Sundays are perfect for music experiences

Sometimes you hear people say that Sundays are boring and dull. Well - it's up to everyone to deside. A music experience is a perfect way, in my opinion, to make Sunday a happy day. A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege to listen to Geir Rönning and his band at Engelen in Stockholm.
Geir has a great voice and a variety of songs that appeal to a broad audience. Born Norwegian, living in Finland and performing frequently in Sweden, Geir is a true Nordic personality.

Geir represented Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the ballad "Why" and last year he participated in Swedish Idols 2010 as one of the oldest, young hearted adults ever. Right now he is touring around Sweden with Robert Wells' band which also include the singer LaGaylia Frazier.

Life is all about having fun, to be true to yourself and feel young in your heart and mind. Even on a Sunday!

Enjoy these videos by Geir Rönning.
Thanks to Teija for great photos!

PS! We appreciated everybody in band and want to give an extra homage to the guitar player from Jakobstad in Finland.

PS 2! Visit Geir's web page on: www.geirronning.com

Lordi is still alive and Swedish Drifters goes Sha La Lie

Two videos, two bands and two songs to remember from this week in August. Finnish Lordi and Swedish Drifters. What do they have in common? Not much except that Lordi won Eurovision 2006 and the Dutch entry "Sha La Lie" with Sieneke participated in the same contest 2010.

The cover 'dansband' version by Drifters shows that a song like "Sha La Lie", which got so much negative feedback, before and under Eurovision, ends up being a kind of success after all. Maybe a compensation for the failure in Oslo and it certainly generates some money to the composer Pierre Kartner, alias Father Smurf.

Since the victory of Lordi in Athens 2006 I have hardly seen or heard anything about the group. Maybe it would have been different if I lived in Finland. Despite the fact that I'm not a fan of monsters, nor today's metal/heavy rock (thanks heaven for Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Uriah Heep....), I still appreciate this new song from Lordi.



Photos: Lilian, svenskadansband.se