Interview on Skvallertorget P4 Kalmar

Today I was interviewed by Mari Strålman on the radio show called Skvallertorget at P4 Kalmar. We had a nice talk about life and why I ended up as a musician. And we also talked about "Facing South" and how it feels to start your own record company. If you want to listen to it you can find it here:

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3101&artikel=4578324

Enjoy!

Interview

Sanna Thorén interviewed me for the newspaper Direktpress. She also gave a discrete review on it saying that "the jazzy sound mixed with beautiful melodies and Maria´s characteristic voice makes the songs sound like pop songs with a jazz sound. Which is positive because it makes it easier to listen to and Marias personal lyrics emerges more clearly."

Here´s the hole shebang: http://www.direktpress.se/goteborg/Centrum/KulturNoje/Poppigt-jazzsound-pa-debuten/

Pictures

Photos from the gig on Hotell Hellsten the 18th of June taken by Per Isaksson:

http://perisaksson.wordpress.com/

Great review in GP today!

I got a fantastic review in the newspaper GP today! The rating 4 out of 5!

It says that my music has "outstanding elegancy" and that it is "strong and a powerful pick-me-up". Great hu?!

You can read it here: http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/musik/1.659155-maria-rylander-facing-south

Back home again...

Ojojoj! What a weekend I had in Stockholm! It´s amazing!

It started with a really nice concert at Hotell Hellsten. We had a quick rehearsal on Friday and then we met up on Saturday for a soundcheck and just getting to know each other. I met the cellist Jonas Bleckman for the first time that same day so I was very excited! The drummer Jonathan Lundberg was also new in the constellation and had never played with pianist Simon Westman and bassplayer Yasuhito Mori before. So we were really focused during the concert and it was so much fun! I thought we really listened to each other and in the same time just had fun with the music. We had a big audience, musicians from Bohuslän Big Band came to see us which made me really happy.

On Monday I had an early morning going to Mariatorget to meet up with Anders from the website Obladoo. They recently started their work and it´s a really interesting site, I recommend it to everyone who loves to find out about new music. They only write about music that they love so you can make sure that they only want to help you as a reader to find good music. You don´t have to read about how much they hate a record only to give it the rating 1 out of 5. Waste of time...right?

So I was very excited about meeting Anders and we had a great time! =)

Afterwards I rushed off to KMH to meet up with people from the newspaper SVD. They wanted to do a live music recording for their new website and also do an interview for SVD´s serial; fredagsprofilen. Met four fun guys with a lot of energy and many ideas. It was a new experience for me shooting while singing but we had a blast!

On tuesday morning they picked me and Jonathan up at 02.50 with a taxi to get us to TV4 Nyhetsmorgon! It was really hard to get up, I only got like two hours of sleep or something. Hard...

But my oh my, what a day! I had such a great time! I met so many wonderful people at the studio. The makeup artists, the hosts of the show, our hostess, the sound- and picture engineers, MADS MIKKELSEN, Ronny Svensson and many many more! It´s strange to see people walk pass the canteen and then 3 minutes later see them on the TV screen and then 5 minutes later see them pass the canteen again...wow...

With me I had Jonathan Lundberg on drums, Simon Westman on piano, Jonas Bleckman on cello and the best stand-in bassplayer EVER; Lars Ekman! I want to thank you for helping me, you were great! I couldn´t ask for more! Kisses and hugs!

So if you want to see my shoots you can enter here:

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyhetsmorgon?title=maria_rylander_-_jonathan&videoid=1713796&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=permalink&utm_campaign=tv4play.se

And here:

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyhetsmorgon?title=maria_rylander_-_facing_south&videoid=1713197&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=permalink&utm_campaign=tv4play.se

And the interview here:

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyhetsmorgon?title=morgonens_musikgast_maria_rylander&videoid=1712996&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=permalink&utm_campaign=tv4play.se

Reminder!

Hear me play live on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon tomorrow! Im on at 06.20, 08.20 and 09.50...

Join the party!

The day has come!

The official release day for Facing South!

You can now find it and purchase it everywhere; like on Spotify, Itunes, Ginza, CDON, Amazon and Play...

And to celebrate this I´m giving you the opportunity to win a free download on my CD. Just enter my website at www.mariarylander.se and subscribe to my email list. At the end of this day I will pick a winner! Exciting!

Happy birthday to Facing South!

TV4 Nyhetsmorgon, here I come!

Watch me playing live on the TV show Nyhetsmorgon!!!!!!!

Tuesday the 21st of June; two songs and one interview through the morning.

Musicians (except me on vocals): Simon Westman; piano, Jonathan Lundberg; drums, Lars Ekman; bass and Jonas Bleckman; cello...

Listen to the radio interview!

This tuesday I participated in a radio show called Radiohuset with Lena Rångeby. I was being interviewed about my upcoming album and everything that is happening in my life right now.

You can listen to the show at this link:

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/play.aspx?ljud=3156787

Enjoy!

Live interview on P4- Gothenburg

On tuesday the 7th of June at 10.00 you can listen to a live interview with me on P4- Gothenburg. The show is hosted by Lena Rångeby and it´s called Radiohuset. Tune in!

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=2369