{"id":5209,"date":"2014-03-02T22:29:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T20:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=5209"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:46:24","slug":"magnificent-sjoholm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2014\/magnificent-sjoholm\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnificent, Sj\u00f6holm"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\u00e4rmlands Folkblad 140302<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: TIM STERNER<\/p>\n

Concert. Helen Sj\u00f6holm\u2019s concert in Karlstad on Saturday evening is the eleventh stop on the spring tour. But when she enters the stage at the CCC, it feels more like a tour premiere.<\/strong>
\n She absolutely shines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sj\u00f6holm\u2019s voice is like a warm and colorful blanket on a gray March evening like this. She wraps us all into her velvet voice. Initially the audience is a little stiff. But after opening with a Swedish version of Joni Mitchell\u2019s classic “Both sides now”, everyone caught on.<\/p>\n

(…)<\/p>\n

During the two-hour long performance anecdotes are interspersed with musical excerpts, ballads and generally finely tuned interpretations. It\u2019s at its very best when she sings “V\u00e5rens f\u00f6rsta dag” by Laleh. It is an unparalleled music experience that shows her boundless capacity of her voice. (…)<\/p>\n

When Ulvaeus\/Andersson\u2019s masterpiece “Du m\u00e5ste finnas” finally arrives there\u2019s no end to either the applause or the goose bumps. It\u2019s a fabulous song that makes the eyes pulse in time with the heartbeats. (…)<\/p>\n

Though one song that really does come to justice is “\u00c4rlighet”, Tomas Andersson Wij\u2019s translation of Billy Joel\u2019s Honesty. Incredibly accurate. The same applies to Wij\u2019s own song “Ett slag f\u00f6r dig” which is brilliantly performed. Sj\u00f6holm and the band are in perfect symbiosis.<\/p>\n

One element that feels refreshing is when the band, with Jojje Wadenius and Martin \u00d6stergren at the front, explain the origin of their music interest. It\u2019s a funny and touching tribute to the music they describe. All credit to the funky sound canvas they paint during the evening. The dynamics between them and Sj\u00f6holm is fantastic.<\/p>\n

With her golden vocal cords Sj\u00f6holm ties the knot with “Gabriella\u2019s s\u00e5ng”. The question is if it has ever been more powerful. (…)<\/p>\n

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