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What’s on in Sweden: April 25 – May 1

What's on this week in Sweden: Surreal circus in Stockholm, Entombed in Gothenburg, Walpurgis celebrations in Malmö.

Published: 24 April 2008 15:31 CEST

STOCKHOLM

Taylor Mac

”If you only see one drag act ever, this should probably be it.” Strong words of advice from Time Out London.

Price: 160 kronor

Location: Södra Teatern, Mosebacke Torg 1-3

Time: Monday, April 28th, 7pm

More information: www.sodrateatern.com

Surreal circus

The Montreal based circus troupe, “7 doigts de la main” returns to Stockholm. In 2003, they made their breakthrough on the international scene with a surreal circus show that combines traditional Chinese acrobatics with modern dance, basketball, and skateboarding. Don’t miss it!

Price: 230 kronor

Location: Subtopia, Rotemannavägen 10.

Time: Friday, April 25th, 7pm

…and continuing.

Phone: 08- 530 616 77

More information: http://www.sodrateatern.com/en/Program–Tickets/Events-container/Taylor-Mac/

Three Artists

Three artists from three cities join together for a collective exhibition. Artists: Tatiana Essbland (Nack, Sweden), Frauke Bohge (Berlin, Germany), and Tord Camilton (Uppsala, Sweden).

Location: Köpmangatan 4, Gamla Stan.

Time: Saturday April 26th 12pm-8pm

…and continuing to May 1st.

Phone: 08- 24 41 51

Tickets: Galleri Svea

My Generation

A tribute to the 1960’s. A party with the best music from the 1960s including The Rolling Stones, James Brown, The Beatles, The Supremes and more. Live acts include the Repeatles and guest Magnus Carlson.

Price: 160 kronor

Location: Restaurang Tyrol, Lilla Allmänna gränd 2.

Time: Friday, April 25th, 8pm

…and continuing.

Phone: 08- 670 76 65

Tickets: <a href="http://www1.ticnet.se/Entry?S=SISE&E1=STHTYR200804252200&E2=alla

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Sphere The Experience

The biggest DJ gala in northern Europe! Ten of the world’s best DJ’s perform in the biggest electronic music event ever in Sweden. Note: Tickets only available through direct online payment.

Price: 570 kronor – 920 kronor (VIP)

Location: Stockholm Globe Arena, Globentorget.

Times: Saturday, April 26th, 6pm.

Phone: 077- 131 00 00

Tickets: <a href="http://www1.ticnet.se/EventList?eventSubGroupId=GLO324.215156

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Walpurgis Night

Skansen offers a memorable Walpurgis night by welcoming the Spring season in the traditional Swedish way with bonfires, choirs, and the game, “Bat the Cat Out of the Vat.” Spring’s arrival has been celebrated at Skansen since 1894, and the programme has not changed much since then.

Location: Skansen Open Air Museum, Djurgårdslätten 49-51.

Time: Wednesday, April 30th

Phone: 08- 442 80 00

More information: [email protected]

GOTHENBURG

Borta bra men hemma bästa

Maria and Josef live a comfortable, predictable life in their IKEA-styled home. When they meet 40 year old Mirna, an illegal immigrant with teenage rock-star dreams, their world is turned upside down. A guest performance from Helsingborg’s Stadsteater presented with FolkTeatern in Göteborg for the project Nya Pjäser – Nya Världar.

Location: Pusterviks Stora Scen

Time: Friday, April 25th and Saturday, April 26th

More information: Pustervik

Gothenburg Horse Show

The Gothenburg Horse Show presents Rolex FEI World Cup Final 2008. You can see the world’s best riders and horses in eight performances full of excitement, laughter, and beautiful riding.

Location: Scandinavium

Times: Wednesday, April 23rd

…and continuing to April 27th.

More information: www.goteborghorseshow.se

Valborg goes live

Live metal music from Somber, Marionette, Everygrey, Entombed and others to celebrate Valborg.

Age: 13-20

Price: 100 kronor

Location: Brewhouse – Stena arena.

Time: Wednesday, April 30th, 7pm

Eric Gadd

During the spring, Eric Gadd plays intimate performances in unusually crowded clubs as a precursor to the summer performances and the autumn tour. This weekend he’ll be raising the temperature at Neferiti with his red-hot single “Tvåhundratusen” (Two hundred thousand).

Location: Nefertiti

Times: Thursday, April 24th

MALMÖ

La Fille du Regiment

The last chance to experience opera live in High Definition transmitted directly from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The transmission begins an hour before the show so the audience in Sweden can watch as the audience arrives in New York.

Price: 290 kronor

Location: Biograf Spegeln, Stortorget 29.

Times: Saturday, April 26th, 7.30pm

Phone: 040- 12 59 78

Tickets: 040- 10 30 20

My Eklund and Pascal Jardy

The duo My Eklund and Pascal Jardy perform music by D. Ortiz, J. Dowland and V. Galilei.

Price: 40 kronor (Children 7-15, 10 kronor)

Location: Malmö Konstmuseum, Slottsholmen.

Time: Sunday, April 27th, 2pm-4pm

Phone: 040- 344437

Walpurgis Concert

Malmö’s largest men’s choir hold a concert to celebrate the spring on Walpurgis.

Location: Margaretapaviljongen.

Times: Wednesday, April 30th, 7pm

Valborg in Malmö

Interested in celebrating Valborg in the traditional Swedish way? Come welcome the Spring this year at Pildammsparken with picnics, a children’s show, a bonfire, and an unexpected Valborg experience.

Location: Pildammsparken.

Time: Wednesday, April 30th, 5pm, 7.30pm, and 9.30pm

More information: [email protected]

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.

Published: 23 May 2021 08:38 CEST
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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