19. The Go-Betweens' Robert Forster
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Refusing to wear headphones in the softest way imaginable, Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens' fame joins Björn and Sarah on the evening before his departure from Sweden after a month-long recording session. He takes us back in time to the recording industry of the 80s, explains how he taught Grant McLennan to play bass with zero musical training, and what it’s like to be both a musician – and a music critic! Oh, and let’s us in on the gig he played at the inauguration of the Go Between bridge in his hometown, while disclosing his favorite studio in the world as….
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18. Johnossi's John Engelbert
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A week before releasing his 8th studio album, John Englebert of Swedish rock duo Johnossi joins Sarah and Björn to share the highs and lows of his creative process. He waxes lyrical on everything from scientology and air miles to why Johnossi started without a bassist, how the White Stripes helped them along, and how the band’s songwriting process has evolved over two decades together, because, you know, “Rehearsing is boring.” Oh, and we learn what Ossi really thought of the lead single on the new album when he first heard a demo back in 2019. A truly raucous ride of a...
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17. Anna Ternheim
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Having recently returned to her native Sweden after nearly an entire adulthood living in the U.S., Anna Ternheim joins us in the studio for a fun and inspiring conversation. Over the course of an hour, she lets us in on how: -she thinks she’s incredibly slow in the creative process -the first album carries a magical energy -different places influence her sound, while she always follows the same routines -playing with a band vs. on her own feels -she’s found her songwriting formula Fun fact: we recorded with her on the same day as her fellow Dead People bandmate Joakim Berg....
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16. Joakim Berg – part 2
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After 15 years giving zero interviews, getting this man in the podcast seat was…easy. When we asked him to join us in the studio for Back to the Music, he said yes and even arrived early. Sarah and Björn then sat the Swedish rock legend known as Joakim Berg down for a fun 90 minutes of music (and everything in-between) chit-chat. In episode 2, the conversation deepens and broadens, touching upon: Why Kent is so loved by the Swedish folk What the band fought about when they were together A secret room at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm that is very dear to his heart If Kent could...
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15: Joakim Berg – part 1
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After 15 years of giving zero interviews, getting this man in the podcast seat was…easy. When we asked him to join us in the studio for Back to the Music, he said yes and arrived early. Sarah and Björn sit the Swedish rock legend known as Jocke Berg down for a fun 90 minutes of music chit-chat. And here is the first half of that afternoon, when he talks about: How a kids’ TV series with a sunburst Fender stratocaster inspired his music career. How the Swedish music funding scene got Kent on its feet and then kicked them to the curb for not abiding by the...
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14. Richard Oakes
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Hello loyal listeners! We’ve been busy recording and touring since you last heard from us, and in the muddle of it all, thought we’d lost the files for 4 brilliant episodes we’d recorded back before we got busy again. And then - magic! They appeared. Enjoy! Replacing the guitarist of Brit-pop sensation Suede at the ripe age of 17, Richard Oakes has spent the bulk of his adult life playing big stages and churning out cult classics. The show goes on, this time from a small town outside of Stockholm, where he lives with his Swedish wife and happened to cross paths with Sarah, who not only...
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13. Victor Van Vugt
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Hello loyal listeners! We’ve been busy recording and touring since you last heard from us, and in the muddle of it all, thought we’d lost the files for 4 brilliant episodes we’d recorded back before we got busy again. And then - magic! They appeared. Enjoy! In Ingrid’s first producer talk, Sarah and Björn sit down with Australian-born, Berlin-via-NYC-via-London producer extraordinaire Victor Van Vugt. With names like Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, and Beth Orton in his bag, he lets us in on his magic touch during a brief visit to Stockholm. And even contemplates moving up north to foot his...
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12. Martin Hederos
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Hello loyal listeners! We’ve been busy recording and touring since you last heard from us, and in the muddle of it all, thought we’d lost the files for 4 brilliant episodes we’d recorded back before we got busy again. And then - magic! They appeared. Enjoy! Having worked as a professional musician for over 28 years, Martin Hederos knows a thing or two about life on the road and life in the studio. He takes a breather from it all to sit down with Sarah and Björn, reminiscing over the musical segues he’s made between playing rock piano with The Soundtrack of Our Lives to writing...
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11. Gina Dirawi
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Hello loyal listeners! We’ve been busy recording and touring since you last heard from us, and in the muddle of it all, thought we’d lost the files for 4 brilliant episodes we’d recorded back before we got busy again. And then - magic! They appeared. The first out was recorded on November 26, 2021, an hour before we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the studio, and features none other than the multi-talented and multi-cultural Gina Dirawi. Although some of the content may be past its live gig-sensitive dates by now, the conversation is as relevant and intimate. Enjoy! --- Having spent...
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10. GRANT
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Meat stew with strawberries, a wish list of people to work with coming true, and a stripped-down rendition of Kikki Danielsson's "Papaya Coconut." Sarah and Björn hash out the ins and outs of living the dream with Caroline Cederlöf, aka GRANT.
info_outlineThe un-quintessential Swede known as Howlin' Pelle Almqvist slips out of his Ingrid studio space to sit in the main recording room with Sarah and Pontus, where they spend over an hour discussing punk vs. rock 'n roll, high-end recording of shitty gear, rehearsing every week for over two decades, and staying true to the original Hives' vision.