Andi Almqvist
Andi Almqvist (born 2 July 1968) is a Swedish singer, musician and composer known for his dark, cinematic sound and haunting lyrics about life, death, alienation and dysfunctional love. Almqvist has released five solo albums, "Can't Stop Laughing" (2005), "Red Room Stories" (2007), "Glimmer" (2009), "Warsaw Holiday" (2013) and "Tiltad" (2018). Touring. Andi Almqvist has toured extensively over the years, headlining or supporting artists like Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, Holly Golightly, Kaizer's Orchestra, B.B. King, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette among others. Almqvist has played many of Europe's big festivals, such as  Eurosonic Festival (Holland), Les Ardentes (Belgium), Spot Festival (Denmark), Dias Nordicos (Spain), Peace & Love (Sweden), and Hultsfred Festival (Sweden). He has also performed in venues around the world, such as "Joe's Pub" in New York City, "Club Passim" in Boston, "3rd and Lindsley" in Nashville, "Borderline" in London, "King Tut's" in Glasgow, "Andrews Lane Theatre" in Dublin, "Le Mura" in Rome, "Kulturbrauerei" in Berlin, "B72" in Vienna, "Galileo Galilei" in Madrid, "Vega" in Copenhagen, "Grand Theatre" in Groningen, "Debaser Medis" in Stockholm and many others. Miscellaneous. During July and August 2010, Almqvist's song "Low-Dive Jenny" was  the most downloaded on well-known American music magazine "Paste Magazine's" website. In May 2011 the documentary "The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist" aired on Swedish national television. The film was released on DVD in November 2011. In February 2012, Almqvist's song "Big Bad Black Dog Blues" was featured in American TV-series "Justified", episode 5, season 3. In May 2012 Andi Almqvist signed with "Zentropa Music", the music division of film company "Zentropa". Almqvist-song "I Was Not To You What You Were to Me" was featured in "Thomas Vinterberg"s film "The Hunt", which was nominated for the  Golden Palm in Cannes 2012. "Mads Mikkelsen" won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the movie. "The Hunt" was also nominated for an "Academy Award" for "Best Foreign Language Film". In February 2015 Almqvist made his debut as actor/soloist in the Swedish musical "Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa", a collaboration between "Malmö Opera and Skånes Dansteater". In the spring of 2017, Swedish musical "Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa", toured entire Sweden. The national tour was produced by "Riksteatern". In November 2017 Almqvist released the single "Kirseberg", his first song in the Swedish language. In April 2018 Almqvist  released the album "Tiltad", also in Swedish.