page_title: Visor från vinden
section_title: Tracks
hierarchical_section_title: Visor från vinden / Tracks
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Evert Taube on stage 1961 playing a Levin lute. Svenska: Evert Taube på scen 1961 med en Levinluta.
context_page_description: Visor från vinden is the Swedish singer Sofia Karlsson's third studio album as a solo artist. The album was released on 11 April 2007 by Bonnier Amigo Music Group.
  The album is a collection of classical songs sung in Swedish, but written by poets and musicians such as Baudelaire, Dan Andersson, Marianne Flodin, Mikael Wiehe, Alf Hambe, Inger Hagerup, Carl Michael Bellman, Peps Persson, and Evert Taube. The album also contains Lars Forssell's free version of Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur".
  Visor från vinden was recorded at six different times in different places, mainly in Sweden, but also Denmark. The producers were Göran Petersson, Sofia Karlsson and Jan Borges, and among the participating musicians were Esbjörn Hazelius, Roger Tallroth and Lena Willemark.
  The album reached second place on the Swedish album chart, Karlsson's best placement at that time. She received several prizes for the album: a Swedish Grammy in the folk music category in 2008, a Danish Grammy 2008 in the category "Best Foreign Album" and the Manifest Gala Prize 2008 in the folk music category.
context_section_description: "Le Vin Des Amants" was a poem by Charles Baudelaire. Dan Andersson translated it into Swedish, giving it the title "De älskandes vin", and this was the text that Karlsson used for the record. Sofie Livebrant set the poem to music, and Karlsson and Hazelius arranged it. Hazelius also plays guitar while Karlsson sings.
  "Milrök" is the disc's second track, and the second Dan Andersson interpretation. The music was written by Sofie Livebrant. The arrangement was by Karlsson, Hazelius and Olle Linder. The music is performed by Karlsson (vocals), Hazelius (cittern), Olle Linder (bass) and Roger Tallroth (guitar).
  "Frukostrast på en liten syfabrik på landet" was a poem by Marianne Flodin, written in the 1950s. Visor från vinden was set to music by Livebrant: she and Karlsson arranged the song. Livebrant also plays piano, and Karlsson sings.
  "Flickan och kråkan" (The girl and the crow) was written by Mikael Wiehe and was first released on the 1981 studio album Kråksånger. On Visor från vinden it is performed by Karlsson (vocals, Hammond organ), Sara Isaksson and Tallroth. Tallroth and Karlsson arranged the song. "Flickan och kråkan" was described by Karlsson in 2007 as a sad, but fantastic story that she had not sung since she was a teenager.
  "Näckaspel" (Nixie game) is a song by Alf Hambe, which he first released on his 1966 album Vägvisor och vågspel. Here it is performed by Karlsson (vocals, harmonium) and Hazelius (guitar, fiddle, octave fiddle). It was arranged by Karlsson and Hazelius.
  "Spelar för livet" is a song by Peps Persson, originally released as "För livet" on his studio album Spelar för livet (1992). In Karlsson's version it is performed by Karlsson (vocals, whistle), Hazelius (cittern, violin, vocals), Tallroth (tenor guitar, vocals), Linder (contrabass, percussion, vocals). All four of them arranged the song.
  "Jag längtar" was originally a traditional Norwegian song. Here it is performed with music by Karlsson. The Swedish text was written by Karlsson and Esmeralda Moberg. The song was arranged by Karlsson and Hazelius. Karlsson sang and Hazelius played the guitar and violin.
  "Balladen om briggen 'Blue Bird' av Hull" was a song by Evert Taube, first published in the 1929 Fritiof Anderssons visbok. Here it is arranged by Karlsson, Hazelius, Tallroth and Linder, and performed by Karlsson (vocals), Hazelius (cittern), Tallroth (tenor guitar) and Linder (bass). Karlsson was for a long time undecided about using "Balladen om briggen "Blue Bird" av Hull" on the disc as she wasn't sure people wanted to hear it, but "then she decided to use it anyway."
  "Två tungor" was a poem by the Norwegian poet Inger Hagerup. The singer Fred Åkerström translated it into Swedish, and the Norwegian singer Finn Kalvik set it to music. In this version it was first heard on Åkerström's 1972 album Två tungor. Here it is arranged by Karlsson och Hazelius, and performed by Karlsson (vocals, bouzouki, guitar), Hazelius (cittern), Tallroth (tenor guitar) and Linder (bass).
  "Jag står här på ett torg" is a famous antiwar song by the French novelist, poet and musician Boris Vian, originally published in 1954 under the French title "Le Déserteur". Lars Forssell translated the song into Swedish. The song was arranged by Karlsson and Livebrant and performed by Karlsson (vocals), Livebrant (piano), Nils Berg (bass clarinet) and Linder (bass).
  "Hemlängtan" was originally a poem by Dan Andersson, set to music by Gunnar Turesson. Here it is arranged by Karlsson, Hazelius and Linder and performed by Karlsson (vocals), Hazelius (cittern, vocals), Lisa Rydberg (violin), Henrik Cederblom (dobro) and Linder (percussion, vocals).
  "Resan till Österlandet" is a traditional song, with verse 2 added by Karlsson. It was arranged by Karlsson and performed a cappella by her, Isaksson and Will Mark (vocals).
  "Valsen till mig" is the disc's only instrumental track, written by Hazelius, and performed by Hazelius (violin, cittern), Karlsson (transverse flute), Tallroth (guitar) and Linder (bass, percussion). It was arranged by the quartet.
  "Märk hur vår skugga" (Fredma
caption: Evert Taube wrote "'Blue Bird' av Hull" in 1929.
exif: {}