About This Show
Emilia Martensson, “A voice of quite remarkable expressive depth” -(JAZZWISE) is an award-winning London-based vocalist originally from Sweden. Her gently expressive voice and highly personal compositions are firmly rooted within the folklore and countryside of her native southern Sweden, You can hear her Swedish heritage clearly, carved like an ancient rune, in the haunting and ethereal tones of her voice, in the dark melancholy of her storytelling and in the intimate, nocturnal hush of her timeless confessionals. Allied with the jazz musician’s effortless sense of timing and expression, it’s enough to make Mårtensson a very special voice indeed.
The quartet will play material from Emilia’s albums ‘Ana’ and ‘Loredana’, albums which are dedications to the singers’ mother and grandmother. The eclectic set will also include highly original interpretations of jazz standards, classics by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Rikki Lee Jones as well as some of Emilia’s favorite ancient Swedish Folk songs.
