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What’s on in Sweden: March 21st – 27th

What to do for the week: Bash eggs in Stockholm, see Kent in Malmö, or go salsa dancing in Gothenburg.

STOCKHOLM

Persian New Year

It’s time again to celebrate the Persian New Year with a spectacular concert this Friday night. PLE invites you to Globen to listen to a mix of music legends and up and coming stars such as Shahram, who has been one of Iran’s hottest artists, and Shohreh with their unique and energetic stage show. One of Stockholm’s most famous DJs, Crush, will also be there to add to the festivities.

Price: 345 kronor

Location: Globens Annex, Globentorget.

Times: Saturday, March 22nd, 8pm

More information: www.ple.se

Tickets: Ticnet or 077- 170 70 70

”Äggpickning”

Äggpickning is an old Swedish Easter tradition that is still upheld today. The game is played by two people, each with a hard-boiled egg. The opponents have to knock the eggs against each other, and the first one whose egg cracks on both ends loses.

Learn the game and celebrate Easter in the traditional Swedish style this weekend at Skansen.

Location: Skansen Open Air Museum, Djurgårdsslätten 49-51, Djurgården.

Times: Saturday, March 22nd, 11am-4pm

… and continuing.

Phone: 08- 442 80 00

More information: www.skansen.se

Shen Yun

Traditional Chinese dance, song and music combined with beautiful handmade costumes and perfect choreography. It is an amazing show that captivated audiences in New York, Berlin, and Paris. Don’t miss your chance to see over 100 artists and musicians from the New York based group as the tour the world over.

Price: 470-565 kronor

Location: Cirkus, Stockholm.

Times: Monday, March 24th, 8pm

…and continuing to Wednesday, March 26th.

More information: www.chinesespectacular.se

Tickets: Ticnet or 077- 170 70 70

Chaplin

Chaplin is the first exhibition based solely on the Chaplin family’s private archives. Through films and photographs we can understand the private and very public life of the icon.

Location: Galleri 5, Kulturhuset.

Times: Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm (closed Friday and Monday for Easter).

…and continuing. (Regular opening hours apply after Easter Monday).

Phone: 08- 508 315 08

More information: www.kulturhuset.se (English).

The Proclaimers

A band from Scotland that plays upbeat folk rock music in a strong Scottish accent. The band formed in 1983 and their track I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) was a smash hit. Although the subsequent seven albums were not as successful, their music is

of a consistently high quality. Their songs speak about politics, love, and life in Scotland with a touch of humour.

Location: Nalen, Regeringsgatan 74.

Times: Tuesday, March 25th, 9pm

Phone: 08- 453 34 00

More information: www.nalen.com

MALMÖ

Kent

Kent, one of Scandinavia’s best known rock bands, continues this year’s tour with two concerts in Malmö this weekend.

Price: 350 kronor

Location: Baltiska Hallen, Erik Perssons väg

Times: Saturday, March 22nd, and Sunday, March 23rd, 8pm

Phone: 040 – 30 20 11

Tickets: 077- 170 70 70

Narratives from the Private

An exhibition by five contemporary Turkish photographers. To depict the lifestyle in Turkey, the photographs focus on themselves, their families, friends, and home towns.

Location: Borggården, Malmö Museer

Times: Wednesday, March 26th 12pm-4pm

…and continuing

Phone: 040 – 34 44 37

Tristan and Isolde

Another chance to experience the Metropolitan Opera in High Definition live from New York. The satellite transmission starts one hour before the performance of Tristan and Isolde so that the audience in Malmö can watch as the audience arrives at the Met Opera.

Price: 290 kronor

Location: Biograf Spegeln, Stortorget 29.

Times: Saturday, March 15th, 6.30pm

Phone: 040 – 10 30 20

Motor Fair

Price: 130 kronor (Children 7-14 60 kronor)

Location: MalmöMässan.

Times: Thursday, March 27th 12pm-8pm

…and continuing.

Phone: 040- 690 85 00

More information: www.motormassan.se

GOTHENBURG

Scandinavian Salsa Congress 2008

This is the largest salsa congress in Scandinavia with over 3,000 participants from all over the world. The congress hosts workshops, shows, and all-night parties. Salsa world champions, Ricardo and Viviana, will perform.

