Andreas Hellkvist

Always interesting to see and play new venues. This one was really nice, a "Folkets hus" (House of the people) with a 50s vibe. The audience was really appreciative and we had a great time!

Haven't played with this band in a number of years so it felt a little like a time machine. Almost in every song I felt I was being transported to a venue called Lingon (summer club in Uppsala) sometime in 2012. And the songs were still in the fingers, though I didn't remember everything right…

A bit ironic that the smallest venue of the tour would have the biggest audience. At at least it was a great finish! Jessies Musikcafé & Secondhand is such a nice place and Jessie who runs it is doing a great jog, being a local cultural actor. It was third time we played there, and…

Always a special feeling playing in your hometown! We had a lot of fun doing the concert. We stayed at a hotel and the morning after I could take a walk to some of the places of my childhood. That was so nice!

A nice little restaurant in a Stockholm suburb. Downstairs is where they serve the food and upstairs is a pub with a little stage. We had to think hard about how to place the organ and drums but it worked out well. When I got there in daylight, it actually didn't look like much, but…

I was invited to play at this "Jazz café" at Gottsunda church that they have on Friday afternoons. The concert is held in the church, just outside the actual church room. Very airy foyer with a nice relaxed feeling. A lot of old people in the audience and so I decided to do mostly well…

First official release concert for the vinyl! And a great place to start the tour. We did two sets. The first one was the record all the way through with the songs in the same order. Then we have a whole other set of songs that potienitally could be an upcoming album. So nice to…

This was an Orgelparty (Organ party) especially taylored for a group of people from the loclo university. There were people from all over Europe and their request was to hear Swedish music of different kind. So there were folk music, jazz and a few tunes from the Eurovision Song Contest. But in the end I…

A wonderful Friday night in the outskirts of Stockholm! It was sort of an after work where people meet , mingle and have some coffee. And then a concert. I love it when the church becomes a meeting place outside the traditional ceremonies. And as usual with Kiralina, it's just a celebration of life and…

The venue E-street has become somewhat of a home arena. I play there quite often and you get to know the people and and place better for each time. Not least thanks to local local jazz club that organizes the concerts. Playing with Claes is so easy and laid back. We always have a lot…

Since the local jazz club stopped organizing concerts I've been doing some concerts of my own at the same place, Café August. And it has been wokring pretty well. It's nice to have another stop on the way up north. For this concert I had even baked some nut cream buns for the audience. It…

Emil Ingmar is a pianist and composer, and a good friend and colleague of mine in my hometown of Uppsala. I was invited to play at this Ray Charles tribute at Katalin. I was delighted to accept. I so like the music, and you can bring out all Billy Preston-licks you have. It turned out…

Always nice to play at Musikhuset, and especially with Claes. We did the same set as in Huddinge a couple of days before.

Nice afternoon gig with Hunky Dory. Pelle couldn't do this gig so instead Karl Samuelsson played guitar. We also did a version of Bowie's and Bing Crosby's Little drummer boy/Peace on earth.

Cozy afternoon gig at Huddinge Jazz & Blues. A lot of people showed up and they were really digging it!

I was looking forward to this concert. It's fun to play solo, as you can chosse the repertoire quite freely and follow any whim you might get. Since I have recently released two albums, and it's Christmas time, I felt the that would be the main themes of the concert. So I played a few…

4th concert of out 5 in my series at the Katalin Jazzbar. It has been a while since Kiralina and I played here so I was really looking forward to this night. And it went pretty much as usual - and that is not a bad thing. The audience was really taken by the performance…

Cozy gig at Ladan "the barn" in one of the southern suburbs of Stockholm!

What a trip! As we had an early gig on Saturday I drove down to Oskarshamn the night before, thinking I was going to have a long nights sleep and then just play the gig and go home. But, with about half an hour left to Oskarshamn my van started breaking down, leaving me stranded…

Had a fun night playing for an audience with functional differences. The whole thing is organized by the Uppsala muncipality. The vebue is a theatre so the background was for a play that they're currently doing, and it made for some really nice pictures. It almost looks like I'm out in the woods playing. Tried…

Got a last minute call to do "The Organ Hangout", the sunday show at Stampen, Stockholm. Leo Lindberg usually plays the organ but I fill in for him now and then. It's usuallt such a fun gig and this time was no exception. Martin Jonsson played the drums. We got to play together for the…

On this day I did two concerts at the concert hall of my hometown Uppsala. That particular day is very special in Uppsala. Every year, on the second Saturday of September, there is this thing called “Kulturnatten” (Culture Night). All over town, exhibitions, concerts and cultural manifestations in as music, art, theatre, food, craft are…

Had a great set with Claes on the Blues & Heritage festval. We played mostly blues tunes and the crowd loved it. Hit the ground running with "Everyday I have the blues" and it went on from there. Logistically we had to work fast. There was only about 15 minutes between the acts and we…