2015 in Swedish music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Swedish music.
(Go to LAST YEAR or NEXT YEAR in Swedish music.)
Events
January
February
- 7 – The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was arranged. The three next semi-finals took place on February 14, 21, and 28.[1]
March
- 7 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 7.
- 14 – The final of Melodifestivalen was carried out on March 14, 2015.[2] Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes" won the competition.
April
- 25 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in Gothenburg (April 25 – May 2).[3]
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Album and Singles releases
January
- 30 – Pinball by the Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset together with Ivo Neame, Petter Eldh and Anton Eger (ACT Music).[4]
February
- 17 – Picture You by The Amazing including with guitarist Reine Fiske (Partisan Records).[5]
March
- 6 – Trees Of Light by Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa (ECM Records).[6]
- 22 – Hit The Wall! by Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore (Smalltown Superjazzz).[7]
April
May
- 19 - Firehouse by the Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity including with Petter Eldh and André Roligheten (Clean Feed).[8]
June
July
August
- 21 – Silver Mountain by Elephant9 with Reine Fiske (Rune Grammofon).[9]
- 28 – Just The Two Of Us by Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson (ACT Music).[10]
September
- 25 – Allas Sak by Dungen (Smalltown Supersound).[11]
October
- 23 – Redo Att Gå Sönder by Bo Kaspers Orkester (Columbia).[12]
November
- 27 – Melt by Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo (Trost Records).[13]
December
Deaths
- January
- 22 – Peter Lundblad (65), singer "Ta mig till havet" (prostate cancer).[14]
See also
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
- List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2015 section on page)
References
- ^ "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". SVT. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Sweden's Melodifestivalen dates, changes and presenters announced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- ^ "GMLSTN JAZZ 2015". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Marius Neset: Pinball - CD". Musical reviews. ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ "The Amazing – Picture You". ConsequenceOfSound.net. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa - Trees Of Light". ECM Records. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore – Hit The Wall!". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Firehouse (Gatefold LP) - Gard Nilssen's acoustic Unity". Cleanfeed-Records.com. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ^ "Rune Grammofon". Rune Grammofon. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Cæcilie Norby just the two of us - CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- ^ "Dungen – Allas Sak". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Bo Kaspers Orkester – Redo Att Gå Sönder". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo - Melt". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ Weibull, Hedvig; Haimi, Rebecca; Fossbo, Hannes (2015-12-23). "Sångaren Peter Lundblad död". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-02-21.