Two weeks ago Owe Thörnqvist, the legendary Swedish singer/songwriter who debuted in 1953 (!), entered Melodifestivalen as the oldest contestant ever. And is that wasn’t enough, Owe went straight to the final with his song “Boogieman Blues”, composed by himself and produced by yours truly. So on Saturday he’ll perform it in the final in Friends Arena here in Stockholm. Wouldn’t suprise me if he would be chosen to represent Sweden in the ESC final in Kiev later this spring! This 87 year old is no ordinary elderly gentlemen, the guy has more energy than most people in their 20s! Click the link below for a video clip from our first session together, when we were going to record the harmonica solo. Owe asked me to “put up some 12 bar rounds”, he’d play along and try to come up with something useful. What do you think? 😀

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Last Saturday debut act Dismissed performed a song I co-wrote with Ola Salo, “Hearts Align”, in Melodifestivalen. I think they did a great job! Next performance will be in Andra Chansen in Linköping on March 4. Youtubers:
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On Spotify:
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Together with Swedish Idol winner Martin Almgren and George Németh I have written and co-produced “Unbreakable”, which is the official Bandy WC song 2017. Spotify users listen here:

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Big congrats to Daniel Gildenlöw and Pain Of Salvation, who releases their new brilliant album “In The Passing Light Of Day” today! I’ve had the pleasure of writing one track with Daniel: “Silent Gold”. Spotify users listen here:

The listeners of Swedish radio show “Svensktoppen” have voted – and Magnus Uggla’s “Jag Och Min Far”, which I produced and arranged, was voted most popular song ever. Svensktoppen is one of the oldest charts in Sweden – its first broadcast was in 1962! Check out the link:

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