Edda Magnason - SWEDEN (Malmö)

“Edda Magnason” is one of the best albums of 2010 according to Svenska Dagbladet:
“A stylish and quirky melting pot of jazz, folk, pop. Edda Magnason emerges as a musical personality of great stature, intuitive, intelligent and poetic. Lyrics, composition, vocals, piano playing, arrangement – everything is at a high artistic level. ” Ingrid Strömdahl
Her new album "Goods" will be released 30th March. "Just like on the last album, Edda guides you around with her vivid lyrics and her adventurous voice, but on "Goods" it's no longer just Edda's piano playing that forms the musical backbone; now there's full orchestration, strange keyboards, electric sitars and choirs of Russian sailors. The music moves us through cities and jungles, down to the harbor where the trawlers are leaving for Japan. Edda's distinctive piano playing leads us into back streets with garbage dumps and magpies' nests. From a disco booms "Handsome" from the dance floor, and then we're taken out on a sailing trip over rolling waves, escalating up to the star strewn "Ancient Star My Innocent Heart". Edda's lyrics are primarily depictions; sometimes they are magical situations from everyday life, sometimes whole stories are being told. In the playful lyrics you can occasionally even sense a political undertone, as in "Magpie's Nest". Sometimes there are no words at all and then the music tells the whole story, as in “Hur jag föreställer mig det är att segla (How I Imagine Sailing)” or the song "Camera" where the single line, "Have you seen the world in that one million camera?" transports us to a new place on earth each time it is sung... '
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CONTENTS:

1. STAGE NAME 
2. BIRTH NAME
3. YEARS ACTIVE
4. GENRE
5. HOMETOWN
6. RECORD LABEL
7. BACKGROUND
8. DISCOGRAPHY
9. MEDIA REFERENCES 
10. OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS
11. LIVE PERFORMANCES

Edda Magnason

  

Edda Magnason

2010 - present

jazz, folk, pop

Malmö

ADRIAN Recordings

The pianist, singer and songwriter Edda Magnason grew up in the countryside of southern Sweden. Her father comes, as her name suggests, from Iceland. Her self-titled debut album was released in 2010 and now she is releasing "Goods", her second album, along with her first single "Handsome".

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Albums: 

'Edda Magnason' (2010.01.20)

     

1. Swirl
2. Ropewalking
3. Drömde Jag Var Hund
4. Ali
5. Playbird
6. Snow
7. The Blue Hour
8. Niece
9. Patience
10. Boats
11. Sweet and Sour
12. Emmigrants
13. Goodbye Song

 'Goods' - NEW ALBUM OUT MARCH 30th!

Singles: 

'Handsome' (2011.01.31)

"Snow" 

"Det snurrar i min skalle" 

 (Arvikafestivalen 2010)

 

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