A Swedish crooner that loves the 80’s? Did I die and go to heaven?
I know what you’re going to think on hearing the first 30 seconds or so of this track - Sean, you’ve tricked us into listening to some kind of Jack Johnson-y nightmare! SEAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!
Ahhh, but it’s not true my friends! I would never do such a thing. You need to keep listening. What you’ll find upon further consideration is not only a guy that refuses to be pigeonholed into any one genre, but a tremendous musician with a great voice. His first album, Sweet Bills, came as a total surprise to me last year. It still finds itself in frequent rotation on my iPod. I have no doubt his new LP will find a similar place of distinction in my collection.
Check out the track below from his upcoming sophmore effort, titled Wrong Side of the Room (due out on August 19th).
MP3: Kristoffer Ragnstam - Swing that Tambourine
- Sean
May 19th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
This is seconds away from being hacked, I can feel it.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Kip, stop jinxing my posts! ;)
May 19th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
It’s like watching Leonard Nimoy’s In Search Of…until I experience it, I don’t believe it.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
In the words of Jack Palance - Believe it. Or not.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Heh. Well said.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Damn, you beat me to it!
May 20th, 2008 at 9:07 am
that song “Breakfast By The Mattress” on his MySpace page is quite good as well.
May 31st, 2008 at 2:52 am
I LOVE THIS TRACK!!!!!!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I love, love Kristoffer Ragnstam! On top of that, he’s a total sweetheart.. we interviewed him at SXSW - you can watch it here:
http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/191-Kristoffer-Ragnstam
Enjoy!