The Söderberg sisters come to the rescue of our Summer boredom! "First Aid Kit" performs 'Emmylou' LIVE at 2013 Glastonbury Festival (HD); Dancing Barefoot; Paul Krugman finally "gets" @FirstAidKitBand and promptly falls for them -hard!

2Shaymcn YouTube Channel video: First Aid Kit Emmylou Live Glastonbury 2013 ) HD
Uploaded July 6, 2013. http://youtu.be/mX62R9TOQ5M
More heavenly harmonies from Sweden's Klara and Johanna Söderberg.

I've waited a few days in posting this because there were so many legal problems associated with the BBC's telecast of this performance that the videos were being pulled and yanked off of YouTube almost as quickly as they were being uploaded.
Frankly, I didn't want to have to play a game of 'Musical Chairs' again -get it- and constantly need to be double-checking this post and replacing one embed code for another as various versions get yanked like falling dominoes. 

Me, I prefer that when I place a video here on the blog -unless it's something from SVT or TV4.se that tells you upfront that it'll only be available for viewing for a finite period of time- that the video stays put and doesn't migrate somewhere.

Klara and Johanna even posted a non-BBC version via their twitter feed and it got pulled down, too. In fact, here's that tweet from Monday:

For those unable to watch the BBC video of our "Emmylou" performance at Glastonbury, here is a YouTube link: http://t.co/A8xxXTZxWQ
— First Aid Kit (@FirstAidKitBand) July 1, 2013

But patience pays off for you the faithful blog reader, even though you didn't know what was going on behind the scenes, as blog YouTube fave 2Shaymcn, ace Abba and Swedish and British music lover and chronicler, one of the first people I ever subscribed to when I got my YouTube account years ago, has come to the rescue once again, via the vid up top.
http://www.youtube.com/user/2Shaymcn

NME discusses their playlist on the last day of the English music festival here: 
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/rockbjornen/article17051318.ab

I noticed right before watching "Key Largo" for the millionth time on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday night that liberal economist and N.Y. Times columnist Paul Krugman mentioned in a new post that he has officially and finally fallen for Klara and Johanna, finally "gets" them, after hearing their cover of Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot "at the 2011 Polar Music Prize award telecast honoring her and Kronos Quartet.   
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/friday-night-music-first-aid-kit-covers-patti-smith/

Friday Night Music: First Aid Kit Covers Patti Smith http://t.co/da3CZ3IOQ9
— Paul Krugman (@NYTimeskrugman) July 5, 2013

i love that i still see dozens of tweets every day from people discovering @firstaidkitband for the 1st time.they all basically say "OMG!"
— wichitarecs (@wichitarecs) May 8, 2013

You can watch a video of the whole ceremony here: http://youtu.be/AdwHCS9cvT8

Here's another video of them performing "Emmylou" LIVE in Nashville that I'd meant to post here before I left for Stockholm in January.
It was done for MTV USA's The Big and Best of 2012. Uploaded December 12, 2012

Get More: 

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/864878/first-aid-kit-performs-emmylou-on-concrete-country.jhtml#artist=3022027

My last four blog posts about First Aid Kit are here:
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/search?q=First+Aid+Kit

The official music video for Emmylou 

First Aid Kit - Emmylou
http://youtu.be/PC57z-oDPLs

Oh, those amazing Söderberg Sisters! Summer 2012 videos & audio of "First Aid Kit" show Klara and Johanna's amazing talent is only growing -in perfect harmony; Stockholm audio and Paris video proves they're the real deal; #FirstAidKitBand

First Aid Kit (Klara Söderberg & Johanna Söderberg) - "Blues Run The Game" (LIVE). From the studios of Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Sweden, July 8, 2012.  
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2071&artikel=5127784

First Aid Kit's Klara and Johanna Söderberg went to the Stockholm studios of P1 at Sveriges Radio on Sunday afternoon and over 90 minutes, discussed many things, including their experiences in the U.S., having recorded their newest album, The Lion's Roar, in Omaha and toured extensively to rapturous crowds. They also play D.J. and feature some of the songs they've been influenced by and which they like. The audiotape of them near the beginning as very young kids is quite amusing! 
Related information and their music play list at 

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2071&artikel=5127784

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/play.aspx?ljud=4027457

Because it's in Swedish, you might not understand everything you hear, but trust me, the music speaks for itself.

Back on June 22nd the sisters met BBC Radio 6's Lauren Laverne and did a LIVE session and it became a must-listen, with sweet harmonies soon flowing, including Blue and Emmylou.

