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Jenny Lindfors, also known as the stage name Sailing Stones, is an Irish-Swedish singer-songwriter, vocalist, musician and composer. Under her own name she has released a solo album, When The Night Time Comes (2008). 

She now self-produces her own music under the moniker Sailing Stones and has released two singles, The Blazing Sun (2017) and Telescopes (2017). “Telescopes” received significant airplay on BBC Six Music. The debut Sailing Stones EP “She’s A Rose” is due for release in November 2017.

As a vocalist, she has performed on the soundtrack to the Irish feature length film The Halo Effect[1], and contributed vocals to several EDM releases. She has also worked as a backing vocalist for several artists, and as a co-writer for other artists.

Career

Jenny self-released her debut album “When The Night Time Comes” in Ireland in 2007, which received rave reviews from the Irish media[2], and the album received extensive coverage in the Irish press[3]. The album was featured as “Album of the Week” in the Irish Times[4]. She performed on Irish music television programmes Other Voices and The Café. She also performed live on RTÉ Radio 1’s Pat Kenny show[5].

The release of the album garnered attention from the UK music industry. She moved to London, where she signed a management deal and a publishing deal with Kobalt Music[6]. In her first week of moving to London, she performed a private concert for Yusuf Islam at her manager’s office. The album was re-released in 2008 via Flock Music/ PIAS[7]. The album received generally favourable reviews, leaving one reviewer “gobsmacked”[8]. She toured across the UK opening for acts such as Angus and Julia Stone[9] and Rumer[10], who invited Jenny on the road after seeing her perform[11]. 

As a result of the Kobalt publishing deal, she began to write for other artists, including “Shut Out the Moon” for Spark (Warner) and “Promises” by German artist Finn Martin (EMI)[12].

In addition to working as a songwriter, she worked as a vocalist, and contributed vocals to several EDM releases[13], including the unreleased live favourite “Let me Show You Love” by Avicii[14], which has had over seven million listens overall online. She also contributed backing vocals to several songs on Wallis Birds eponymous 2012 album. 

Throughout this time, she began working on her follow-up album with several UK-based producers, but was never satisfied with the results, often feeling that she was unable to articulate her ideas. After several years of attempting to work with a producer, and having gradually learned more about production through the years of session work she had done, she took on a studio of her own in East London in 2013, and began to learn how to produce music herself.

She began to release her first efforts at self-produced music under the moniker Sailing Stones in early 2017, which were featured on several online music magazines, receiving very favourable reviews. The debut single, "The Blazing Sun", was described as ‘captivating’ by The Line of Best Fit[15] and ‘beautiful’ by Indie Shuffle[16]. The second single “Telescopes” has been played several times on BBC Six Music - featuring on Tom Robinson’s BBC Introducing Mixtape[17], and receiving numerous plays by Gideon Coe[18]. 

Discography

Albums (under 'Jenny Lindfors'):

When The Night Time Comes (2008)

Singles (under 'Sailing Stones'):

The Blazing Sun (2017)

Telescopes (2017)

As writer:

Spark - Shut Out The Moon

Finn Martin - Promises

As backing vocalist:

Mundy - Soulmate (Autamata remix)[19]

Wallis Bird - In Dictum

Finn Martin - Promises

References

  1. ^ "Spirit Store - Music, Venue, Gigs, Comedy, Pub, Drink & Craic". www.spiritstore.ie. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  2. ^ Entertainment.ie. "Jenny Lindfors - When the Night Time Comes". entertainment.ie. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  3. ^ "Success has got Jenny's name on it - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  4. ^ "Bring on the night". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  5. ^ "RTÉ Radio One, Mooney Goes Wild, Archive". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  6. ^ "Jenny Lindfors". Ents24. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  7. ^ "Jenny Lindfors". Ents24. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  8. ^ News, Manchester Evening (2010-04-19). "Jenny Lindfors – When The Night Time Comes (Flock)". men. Retrieved 2017-10-12. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ News, Manchester Evening (2010-04-20). "Angus & Julia Stone @ Ruby Lounge". men. Retrieved 2017-10-12. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Review: Rumer, Grand Opera House, York". York Press. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  11. ^ "RIVERSIDE STAGE - 28th SEPTEMBER". Merge Festival. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  12. ^ "Finn Martin (2) - Change". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  13. ^ "Sander Van Doorn - Koko / Drink To Get Drunk". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  14. ^ ProgressivePleasure (2013-06-09), Avicii - Let Me Show You Love (Tom Swoon Edit), retrieved 2017-10-12
  15. ^ "Sailing Stones debuts with the acoustic ebb and flow of "The Blazing Sun"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  16. ^ "[LISTEN] Sailing Stones - The Blazing Sun :: Indie Shuffle". Indie Shuffle. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  17. ^ "The BBC Introducing Mixtape - 7th August 2017's playlist's Top Tracks - BBC Playlists". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  18. ^ "The Rolling Stones in concert., Gideon Coe - BBC Radio 6 Music". BBC. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  19. ^ "Irish Music Central - Autamata - Discography - Collaborations". www.irishmusiccentral.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
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