{"id":5160,"date":"2014-02-20T13:10:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T11:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=5160"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:38:47","slug":"exuberant-joy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2014\/exuberant-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exuberant joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\u00e4sterbottens-Kuriren 140215<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: CARL AHLSTR\u00d6M<\/p>\n

MUSIC<\/strong>
\nHelen Sj\u00f6holm<\/strong>
\nLocation: Idun, Folkets Hus<\/strong>
\nAudience: Sold out<\/strong>
\nBest: The versatility and the voice<\/strong>
\nWorst: Occasionally the sound<\/strong><\/p>\n

With a surprising musical width Helen Sj\u00f6holm delivers a brilliant concert at a sold out Idun Theatre. The singer, who might usually be associated with musicals and the Swedish charts top hit “Du \u00e4r min man”, on Friday evening shows how many genres that can be accommodated in an amazing voice. Sj\u00f6holm possess that unique ability to tackle a sprawling and varied repertoire and shape it into a music sculpture characterized by personality and joy. Together with some of her well-known armour-bearers, like Jojje Wadenius on guitar and Martin \u00d6stergren on piano, she moves through everything from Laleh to Cat Stevens.<\/p>\n

It’s a cheerful and spirited Sj\u00f6holm who enters the Idun stage on Friday evening. She’s bursting with energy both in voice and body. In the small talk between songs she doesn’t hold back. Probably it’s the acting Helen who pops up now and then and delivers anecdotes with a lot of (though a bit rehearsed) charm. There’s plenty of humor and self-distance.<\/p>\n

The evening’s highlight, however, is the voice. Sj\u00f6holm’s mighty voice withstands the whole concert, through high and low. With great accuracy she does nice interpretations of Laleh’s “V\u00e5rens f\u00f6rsta dag”, Costello and McCartney’s Veronica, Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know and so on. It’s extremely elegant and in every new song she shows her versatile vocal power.<\/p>\n

Some instrumental pieces are also given space in the program. Jojje Wadenius impresses with his song “K\u00e4rleksmorgon” and on piano \u00d6stergren shines with his piece from the musical Peter Pan.<\/p>\n

Close to the end of the concert we get to hear what we all were waiting for. Hardly a tone was taken on “Du m\u00e5ste finnas” before the Idun Theatre vibrates with applause. With due right. The classic song is a dramatic love story that is told with an emotive voice. With “Du \u00e4r min man” this Valentine Day Concert ends in its perhaps involuntary love theme, and Sj\u00f6holm leaves us with a warming, nicely sounding feeling in our body.<\/p>\n

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