Ida Sand Do You Hear Me?

In 2020, the authorities in Sweden tried to keep normal life going for as long as possible, but, even there, things were eventually brought to a halt by Corona. And like everywhere else, musicians were among the hardest-hit. "It felt somehow as if one of my limbs had been severed,” recalls Ida Sand. “I had a longing to sing, I was missing music so much." The Stockholm-based singer/pianist is a well-established artist with a strong and long-standing following in several countries across Europe, so her diary would normally have been full. The lack of work, it turned out, was having a similar effect on her long-term colleague, keyboardist/organist Jesper Nordenström. "One day he called me,” she recalls. “'Let's meet in my studio and let's just do something'. Okay, I said, I can try to bring some compositions. We asked some...

Ida Sand vocals, piano & wurlizer
Jesper Nordenström organ, keyboard & synths
Per Lindvall drums & percussion
Dan Berglund upright bass & Höfner bass
Ola Gustafsson acoustic & electric guitars

Anders Von Hofsten backup vocals
Goran Kajfeš trumpet
Per “Ruskträsk” Johansson saxophone
Mats Öberg harmonica (guest on “Waiting”)