Go Red like the Rose

I am doing a collaboration with the Swedish Organizations 1,6 and 2,6 Millions Club especially for the International Womans Day on march 8. Their main purpose is to shine a light on womens health and well-being. They were founded by Alexandra Charles, a woman with great heart, and it is an honor for me to donate my song "Roses in December" to their members. And while i´m at it.... with you as-well. The song will be available on www.meja.net for free until spring arrives .):) Their campaign says "Go Red" and I thought, as Roses are not always red, but this rose in particular was red. I am referring to THE rose that made me write the song. I came home to my quiet medieval fishing village the last day of november, after been traveling the world working with the album. I was, as happens, heart broken and had the feeling I was to be big time dumped. I came home to this quiet place, where silence almost hurts. The snow covered every part of the earth, as I walked out to the back yard to see this one rose refusing to die. It was so beautiful, and the least I´d expected to see. 

A rose in december, because it passed midnight before I had the song written:)

Just found a few pics from one of the shows in Mumbai. As you can see, it was a very laid back show, sitting down singing in peace and quiet kind of:):) We played at the Center of Performing Arts in Mumbai in December, my musicians, Andreas Unge, Johan Carlberg and Niklas Gabrielsson and me. It was a small concert hall with an extra ordinary air- conditioning system. It worked so well we had to ask them to turn it off...:) We all loved Mumbai and hope to come back there sometime soon for more shows.

Recap of Summer

I´m at home, for once...sitting writing in peace n quiet. I got here today, and normally it takes a week to unwind, letting my spirit land in my body, as the Native American Indians would say. "sit down and await your spirit". So, now I am here, waiting....

I have been asked to write a kind of an admiration letter to my dear friend Olle Ljungström. He is one of Swedens best artists, I think. He has a way of expressing himself, with words and vocally that just hit´s the right spot. He is a unique man.  He will release a book very soon and I guess we are a whole bunch of people who will express out love to this wonderful man. (Oh, on the photo..Olle to the left, me on the right ) Anyway, It got me thinking of him, and memories of last summer. 

I was going down south to a place just outside Gothenburg called Särö. My friend Ebbot (from The Soundtrack of our Lives) had a club there over summer and I came there to join in with the band on this last show of summer . As I got there, we started talking about Olle, our mutual friend,  and of the odds of having him joining us for the evening. 

I called him, and after a bit of persuasion a few hours later there he stood, in the hotel lobby, well dressed as always with a hat,  a huge smile and a glass of wine. It was a night I will always remember. 

Summertime in Sweden, just by the ocean and with two of my favorite artists, Olle and Ebbot. ..Somewhere I think I have it on video...haha...totally crazy. 

I did some old Meja songs in a new arrangement, but the real deal came later. .Starting off with my favorite song "Coconut Grove" as a duet with Ebbot. But most brilliant I must say, was when the three of us, Olle, Ebbot and me,  were doing the old T-Rex song "Children of the Revolution". I can´t really remember if the audience were mesmerized or in chock.):) But man did we have a great time!!!