraid to sing ballads, pop and hard rock. Ellinor Skageg\u00e5rd saw a nice concert but missed the musical songs.<\/p>\n

I recall a conversation with a colleague this summer. We talked about how too schooled and perfect voices tend to not quite sparkle enough, arouse emotions. He brought up an exception, someone who despite her professionalism and perfection always manages to touch him; Helen Sj\u00f6holm. And I\u2019m inclined to agree.<\/p>\n

When she performed at the Concert Hall on Sunday evening, however, it took a while before these feelings appeared. A Swedish interpretation of Joni Mitchell\u2019s Both sides now swept by moderately casually and so did Staffan Hellstrand\u2019s Fanfar. It\u2019s only in the exciting and jazzy ballad medley that Helen\u2019s amazing voice comes to its right, backed by the skillful band. V\u00e5rvindar friska, only backed by Ulrik Johanson\u2019s bass and Jojje Wadenius\u2019 tasteful guitar that reminded of sad gull cries, over to Gunnar Wennerberg\u2019s H\u00e4r \u00e4r gudagott att vara and the folk catchy Vid vassen av den kr\u00f6kta str\u00f6m.<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm promised at the beginning of the evening that she would not talk very much, because \u201csingers shouldn\u2019t do that.\u201d However that was a promise she did not keep, which was good. The small talk was both relaxed and fun. For example, she told us about her first paid performance. She got twenty crowns when she performed at the housewives\u2019 association \u2013 and mimed to Lasse Berghagen\u2019s song about the bra collector Knut!<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm became truly famous to the Swedish people when she at only 25 years of age premiered the role of Kristina, in Bj\u00f6rn Ulveus and Benny Andersson\u2019s beloved musical Kristina fr\u00e5n Duvem\u00e5la. And the emigrant farmer\u2019s wife of course got to join in a bit also this evening. Helen told about the jittery feeling when you perform newly written music for the very first time, something she also will do next year when the musical Livet \u00e4r en schlager premieres. She will play the pop-loving Mona, and we got to hear a humorous taste of the show.<\/p>\n

Otherwise there wasn\u2019t a lot of musical this time. Instead, the pop was given big room, with interpretations of artists like Billy Joel, Tracy Chapman and Tomas Andersson Wij. Maybe she is trying to erase the stamp of musical-Helen. A bit of a pity, for it is in musical format that her emotional voice and own expressions really shine. When Martin \u00d6stergren\u2019s piano tinkled the first notes to Du m\u00e5ste finnas, the bravura number of Kristina, I could sense how backs were straightened and ears were spiked. It was fascinating how she could sing this song with so much feeling, although she must have sung it thousands of times before.<\/p>\n

Slightly odd but also quite fun was the direct transition to Depeche Mode\u2019s Heaven, where Jojje Wadenius got to shine a bit extra. In the closing song we got to hear Helen Sj\u00f6holm at her very best; in Gabriellas s\u00e5ng from the movie As it is in heaven. That I would have liked to hear a little more of.<\/p>\n

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