Last week Johanna and Klara were in Paris and were recorded singing The Lion's Roar while walking around before performing later that night at The Olympia.


lehibooparis video: First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar | HibOO d'Live. July 3, 2012.
http://youtu.be/vpTprH6jPXE

I last wrote about the Söderberg sisters on June 21st in my post titled, First Aid Kit's newest song -"Blue"- is full of haunting nuance and the video is positively beautiful, featuring actress Ewa Fröling; #FirstAidKitBand
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/first-aid-kits-newest-song-blue-is-full.html

First Aid Kit video: First Aid Kit - Blue - June 19, 2012. http://youtu.be/IL-sm1rEtiU

My first blog post about the ridiculously-talented Söderberg sisters and their amazing sound was right before Thanksgiving, in a November 19, 2011 post titled, What's that beautiful sound coming from the woods? Sweet harmony! First Aid Kit - "The Lion's Roar"; Wow!

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/whats-that-beautiful-sound-coming-from.html

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http://thisisfirstaidkit.com/

http://www.wichita-recordings.com/artists/first-aid-kit/

First Aid Kit's official YouTube Channel is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/jagadambarecords

First Aid Kit tour schedule 

Their Twitter page is twitter.com/firstaidkitband

Album available at Amazon.com at: 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Lions-Roar/dp/B006IVS8CM/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1

Other First Aid Kit merch there:

http://www.amazon.com/First-Aid-Kit/e/B001LGYQBG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d

First Aid Kit's newest song -"Blue"- is full of haunting nuance and the video is positively beautiful, featuring actress Ewa Fröling; #FirstAidKitBand

First Aid Kit video: First Aid Kit - Blue - June 19, 2012. http://youtu.be/IL-sm1rEtiU

First Aid Kit's newest song -"Blue"- is full of haunting nuance and the video is positively beautiful, featuring actress Ewa Fröling; #FirstAidKitBand

Favorites of the blog, Johanna and Klara Söderberg are back with their third song from their album "The"Lion's Roar" and their very interesting video for "Blue" is as beautiful as it is haunting, a real credit to director Daniel Wirtberg.
You need to pay close attention to detail as you search for more clues of what it all means.


My last blog post about the ridiculously-talented Söderberg sisters and their amazing sound was right before Thanksgiving, in a November 19, 2011 post titled, What's that beautiful sound coming from the woods? Sweet harmony! First Aid Kit - "The Lion's Roar"; Wow!
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/whats-that-beautiful-sound-coming-from.html


In that post almost seven months ago, I looked at their tour schedule and lamented that the schedule, STILL with no performances at all in Florida, only served to confirm what we've suspected since we were growing-up down here, and the City of Miami refused to allow concerts at Orange Bowl, which is why Bob Seger and Fleetwood Mac were forced to perform in the Miami Baseball Stadium-cum-mudpit: Must we always be orphans down here, reduced to only watching YouTube videos of genuine new talent?

In case you've forgotten, in Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander, winner of the 1984 Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, Ewa Fröling played the widowed mother who learned to her regret that her poor taste in men could have VERY NEGATIVE consequences for both her and her two children.

I first saw it in 1983 at the old Plitt Theatre in the-then Turnberry area of NMB, just east of where Loehman's Plaza is now in Aventura, off Biscayne Blvd. 

(A small bookstore that's no longer there is where I bought my first Swedish dictionary while still in high school at NMB.)

As it happens, I watched this great film again about two months ago, which is why her name was right on the tip of my tongue.



poulinemouritzen video: Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander" (1982 release in Sweden, 1983 in U.S.) http://youtu.be/7uO0FNlSrik

My translation on its significance for Hallandale Beach citizens: 
When your city government doesn't seem to know the difference between the truth and a lie, why do they keep lying instead of keep telling the truth? 
To gain an advantage...

Album available at Amazon.com at: 
http://www.amazon.com/The-Lions-Roar/dp/B006IVS8CM/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1

Other First Aid Kit merch there:
http://www.amazon.com/First-Aid-Kit/e/B001LGYQBG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d

http://thisisfirstaidkit.com/

http://www.wichita-recordings.com/artists/first-aid-kit/

First Aid Kit's official YouTube Channel is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/jagadambarecords

http://www.ewafroling.com/

Meanwhile at Coachella 2012, where the fashionable people frolic & network, Far from the Madding Crowd of South Florida...; see 'Swedish House Mafia' perform LIVE online Saturday at 3:25 a.m. Eastern, 'First Aid Kit' at 5:15 p.m. Eastern on Sunday

First Aid Kit - Emmylou
http://youtu.be/PC57z-oDPLs


Meanwhile at Coachella 2012, where the fashionable people frolic and network, Far from the Madding Crowd of South Florida...; see 'Swedish House Mafia' perform LIVE online Saturday at 3:25 a.m. Eastern, 'First Aid Kit' at 5:15 p.m. Eastern on Sunday





Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound. 
http://youtu.be/PDboaDrHGbA


See the entire lineup and schedule at http://www.youtube.com/coachella and a preview of the festival at: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/coachella/ if you forgot what I wrote about them here previously, see this primer on the sisters Söderberg:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/coachella-2012-sweden-first-aid-kit-american-roots-music.html

Yes, it's a day at the races here at the blog!





Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)  -Pod Race (Re-edit)
http://youtu.be/sieeyRKGqpY


As you can see, on Tatooine, unlike South Florida, it's a dry heat.
Just like Coachella.
Less believably, a hot princess like Princess Amidala of Naboo walks amongst the hoi-polloi and attends their amusing pod races and nobody- but-nobody bats an eye at her.
On what planet? 
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#CoachellaLive 


http://www.youtube.com/artist/Swedish_House_Mafia

What's that beautiful sound coming from the woods? Sweet harmony! First Aid Kit - "The Lion's Roar"; Wow!

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar. November 1, 2011. Directed by Mats Udd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=cl5FdvRR4pQ

Så grymt!

There's just no substitute for genuine talent and harmony!

The Lion's Roar is the title track to Johanna and Klara Söderberg's second album, a new 10-track effort that was recorded in Omaha, and which will be officially released on January 24th, whatever 'officially' means these days.

First Aid Kit "The Lion's Roar" Trailer, September 2011.

http://youtu.be/IqK1G_VxKvA

First Aid Kit "Ghost Town" sing-along at Mercury Lounge from hoovesontheturf (sarahana) on Vimeo.

First Aid Kit -Ghost Town (Acoustic, LIVE) at The Mercury Lounge, New York City, November 16, 2011

http://vimeo.com/32283630

The "Hat Tip" for today goes to Sveriges Television's (SVT) PSL blog, who fortuitously for me, posted this video of "Ghost Town" along with some notes first this this morning, Stockholm-time.

When I stopped by SVT's website this morning shortly after I woke-up, as I often do, there it was just waiting for me on a silver platter, as if they'd been reading my mind: Tack!

http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/11/18/titta-first-aid-kit-ghost-town/

http://blogg.svt.se/psl/

Today at their official website, http://thisisfirstaidkit.com/ Klara and Johanna announced some March & April dates and locales for their 2012 North American Tour.

So far, naturally, they have nothing at all planned in Florida, because we are, in 2011 -STILL- terra incognita.

As of today, the closest venue they'll be performing for that effort is at The Black Cat in D.C. on March 30th. http://www.blackcatdc.com/

Hopefully, that will change over the next few weeks and somebody in a position to do so in Gainesville, Tallahassee, Orlando, Tampa and and yes, maybe even Miami or Ft. Lauderdale, will get off their ass and get moving and make that show a reality.

Must we always be orphans down here, reduced to only watching YouTube videos of genuine new talent?

They have three dates left in the U.S. touring with Lykke Li promoting her Wounded Rhymes album, before returning to Sweden, and then hitting Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and then, next year, Australia.

Australia is gonna love them!

Lykke Li - Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers Cover) by LykkeLi

To hear Lykke Li's amazing cover of The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody"

performed LIVE for triple j Radio in Australia in October, click and take a listen

http://soundcloud.com/lykkeli/lykke-li-unchained-melody-the

Lykke Li - Silent My Song (LIVE), CBS-TV's The Late Show with David Letterman, November 16, 2011.

http://youtu.be/ksyoqJj69yY

That's the Sisters Söderberg backing-up. I didn't see this myself until last night.

If you are a regular reader of the blog and have a good memory, the name Mats Udd, the director of The Lion's Roar video, may ring familiar.

Udd was also the talented director behind the video for Roxette's catchy "She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)" single from their comeback album Charm School, which I featured in a blog post back on January 15th of this year titled, Look who's back to rock some more? Marie & Per! Roxette - She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio); The Look (LIVE) -Stockholm, 2010.

That blog post also included a few noteworthy videos, including their performance of "The Look" for Crown Princess Victoria and her-then fiancé Daniel Westling, backed by the Swedish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the music gala the night before the Royal Wedding last summer.

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/look-whos-back-to-rock-some-more-marie.html

Roxette - She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

http://youtu.be/f1N-Gf0Fbcg

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The official YouTube Channel for First Aid Kit is at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jagadambarecords

Their Facebook page is at:

http://www.facebook.com/firstaidkitofficial

http://www.facebook.com/firstaidkitofficial?sk=app_178091127385

Lykke Li's official website is at http://lykkeli.com/

See more Mats Udd videos at http://vimeo.com/matsudd

Roxett's official website -and in English- is at: http://www.roxette.se/

Roxette's Vevo Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RoxetteVEVO

triple j Radio http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/