The Swedish artist Sofia Härdig is recieving tributes and being hailed by critics and music blogs, playlisted and on radio rotation all over Europe, USA and Canada.
The legendary English DJ and journalist Steve Lemacq, famous for championing new artists and bands to success, has played Sofia Härdig in his radio show Steve Lemacq Recommends at BBC 6 Music. In Germany Radio Eins dedicated a full hour to her last album release.
“The Swede oscillates between post-punk, goth-rock, Placebo and Nick Cave. Her singing has the same kind of absolute urgency that Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine once has.” ROLLING STONE
“There is no other way to describe Swedish artist Sofia Härdig than as a future rock goddess.” – The Revue US
Sofia has toured sold out shows in Europe. In her home country Sweden, she has been nominated to composer of the year for her album and The Street Light Leads to The Sea. She has also been personally approved by Belle and Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson, who’s been loving and championing her albums. And has hanged out with Patti Smith and SonicYouth backstage.
The world looks promising for Sofia Härdig. The Swedish born multi-instrumentalist is the latest example of another world class Scandinavian export. Sofia has worked with household Swedish names like the Grammy Award winners The Hellacopters and Bob Hund. Additionally, she has worked with Yoshimi from Boredoms. After performing alongside a number of impressive names, including Lydia Lynch.
This is the first single Collision from sofias upcoming album Lighthouse Of Glass. The single is produced by Sofia Härdig and Mixed by Nille Perned. In addition to Sofias vocals, guitar and trumpet she’s brought with her musicians like Bebe Risenfors (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello etc) Viktor Brobacke (Club Killers etc), and Sara Edin and Daniel Druiz.
Jenny Wilson is a Swedish Music Hall of Fame artist who has performed live and released music in Australia, Japan, Holland (where she performed to the Dutch Princess), USA, Germany and Norden. She is truly one of the most innovative female artist in Swedish History and her remix of Sofia Härdig’s single Collision is above and beyond!
Jem Girl at the Piano 