Price: 200-1800 kronor

Location: Elite Park Avenue Hotel, Kungsportsavenyn 36-38

Times: Thursday, March 27th

…and continuing.

Phone: 031- 727 10 00

More information: www.salsacongressscandinavia.com

Maggie Reilly

A concert by Maggie Reilly in which she will perform her popular songs “Every time we touch” and “To France.”

Price: 300 kronor

Location: Åby Travet, Mölndal.

Time: Sunday, March 23rd, 7.30pm

Tickets: 077- 170 70 70

MUSIC

Meet the Spanish rapper bringing flamenco and bossa nova into hip-hop

Spanish rapper C. Tangana was taking a big risk when he started mixing old-fashioned influences like flamenco and bossa nova into his hip-hop -- but it's this eclectic sound that has turned him into a phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic.

Meet the Spanish rapper bringing flamenco and bossa nova into hip-hop
Spanish rapper Anton Alvarez known as 'C. Tangana' poses in Madrid on April 29, 2021. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP

The 30-year-old has emerged as one of the world’s biggest Spanish-language stars since his third album “El Madrileno” — the Madrilenian — came out in February. That ranks him alongside his superstar ex-girlfriend Rosalia, the Grammy-winning Catalan singer with whom he has co-written several hits.

C. Tangana, whose real name is Anton Alvarez Alfaro, has come a long way since a decade ago when he became known as a voice of disillusioned Spanish youth in the wake of the financial crisis.These days his rap is infused with everything from reggaeton and rumba to deeply traditional styles from Spain and Latin America, with a voice often digitised by autotune.

“It’s incredible that just when my music is at its most popular is exactly when I’m doing something a bit more complex, more experimental and less
trendy,” he told AFP in an interview.

And he is unashamed to be appealing to a wider audience than previously: his dream is now to make music “that a young person can enjoy in a club or someone older can enjoy at home while cooking”.

‘People are tired’

The rapper, who sports a severe semi-shaved haircut and a pencil moustache, has worked with Spanish flamenco greats including Nino De Elche, Antonio Carmona, Kiko Veneno, La Hungara and the Gipsy Kings.

In April he brought some of them together for a performance on NPR’s popular “Tiny Desk Concert” series, which has already drawn nearly six million
views on YouTube.

Shifting away from trap, one of rap’s most popular sub-genres, and venturing into a more traditional repertoire was a dangerous move — especially for someone with a young fanbase to whom rumba, bossa nova and bolero sound old-fashioned.

“I think people are tired. They’ve had enough of the predominant aesthetic values that have previously defined pop and urban music,” he said.

Parts of his latest album were recorded in Latin America with Cuban guitarist Eliades Ochoa of Buena Vista Social Club, Uruguayan
singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, Mexican folk artist Ed Maverick and Brazil’s Toquinho, one of the bossa nova greats.

“What struck me most everywhere I went was the sense of tradition and the way people experienced the most popular music, and I don’t mean pop,” he said.

A new direction

C. Tangana started out in 2006 rapping under the name Crema. When the global economic crisis swept Spain a few years later, hard-hitting trap was
the perfect way to voice the angst of his generation. But after more than a decade of rapping, things changed.

“When I was heading for my 30s, I hit this crisis, I was a bit fed up with what I was doing… and decided to give voice to all these influences that I
never dared express as a rapper,” he said.

The shift began in 2018 with “Un veneno” (“A poison”) which came out a year after his big hit “Mala mujer” (“Bad woman”).

And there was a return to the sounds of his childhood when he used to listen to Spanish folk songs at home, raised by a mother who worked in
education and a journalist father who liked to play the guitar. The Latin American influences came later.

“It started when I was a teenager with reggaeton and with bachata which were played in the first clubs I went to, which were mostly Latin,” he said.

Studying philosophy at the time, he wrote his first raps between stints working in call centres or fast-food restaurants.

As to what comes next, he doesn’t know. But one thing he hopes to do is collaborate with Natalia Lafourcade, a Mexican singer who dabbles in folk, rock and pop — another jack of all musical trades.

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