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...

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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”)