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What’s on in Sweden: August 1 – 7

What’s on in Sweden: August 1st – 7th. Europride climaxes in Stockholm, Way Out West in Gothenburg and Propagandhi in Malmö.

Published: 31 July 2008 13:07 CEST
What’s on in Sweden: August 1 - 7
alexandre anami; Lugar; Silvania Duarte/Stockholm Pride

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm Pride and Europride 2008 Parade

Stockholm Pride comes to its climax this weekend with perhaps the biggest party of the city’s entertainment calender – the Pride Parade. 60,000 people joined the 2007 Pride Parade and some 500,000 lined the route – this year will be no different, so go get your glad rags on and join in the fun.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Starts on Engelbrektsgatan and winds its way through the city to Ringvägen.

Time: Saturday August 2nd, 1pm

More information: www.stockholmpride.org/en

Dance month at Parkteatern

August is dance month at Parkteatern – Stockholm City Theatre’s summer stage.

This week’s highlights are the Gothenburg Opera Balett on Friday and Saturday, and ‘The Improvised Schlager Festival’ on Sunday.

So pack your picnic and your bottle of chilled bubbly and join the throng in the evening sunshine at Vitabergsparken.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Friluftsteatern, Vitabergsparken

Time: Friday August 1st, Saturday August 2nd and Sunday August 3rd, 7pm

More information: www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se

Jazz at Lasse i Parken

Monday jazz in one of Stockholm’s most wonderful cafés. Tucked in the greenery behind Hornstull, Lasse i Parken (Lars in the park) is a lush oasis away from the Stockholm bustle. Full meals are available.

On Monday Frida Öhrn joins forces with the Gerry Stensen trio.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Lasse i Parken, Högalidsgatan 56

Times: Monday August 4th, 7pm

More information: www.lasseiparken.se

GOTHENBURG

Way out West

Way Out West is Gothenburg’s music festival highlight of the year. The festival hosts rock, indie, and alternative acts from both Sweden and the international scene. This year welcomes acts such as the Buzzcocks, Franz Ferdinand, Neil Young and Sweden’s current superstar-in-the-making, Lykke Li.

The two-day festival is held in Slottsskogen, a large beautiful park in the centre of Sweden’s second city.

Price: From 650 kronor, reduced prices for under 18s.

Location: Slottskogen and club nights across the city

Time: Thursday August 7th-Saturday August 9th

Tickets: www.tickster.com

More information: http://www.wayoutwest.se/

New Nordic Photography

This exhibition of New Nordic Photography is an annually recurring forum in which the Hasselblad Foundation presents works by young, recently graduated photographers.

Each year, the Hasselblad Foundation awards the prestigious Victor Fellowship to a young, promising Nordic photographer. The winner is awarded a one-year postgraduate program in England.

Price: 40 kronor, free with Göteborg Pass.

Location: Hasselblad Center, Götaplatsen

Time: Until August 24th,Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am

More Information: http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/index_en.html

World Championship Skateboard Slalom 2008

Continuing last week’s theme of offbeat sports – a host of the world’s leading skateboarders will descend on Gothenburg’s city park, Slottskogen, to challenge for the world championship in skateboard slalom this weekend.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Slottsparken

Time: Friday August 1st – Sunday August 3rd

More information: http://www.slalomskateboarder.com

MALMÖ/LUND

Propagandhi

One of Canada’s most influential and talked about punk bands comes to Lund’s Mejeriet on Saturday.

The band released their first album, ‘How To Clean Everything’, in 1993. The band is known for its sharp satire and for holding long political monologues between songs. But don’t let that put you off, the band adds new fans to the cause each time they play.

Price: 175 kronor

Location: Kulturmejeriet, Stora Södergatan 64, Lund

Time: Saturday August 2nd, July 28th, 9pm

Tickets: www.ticnet.se

More Information: www.kulturmejeriet.se

Kal

One of the hottest Roma bands from Belgrade plays in the heart of Malmö quaint old town on Friday. Kal mixes modern dance groove with the Balkan gipsy tradition.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Hedmanska Gården, Lilla Torg

Time: Friday, August 1st, 7pm

More Information: www.malmo.se/sommarscen

Miriam Aïda

Local Malmö favourite, Miriam Aïda brings her unique, classic yet personal jazz to Hedmanska Gården as part of Malmö city council’s summer stage program.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Hedmanska Gården, Lilla Torg

Time: Sunday, August 3rd, 7pm

More Information: www.malmo.se/sommarscen

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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