This week’s theme (because I thought I’d try the concept of a theme) is brother. Feeling that it both limits and expands the selection, or maybe it’s mostly the mix that expands, because it’s difficult to find a bunch of songs with a common denominator, that are also a bit similar, or connected in some other way…

First up is a cover of Modern Talking’s old banger:

Brother Louie – VIZE, Iranbek, Dieter Bohlen, Leony

The second song could be anything by the Bee Gees, but I’m thinking it won’t be, instead I’m thinking the second song for the day will be a Swedish one:

Min bror och jag – Pontus & Amerikanarna

The next song will be a nice tune from the soundtrack to ‘Oh brother, where art thou?’ so that we get some film into this post as well:

Down to the River to Pray – Alison Krauss

…my favourite version of the above song can be found here…

The fourth and final song will be none other than our beloved Avicii who is infinitely missed… what a talent, what music…

Hey Brother – Avicii

Okay then, as usual… a bonus… today’s bonus will be something that I’ve probably had in the Christmas calendar before, but which is so good that it bears repeating and listening to again!

The bonus track! Magic!

Enjoy!

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Alright, here we are back with the second week’s post on the music blog, this is going swimmingly…

First up today is an acoustic version of a nice old Queen banger… a version that just whistled past my ears and I had to take a couple of steps back to understand what it was I was listening to and stayed put and let my ears be buttered a few more times…

I Want it all – Peter & Bruno

As the second song today, the choice has fallen on a song that I chose in much the same way that I choose wine (the few times I buy it) – I looked at the title and felt – yes, that’s a song I want to hear… and when my ears got a taste – yes, it’s a song I want to hear… several times! Into the playlist with it!

Du äger ditt skimmer – Petra Marklund

The next song made the synth-nerd in me go weak in the knees, electronic music with rich detail, depth and harmonies that make the goosebumps spread from the ears to the arms…

Laminar Flow – Tommy Baynen

The last song for this post will be something relatively fresh from the vinyl presses (or the digital equivalents), after a couple of listens I’m pretty sure this is another hit from Mr. Sheeran, but probably not a radio banger…

Afterglow – Ed Sheeran

…okay then… don’t nag… a bonus this week too… a riff that I hardly thought would come back in more iterations, but yes, it holds at least one more time…

Take it slowly – Mike Perry

Enjoy!

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Making a music advent calendar was fun… so I’m making a valiant attempt to continue, but updating every day doesn’t feel realistic, maybe once a week? I’ll try! 🙂

In the advent calendar I talked a bit about the Ängelholm band Lillebror that I’ve had my eye on for a while… I’ve become aware of another song, which still doesn’t top the song in the Christmas calendar, but which is still among my favorites of their songs:

A Day is Done – Lillebror

Normally I’m not very fond of music where I don’t understand the vocals… but sometimes, like now, I stumble across something that just swings… and in this case (I have no idea about the artist(s) or the forms of collaboration) – I give you:

Los Mismos – Cometa feat. War

As a musical omnivore, my range is quite broad, so the transaction to the next artist, who I think does a lot of exciting, and to some extent groundbreaking, things – not least the first song I heard with her (Hide and Seek), I love this song for the combination of her voice, a stripped down arrangement with very nice synth vibes…

Last night of an Empire – Imogen Heap

How many songs is appropriate to present in a blog post like this? Four? Five? Let me know what you think! This time it will be four anyway. The last song out is the always amazing:

Tribue – Tenacious D

…this time in a nice live version, but the studio recorded version is of course also super nice!

…okay then… a bonus… but then it has to be another nice tune from the aforementioned band… which also has a lovely and entertaining video, hence another youtube link…

Rise of the Fenix – Tenacious D

Enjoy!

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Whoomp, there it is! X-max!!! Finally!

Today’s song is by a much-missed talent, Marie. I feel like I lost track of her after Roxette’s heyday, but after she left us, I (thankfully) found some treasures that she left behind. This is one of my favorites:

I want to go – Marie Fredriksson

…and of course, there will be a bonus track today as well, a happy one:

Happy – Pharrell Williams

Det var det hela för musikjulkalendern 2020, hoppas du har njutit lika mycket som jag! 🙂

That’s all for the 2020 music advent calendar, hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! 🙂

I’m thinking that there hasn’t been a single Christmas song in this advent calendar… and maybe you’ve enjoyed getting away from that this time of year, or maybe you’ve missed it… for those of you who have missed it, you can have a little Christmas gift, in honor of the day! 😉

…and if you are interested in more music (and film) then I can recommend checking out the extra material for my first book… (or maybe reading it?!)

Merry Christmas!

Over and out!

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Oh my, oh my, oh my, Christmas Eve Eve and the second to last door in the music advent calendar… 🙂

At this point, I usually bubble with energy for what’s to come… and some others who really bubble with energy, both in their music and outside of it, are the super lovely Pomplamoose.

I’m still standing – Pomplamoose

…and don’t miss their Ted Talk which is certainly about music and the music industry, but which I see as highly relevant in many parts of our society and our world…

Today’s bonus track is a song where Eminem spits out words with breathtaking speed in one of the verses… but it’s not his fastest, he completely smashed this in a later song called Godzilla, but today, the bonus-track is:

Rap god – Eminem

Enjoy!

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Okay, it’s really close now!!! (But keep your distance anyway!)

With Christmas just around the corner, I’m thinking about how important family is, both to me (and probably to others), and how strong we are together…

Jolene – The Petersens

Bonus-track:

Stronger – Kanye West

Enjoy!

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The darkest day of the year. Now it can only get better… 🙂

Ain’t no sunshine – The Hansen

The bonus track to bring in some energy – when it’s at its darkest…

This is me – The greatest showman

Enjoy!

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Sista advent. Tiden går fort när man har mycket att stå i inför julen…

Today, I want to once again highlight Astrid Lindgren for the fantastic contributions she has made, not only for children with her books but also for music, as she almost always wrote (or had written) songs for them…

Vargsången – Jonna Jinton

For the bonus track today, I first considered something completely different, with a bit of a faster tempo for the pre-Christmas cleaning, but instead, it ended up being a bit more Swedish:

Visa från Utanmyra – Jan Johansson

Enjoy!

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Well, already December 19th… the last dance before we enter the 20s in December, and for those who haven’t bought gifts yet, and maybe aren’t off between the 21st and 23rd of December, it’s perhaps the last dance in the stores to get those gifts before Christmas Eve!

Mary Jane’s last dance – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Today’s bonus track will be “Yellow Submarine” by the somewhat well-known band the Beatles, mentioned a few times before in this advent calendar… This time in a version by Willy Chirino which I think could easily be the soundtrack to a traditional last Saturday (not Corona-adapted) in the stores before Christmas Eve…

Yellow Submarie – Willy Chirino

Enjoy!

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Well, Christmas is creeping closer and closer and the Christmas spirit is slowly setting in… I’m sure many people, like myself, feel that a lot of money is flowing out of their wallets this time of year, which leads me to today’s song, by a great artist with an even greater voice, with a song from an even greater author.

Fattig bonddräng – Tommy Körberg

The bonus track will be what it is because the above is a tribute to both Tommy and Astrid!

Tribute – Tenacious D

Enjoy!

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