How a blues samba with a message was born
 

Because I’m Swedish and we live in Germany, we spend our summer holidays in a small red summer cottage in Sweden. It’s pretty close to my family so that everyone…

(by Pia Fridhill) They claim there are lots of songs about running but most of them only use 'run' or 'running' as a metaphor for freedom, escape, a state of mind, being chased or chasing after something or someone: Born…

(by Pia Fridhill) More seldom than not I read a book that I'll never forget, a book that touches the innermost of my being, either with its poetic and beautiful language like Alice Walkers 'The Color Purple' or with its…

(by Pia Fridhill) The year 2002 was the beginning of our musical career, the beginning of our marriage and the beginning of our songwriting learning process. We'd met the British blues- & jazz veteran John C. Marshall, moved to Cologne…

(by Pia Fridhill) For 'Soul Cooking' I spent many months collecting lines, rhymes and phrases about our two favourite occupations: cooking and music. I thought it would be a fitting theme for a funky song and I had this…

(by Pia Fridhill) Jens loves to fiddle new song ideas on his guitar while watching football (soccer). One of his ideas, an instrumental piece in the style of melodious finger picking guitar, had accompanied him during hundreds of football matches…

(by Pia Fridhill) The music industry has changed fundamentally over the past 10-15 years, and NOT for the better. Like with all profit driven markets, maximizing income and reducing risks remain the main interest. Music has always been a high…

(by Pia Fridhill) This song is probably the most multi-layered on the album, content-wise as well as melodically. Autumn Love was hard to write. The lyrics are full of hidden meanings, contraditions and contrasts, unspoken sorrows meddled with positive, hopeful…

(by Pia Fridhill) Our pianist Stefan Michalke had recorded numerous jazz albums and compositions of his own, long before we met him. Being an instrumentalist, the large part of his jazz tunes were without lyrics and vocals, which is a…