Andreas Hellkvist

This wasn't a regular Glenn Miller gig, but a private event for the festival Organ space. It's a church organ festival, held biannually in Stockholm. We played at the same event 2 years ago, so hopefully it's becoming a tradition!It's fun to play for colleagues, especially when you do something similar but not quite the…

So much fun playing outdoors on a festival stage. Great sound, lighting and overall production. The music gets a whole new dimension. This band is such a powerhouse and the music and overall output really benefits from a larger setting. I also really like the combination of bands playing. First up was a bluegrass band,…

Since the beginning of my collaboration with Hans 8 years ago, we have sort of been taking turns in doing gigs in Norway and Sweden. A year ago Hans and Helene was in Uppsala and Gävle for a couple of shows and now we had a weekend in the Trondheim area. Me and drummer Ola…

I love small intimate venues. And it´s nice when it's a place with several functions. Jessies is a combined second hand store and café. Haven't been here before, so I didn't really know the size of the place, other than a few pictures. I had already loaded the organ I was bringing to Norway so…

I like gigs in small intimate venues, and this was definitely in that category. Almost like a living room, where people come to dine and hang out. You can't play to loud, so the challenge is to have the energy and intensity but not volume. I had the Nord C2D and my 142 leslie, a…

End of summer, beginning of autumn. For us, this concert was a bit of both. It was hot and sweaty like any summer concert at Glenn Miller, but since this was the first club gig after the summer church tour, it also felt like the first autumn day. In any way, it was so nice…

Mats Åkerlund was a remarkable human being in many ways. I met him quite a few years back when he booked Trinity to Årstakyrkan, where he worked. We both shared a love for the Hammond organ and he'd often tell me the story of when he bought his first Hammond and how it was delivered…

A fun night at Musikhuset! The sound was really awesome. So powerful and warm.

Brännkyrka kyrka has been a recurring stop on our summer tours. Not every year, but many of them, and when we're there it's usually the last or close to last gigs in late August. This year it was the actual last gig of the tour. As I wrote about the gig yesterday, one is a…

The end of a tour is always both fun and a little sad. After all the previous gigs, you know the songs better and the general feeling is more relaxed. But on the other side, it it has been a good tour, you don't want it to end. In this case, both criteria are well…

Last gig of the summer with the blues band and Claes. "Jazz & glass" (Jazz and ice cream) is a really nice festival in the small town of Flen. The festival area is located up on a hill with beatuiful old houses. There's a local ice cream being made at a farm, hence the name.…

A rainy gray day but a nice concert to light it up! Third time at this church. Earlier in the day I made blueberry cakes that we had before the gig.

I was happy to play at this private birthday party. They had seen me play at some shows at Ktvå, Uppsala last fall. Funny how on things leads to another. Anyway, love doing these kind of things!

Back in my old home town of Borlänge! It's always a special feeling coming here, especially when there is family and friends in the audience. A big church and the acoustics are a little tricky but it worked out well. Jojo had to rush back to Stockholm so me and Karl did the encore "The…

Really enjoyed playing in this church. A big room, but the acoustics were good. We haven't been here before but hope to come back! Afterwards me and the church organist had a nice cultural exchange. He tried my Hammond organ and I tried out the church organ. Those kind of meetings are so fun!

This was the last night of the jazz festival "Sommarjazzveckan". Beautiful venue, an old restaurant in a recreation and swimming area. The first set was just Arnesen blues band, and for the second, Claes Janson joined us on stage. As it often is, I was also asked to talk a little about the Hammond organ…

Last time I played this church was a solo concert (shared with churtch organist Gabriella Sjöström), but it was so nice to be back with Trinity. We haven't played here since 2017. I put out a little snippet from the song "En gång i Stockholm" that you can see below. A suitable song, considering the…

When playing in churches on the countryside, you never really know how many people will show up. But I can happily say that it was far more than expected. It was a nice concert, although my pedals started acting up in the encore, where notes started to hang. Luckily it was just at the end.…

A floating stage! Once you're out there, you'd better play well so they'll bring you back. We had a fun night in Öregrund, playing blues, jazz and some soul. It was bit bit cloudy and rainy during the day but it all cleared up for a beautiful summer evening. Though, it got a little cold…

Last gig of the tour was at Lilla jazzfestivalen (The small jazz festival), in Kastlösa. Having done mostly organ parties with covers and standards earlier in the week I decided to play mostly my own music here. I had quite an early slot in the program which was kind of nice. The day ended with…

When you throw an organ party on the birthday of the crown princess of Sweden, in the same town as she celebrates, there of course will have to be a royal theme! So, for example, since her name is Victoria, I played the Kinks tune with the same name. Worked out well! Also thought the…

New place, new audience. At the beginning of the concert I asked - does anyone know who I am? Hardly anyone put up their hand. So, I'm glad they took a chance to come and see me. And as the evening went along, we got to know each other better and better.

The town of Hultsfred in Småland has become synonomous with the legendary rock festival that took place here in the summers of the 90s and early 2000s. I was there in 96 and 97 and that haven't been here since. So it was nice to come back, and Hotell Hulingen, where I played and stayed…

A fairly new summer tradition in Uppsala is the concerts at Katalin's terrace that has been going on for a few years. I usually do a couple gigs there and this one was the first of this summer. Playing with Cales Janson in Uppsala is somewhat of a guarranteed hit, and that was the case…