Jerry Lindqvist Confirmed for Canadian Music Fest 2012!

Good news folks! I will be playing a Showcase at Canadian Music Fest 2012 in March (21-25) in Toronto, Canada. Needless to say, I'm super excited :-)

//Jerry

FIRST MAJOR LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR SLACKER CANADIAN MUSIC FEST

900 ARTISTS – 40 COUNTRIES – 60 VENUES – 5 NIGHTS – 1 WRISTBAND
A PART OF SLACKER CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2012 – CELEBRATING 30 YEARS

WWW.CANADIANMUSICFEST.COM
WWW.CMW.NET

TORONTO – December 6, 2011 – It’s the season for gift-giving and we have a few presents to unwrap early this year. Slacker Canadian Music Fest will kick winter into spring this March as the festival occupies Toronto for a weeklong run of events.
Officially slated to run Wednesday March 21through to Sunday March 25, 2012, this year’s festival will include additional programming on Tuesday, March 20, increasing the festival to six days. Taking over more than 60 venues in the city’s entertainment district, Slacker Canadian Music Fest will draw in more than 4,500 musicians – from local to international acts representing more than 40 countries – playing to 100,000 music fans. This year’s lineup offers an array of entertainment from some of Canada’s hottest acts, emerging artists, and headline talent from all over the world...

Read more here...
http://canadianmusicfest.com/news/first-major-line-up-announced-for-slacker-canadian-music-fest/

Update from The Grace Headquarters & Live Videos from New York City and CMJ Music Marathon 2011

We're keeping busy at The Grace Headquarters. Jerry Lindqvist & The Grace (The Acoustic Trio version) will play a show in Turku on Monday December 19th at Panimoravintola Koulu. The event is arranged by Turun seudun kansanmusiikkiyhdistys (Turku's "Folk Club")..Details posted later..We're also booking dates for next year in Finland, USA and Canada.

We're excited to see that Rivertown is getting airplay on US College Radiostations.. Thank you all for your support! Rivertown has Top 30 chart support at WESS in East Stroudsberg, PA (#30) and WVMM in Grantham, PA (#10). Check out the radioshow Postmodern Hootenany on WMNF 88.5 in Tampa, Florida: www.wmnf.org/programs/387

I was voted as one of the Top Music Discoveries of 2011 by Turku Rock City. I feel honoured the get this kind of feedback from my new hometown :-) Turku Rock City Music Blog

Another Finnish music site Meteli.net recommends Rivertown...
"Tässä hyvin tehtyä kotimaista countrya, Luultavasti paras tämän tyylin albumi 70-luvun Country Expressin jälkeen. Jerryn persoonallinen ääni ja hyvät biisit kruunaavat hienon kokonaisuuden."
Patriq/Meteli.net

A new Rivertown review came in from Sweden. Read the review (in Swedish) in Zero Music Magazine here: www.zeromagazine.nu
Have a great weekend everyone! Here's some live videos from our NYC & CMJ adventure in October... We sure had a wonderful time :-)

 Lucy, You Don't Sing Anymore

Dancing With April

Prohibition Blues

Live in Helsinki this Friday!

Hi everybody! I'm playing a solo-show at London Pub in Helsinki on Friday (November 18th) w/ Paul Oxley's Unit, Leavings-Orkesteri and Lori Campbell. I'll go onstage at 9PM. So come on out to the show!

I've been busy planning tours for next year. Hopefully there will be a North American tour as well as a Finland tour coming up, more on that later! At the moment I'm on a short vacation in Stockholm and I got to see the fantastic Amy LaVere perform last night. I must say it was one of the best live concerts I've ever seen. A great mix of Americana, Jazz, Blues & Country. If you haven't already, do check her out at amylavere.com!

It feels extra nice to be in Sweden when this review (in Swedish Rootsy.nu) came in...

Recension
 
Lindqvist, Jerry
Rivertown
(Wing Records)

Den här mannen har aldrig varit omnämnd förut här på Rootsy.

Jag vet inget om huruvida han har fått något spaltutrymme i svensk press heller.

Jag vet bara att han borde ha uppmärksammats både här och där.

Nu har han släppt sin tredje CD, två med sitt förra band Jerry & The Outlaws och nu en färsk med sitt nya band The Grace i bakgrunden.

Den nya CD:n innehåller precis sådan musik som vi rootsymänniskor tycker om. Ja, det är den vanliga mixen traditionell country, countryrock, americana, Hank Williams, Steve Earle, John Prine, Willie Nelson och alla du kan komma ihåg som går att klämma in däremellan.

Det som skiljer Jerry Lindqvist från alla hans förebilder, det är att Lindqvist kommer från Finland och har hemadressen Åbo.

Borde vi inte känna till honom? Jo, för det är en genuint bra platta den här. Mustig och skitig, nybadad och cool, djup och sorgsen och melodiskt energirik. Och personlig. Han försöker inte likna någon annan. Jag tror inte vi har någon liknande artist här i Sverige.

Lindqvist har bott en tid i Phoenix, Arizona, och han har turnerat en del i USA. Så han har säkert en bra hint om hur den här musiken fungerar inför sin hemmapublik. Han känner också till vad man kan åstadkomma i en studio. Och då kan studion lika gärna ligga i Vasa, Finland, som någonstans i USA, bara man vet vad man vill ha fram. Lindqvist och hans producent Janne Hyöty, behärskar med all önskvärd tydlighet just detta. Det framgår i låtar som »Into a Stranger«, »The Deal Is Going Down« och »Back To Being Blue«.

