Marillion - Kayleigh

Marillion, the British rock band are out on tour and visited Sweden for a gig at Debaser here in Stockholm on Sunday. Have actually been able to see them play live that few times and this was a very high class performance, a band made ​​up of amazing musicians who even get a really good balance live.The sound was excellent, the light was cruel and joy of playing was at its peak with lots of humor, a great evening in other words, the fans were totally...

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Metsatöll - Vaid Vaprust

Today we take the ferry to Estonia and check out what this country can offer.Metsatöll is an Estonian folk metal band. The name "Metsatöll" is an ancient Estonian euphemism for wolf, which is reflected in the harshness of their lyrics. Much of their material, featuring flutes and other traditional instruments, is based on the wars for independence of the 13th and 14th centuries.Like the album "Äio" were we pick todays tune from, features heavy use...

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

Today's classic is a true classic in big letters. The band in question is no less than Lynyrd Skynyrd, the rock band best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. Originally formed in 1964 as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tunes "Sweet Home Alabama," and "Free Bird." At the peak of their success, three members died...

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Lady Antebellum - I Run To You

 Yesterday visited the band Lady Antebellum Sweden for the first time for a gig at Circus here in Stockholm. It was a really busy day, first working the grown up job and then get to the circus to work. Still it was an interesting day, basically all that went on The tour visited Stockholm for the first time so a lot of questions came, and with an effervescent expression, little fun actually, had a very fruitful conversation with Dave about Nashville...

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Fatoumata Diawara - Bissa

Sometimes it's actually really nice to take out the curves a bit, leave the comfort zone a bit, feeling a bit snowed in on rock music right now ... but to find music that still has some references to that you have closest to your heart's very positive. You have probably noticed by now that I have broad musical taste. and you do not really know what's coming next day, a bit like a Kinderegg. Today we are flying over to Mali, a country that is just...

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Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop

Yesterday I had it really nice. Dinner with Thetania on a classic Indian restaurant here in Stockholm, place is a bit shabby but the food is heavenly. A place that I now and then visit during lunch and usually goes away full and satisfied. Just like yesterday, though this was probably just a bit better. After dinner we met a couple of friends who had decided to dance at a place called Trädgården. A place that is below Skanstulls bridge, yes under...

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Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

The British indie folk quartet Mumford & Sons takes over the rudder today and brings some lovely folk tunes here at Tune Of The Day. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (vocals, guitar, drums, mandolin), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboards, accordion, drums), Country Winston Marshall (vocals, banjo, dobro, guitar), and Ted Dwane (vocals, string bass, drums, guitar). Mumford & Sons formed in December 2007, emerging out of what some in the media...

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Baroness - Take My Bones Away

 This weeks album will be another new record with a band that I really look up to, both music creation and the artistic thought of the band, the singer in the band possesses an amazing artist quality's a nice plus, his work is quite stunning. Today as we dig a little light us into the Savannah, Georgia’s own sludge metal titans Baroness's latest work Yellow & Green.Apparently it was no longer sufficient to have one color to cover the volume...

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Paul Simon - Graceland

Album "Graceland" is considered one of the highlights of Paul Simon's (age 70) career. In the middle of South Africa Boycott, he went to Johannesburg to record it, but despite all this was the record became a critically acclaimed success. Yesterday he visited the Globe and played the album in almost its entirety. The concert is a journey through Paul Simon's rich career, which in turn drawn influences from many countries and genres. He had also...

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Judas Priest - Steeler

Sunday and time for a classic, today we say hi to the British leather guys Judas Priest. Todays tune "Steeler" is taken from the sixth album British Steel, released on 14 April 1980. It saw the band reprise the commercial sound they had established on Killing Machine however; this time, they abandoned many of the dark lyrical themes which had been prominent on their previous releases. British Steel was recorded at Tittenhurst Park, home of former...

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