See ya', Norway!

Thanks to everyone who showed up at our shows in Norway this month! We've had a blast, and will be back very soon!

Thank you Tafjord!

Had the most wonderful weekend in Tafjord, Norway. Stina Stjern played a show at the small festival, Kulturgytinga, at Olagarden Friday night. I had the pleasure of hanging out all weekend and enjoyed the company of new friends, good music, spectacular nature, good coffee and home made svele. I'm now in Oslo preparing for klubbøya at Tilt tomorrow night! Wednesday we'll go to Kristiansand to play at Pir6. Wonderful to be back in Norway!

And what a Summer it is!

My home office is now open and I'm enjoying my coffee while trying to organize Stina Stjern stuff. The heavy rain outside makes me think of our performance at the Hove Festival a couple of weeks ago! It was quite wet but also kind of cozy. You can read more about it at Lydverket and Usignert. I also found out that I'm on this fine list of "Top Female Vocalists of All-time" at www.indierockreviews.com. Not too bad, huh? Coming up is a trip to Barcelona (vacation-time with my mom and sister) and 3 Stina Stjern shows in Norway in July and August! Check it out:



Brukbar, Trondheim, Saturday 30th July



Olagarden, Tafjord, Friday 5th August



Klubböya, Tilt, Oslo, Tuesday 9th August

Getting ready for the summer!

Had the most amazing week practicing with my band here in Copenhagen. Stina Stjern sounds better than ever, and we are now fit for a summer to remember! First up is Gloria Flames, Oslo, Tuesday 28th June, and then we'll head for the HOVE festival.

Dancing Janet

Here is a wonderful rooftop solo dance by my dear friend Janet Konz. I love the choreography and it's spontaneous and naive vibe! I'm a big fan of solo dancing and loud pop music whenever I'm home alone! Please enjoy and be inspired!

It's good to be back!

I'm in New York now! Been here for a about a week just enjoying life and hanging out in my old hood Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick. Last week I played a solo show at Goodbye Blue Monday, and yesterday we made a DIY music video at my friend Janet's house. Think it will turn out great, but more about that later! Tonight We're going to Terminal 5 to see PJ Harvey! Can't wait! Got to love this life!

How my song Tuning was born

A year after I first moved to Denmark, in 2007, I started a band together with Thomas from the now defunct Danish rock act The Royal Highness. We named ourselves Saint Augustine, but didn't really do much as we were both extremely busy with everything besides Saint Augustine (although we started out quite ambitious and videotaped every rehearsal and posted it on youtube as a diary). It was however during this period my song Tuning first saw the light of day (although we decided to call it "Skissy India"). Check out parts of the songwriting process in this video and listen to the song on the Saint Augustine myspace page (FYI: I'm singing in gibberish):



And this is how it sounds, two years after its origin, on my debut album "Days Like Waves".

Tuning by StinaStjern

I guess you can say it sounds quite different, but you should be able to hear that it is the same song.

Fun fact: I first met Thomas while he worked at Cafe Svejk - an awesome bar selling Czech beer. He got me a job there as bartender, and we had good fun bartending while listening to many great rock albums. Thomas now works for Warner Music in Denmark and I have released my debut as Stina Stjern on my own record label Familien Marklund. Funny how things turn out in life and I am glad we both have achieved some of the many dreams we talked about during the Saint Augustine period.