Någon borde ta hit Lindqvist, någon borde placera honom i ett teveprogram som Skavlan eller något annat som har en vuxen och vaken publik.
/Rune Häger


Link to review here: www.rootsy.nu

Ok for now,

jerry

Featured Artist of the Week on The Alternate Root!

Featured Artist of the Week 11-1-11 on The Alternate Root

Jerry Lindqvist

Jerry Lindqvist stakes his claim and marks his musical territory, using the song title “Funky Country” to describe the joyful noise rising from his recent release ‘Rivertown’. Jerry proves that American Roots do not really need to be rooted in the country of origin, this format of music belongs to the players and fans of the world. Jerry Lindqvist was born and raised in Vassa, Finland and grew on a diet of rock, country, Townes Van Zandt and Hank Williams. His music touches on influences and adds the natural soul texture of his vocal work. The title track bubbles up organ riffs, riding a fast train rhtyhm, singing of a “home where the heart used to be”, “Summer Rain” patters with a persistent drum beat and ragged guitar chords as the sky opens over two people “kissing in the amber fields of grain” and the voice in your ear whispers you to sleep, keeping hope alive that things will be better “If We Make It To Phoenix”. Jerry Lindqvist weaves the music and the culture of America into his songs and gives American Roots music a passport stamp.

For more information and a Free Download of the track Dancing With April please go to:  www.thealternateroot.com

Also check out this 4/5 Rivertown review on Vertigo.cd (in Finnish): Vertigo.cd

I will also play a Solo Show in Helsinki on November 18th at London Pub with Paul Oxley's Unit and Lori Campbell! Don't miss it, it's gonna be a great evening y'all! :-)

//Jerry

Thank You CMJ & NYC! + New Rivertown Reviews..

Photo By Evan D Williams

Me, Oskar and Joel had a wonderful time in NYC, playing at CMJ (at Googies at The Living Room), playing at the other legendary venues Pianos, Kenny's Cataways and The Way Station in Brooklyn and meeting up with new and old friends as well as checking out other cool music acts around the city.

 Photo By Evan D Williams

 Photo By Diane Nelson

We got to see the great Robert Ellis w/band perform twice at The Living Room. Two of the best live shows I've ever seen, so Thank you Robert! You have a killer band! We also got to see Thomas Wynn & The Believers from Orlando, Florida. They have the coolest songs and sweetest harmonies and Thomas even showed up for our show at Kenny's Castaways, good times!

A big thank you to Robert Singerman for helping us out! Thank you Alex Forbes for lending me your guitar, so sweet! Thank you also for the songwriting session!! Thank you Ashley Fayth, Duncan Townsend and Tiffany Shea for the music and for hanging out with us! Thank you Evan D.Williams for joining us on stage, playing the banjo, taking pictures and opening for us at Kenny's. We are grateful. It was also cool hanging out with our drummer friend Oskar Häggdahl from Molpe, what a guy!

Thank you also to Ariel Hyatt at Cyber Pr for the BBQ CMJ WRAP PARTY in Brooklyn, so much fun! I wish we could have stayed longer! Ariel's got a kick ass Pac-Man Arcade Game in her house, how cool is that! :-)

Here's a couple of pictures of me networking in the Big Apple...

 Robert Ellis!

Elmo from Sesame Street!

Here's some links to new Rivertown reviews y'all...

Pohjalainen (in Finnish)
www.musikkbloggen.no (in Norwegian)
Altcountryforum (in Dutch)

Also check out The Americana Roots Review show 93, my song Dancing With April is featured here: Americana Roots Review show 93


Ps...Don't forget to come out to RÅCKTÅBERFEST at Kåren in Turku this Saturday! Jerry Lindqvist & The Grace will be performing along with many other amazing bands!

//Jerry

The Camp, Official CMJ Showcase, at Googies @ The Living Room on October 20th in NYC

 

 

Official Line Up here: www.livingroomny.com/cmj2011

I'm very excited about playing CMJ this year at Googies with my songwriting companions Ashley Fayth and Duncan Townsend. I'm also thrilled that two of my new favorite artists Jason Isbell and Robert Ellis are also playing CMJ Showcases the same night downstairs. How cool is that :-). So if you're in NYC on Thursday October 20th, do come out to the show!

Here's the NY dates for Jerry Lindqvist & The Grace (Acoustic Trio)...

Oct 16, 2011 - Pianos Upstairs Lounge at 7PM

Oct 17, 2011 - Kenny's Castaways at 8PM

Oct 20, 2011 - The Camp, Official CMJ Showcase @ Googies Lounge at the Living Room at 9PM

Oct 21, 2011 - The Way Station, Brooklyn, NY at 8PM

//Jerry

Rivertown Tour, Reviews, Twitter & New Show in NYC confirmed...

Hi Everybody!

Thank y'all for coming out to the shows in Turku, Helsinki, Porvoo and Loviisa! We had a wonderful time both on and off stage.



 
 Photo above by Marko Haapatalo

The Rivertown Tour continues to New York where Jerry Lindqvist & The Grace will perform as an Acoustic Trio. We're happy to confirm another NYC gig on October 17th at Kenny's Castaways located on the legendary Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village.

...And yes, Jerry is now on Twitter. Follow him @JerryLindqvist

Also check out some cool Rivertown reviews...

Desibeli.net (in Finnish)

Österbottniska Posten (in Swedish)

ZXC MUSIC (in Swedish)