CLICK ON TITLE BELOW TO GO TO PURCHASE!!!! CD submissions accepted! Guest writers always welcome!!

I started a quest to find terrific blues music and incredible musicianship when I was just a little kid. I also have a tremendous appreciation of fine musical instruments and equipment. One of my greatest joys all of my life was sharing my finds with my friends. I'm now publishing my journey. I hope that you come along!


Please email me at Info@Bmansbluesreport.com
Showing posts with label Maggie Bjorklund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maggie Bjorklund. Show all posts

Thursday, August 7, 2014

MAGGIE BJORKLUND TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM SHAKEN; ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH NEKO CASE



(credit: Jan Stuhr; download for public use)

+

*Album comes out September 29 in Europe and October 14 in the United States

*Announcement of tour dates with Neko Case in Europe

*Plus, the exclusive track and video launch of “Missing At Sea” with SPIN


+

Maggie Bjorklund (https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/maggie-bjorklund) is releasing a new album Shaken on September 29 in Europe and on October 14 in the United States via Bloodshot Records. The pre-order sale link is available here (https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/shaken).

The lead single “Missing At Sea” is available for sharing here: https://soundcloud.com/bshq/missing-at-sea-by-maggie-bjorklund/s-PSQhE

Embed code:
<iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/161980736%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-PSQhE&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true"></iframe>

Bjorklund is a pedal steel guitarist/singer/composer from Copenhagen, Denmark. She has made a name for herself as an exceptional and stylistically unique musician, combining the tastes and techniques a wide variety of music - country, indie rock, film scores, psychedelia, pop - into a seamless blend of roots music. Over the years she has landed coveted touring gigs with Jack White (and performed on his latest Lazaretto), X’s John Doe and Exene Cervenka, and Howe Gelb and recruited big names for her debut release Coming Home in 2011: Mark Lanegan, Calexico’s Joey Burns and John Convertino, John Auer (the Posies), to name a few.

Shaken puts Bjorklund together with another A-plus band, consisting of drummer Convertino, Barb Hunter on cello, Jim Barr (Portishead) on upright bass, John Parish (noted for his work as a singer/songwriter/producer with PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse) on guitars/electric bass and production, and a featured guest vocal appearance by Kurt Wagner (Lambchop).

The album was written while Bjorklund was recently tending to her mother in the hospital, just before she passed away. Shaken is full of potent memories and emotional outpouring, as translated into the warm but dark sonic textures. Much of the music here - whether instrumental or with vocals - flows like lucid dreams, with the listener visualizing the scenery via detailed aural talisman (e.g. the surreal warped music box feel in “The Road To Samarkand”) and sepia-tinged picturesque tchotchkes (in “Walking” Maggie delicately sings, “ice in a glass/ and I held it to cool the palm of my hand” or “stones in the road/ worn-out boots and street signs for shows”). At the sound’s core are the subtly dominant and defining touches of Bjorklund’s pedal steel melody lines, best heard in the distorted ghostly swells of “Bottom of the Well” and the breathy waves of “The Unlucky.”

SPIN Magazine announced the album release and launched the video and track for “Missing At Sea”: http://www.spin.com/articles/maggie-bjorklund-shaken-missing-at-sea-stream-jack-white/


In addition to the new release, Maggie will be playing some shows in August and October, supporting Neko Case and Jolie Holland. Details and dates are all listed below, with more dates to be added soon.

Aug 12  Voxhall  Aahus, DK – supporting Neko Case
Aug 13  Kampnagel Summer in Hamburg DE – supporting Neko Case
Aug 14  Tolhuis in Amsterdam NL – supporting Neko Case
Oct 7   De Centrale in Gent BE – co-headline with Jolie Holland
Oct 8  Ideal Bar (Vega) in Copenhagen DK

FOR ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES, CHECK BACK: https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/tours-events/185

Monday, March 12, 2012

Maggie Bjorklund Chosen By Jack White As Bandmate, SNL Performer __FREE DOWNLOAD




The former White Stripes frontman Jack White has called upon our very own pedal steel playing, Danish singer/songwriter Maggie Bjorklund to join him on his first-ever solo headlining tour. The backing spot has thus far brought her in front of sold-out audiences in Nashville and Chattanooga, and onto the stage of Saturday Night Live. Watch the SNL performance of “Love Interruption” here:


A listing of the tour dates can be found here: (with more to be added soon).


Date City Venue Country
03/12/12 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Soundstage United States
Address: 500 23rd Street South. SOLD OUT.
03/13/12 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre United States
Address: 330 Beale Street. SOLD OUT.
03/15/12 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom United States
Address: 423 North Main Street. SOLD OUT
03/16/12 Austin, TX TMR SXSW Showcase – The Stage United States

05/18/12 - 05/20/12 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music Fest United States
Buy tickets
05/26/12 Quincy, WA Sasquatch! at the Gorge Amphitheatre United States
Buy tickets
06/23/12 - 06/24/12 London Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend United Kingdom

06/27/12 - 06/29/12 Niigata Fuji Rock Festival Japan
Buy tickets
06/29/12 Werchter Rock Werchter Belgium
Buy tickets
07/01/12 Belfort Les Eurockeennes France
Buy tickets

To celebrate the announcement, we are launching a second free MP3 from Maggie’s recently released Bloodshot Records debut, Coming Home. “The Anchor Song” features an all-star cast of guest contributors including vocalist Rachel Flotard, Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and others. You can download, re-post, and share the FREE track from the following link: Maggie Bjorklund "The Anchor Song"

Maggie will be joining Jack White on the road on selected dates throughout the spring and summer promoting his new record Blunderbluss, out in April via Third Man Records. In between she will also be headlining two shows in the Netherlands, supporting Laura Gibson in Belgium, and performing at Bloodshot’s official showcase at Red Eyed Fly on Saturday, 3/17 during Austin’s SXSW festival.

Following these live dates, Maggie will be returning to the studio in the US to record the follow-up album to Coming Home.

Further bio, tour, and contact information can be found below.

*****

Early in her career, Maggie was best known in Europe as a guitarist for The Darleens and influential group Miss B Haven. After the breakup of Miss B Haven, Maggie discovered the pedal steel and soon made trails to Nashville, where she studied with pedal steel legend, Jeff Newman, and quickly found herself immersed in the Seattle music scene lending her talents to Christy McWilson, Mark Pickerel (Screaming Trees), Giant Sand and John Doe.

After spending years perfecting her skills on the pedal steel as a supporting player, in 2011 Maggie released her beautiful solo debut Coming Home through Bloodshot Records, an album featuring Calexico (Joey Burns and John Convertino), Mark Lanegan, Jon Auer and Rachel Flotard.

"Bjorklund's playing and songwriting conjure up romanticized roadhouses and late-afternoon sunlight filtered through whiskey, smoke and windows coated with decades' worth of dust. It's enough to make you want to jump ship and join her in whatever voyage she's on." - NPR


Like my Facebook Page, Post your video on my wall or post great blues photos or events! Share your favorite postings and get more exposure for your favorite band! - ”LIKE”