Jazz Articles about Sarah Riedel

About Sarah Riedel

Interview

Sarah Riedel: Living Up To Expectations

by James Pearse
April 26, 2015

The world of jazz is no stranger to the sound of the Swedish language. Alice Babs and Monica Zetterlund--and more recently, Rigmor Gustafsson--are just a few of the names of jazz vocalists hailing from this cold northern country that have reached the ears of US and UK audiences. Some people believe that spoken Swedish sounds “song-like," melodic even, with high and low tones. Unlike English, Swedish has more than one two types of emphasis for different words, which ...

Album Review

Sarah Riedel: Memories of a Lost Lane

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 27, 2010

Memories of a Lost Lane è un album autunnale, composto da canzoni belle e fascinose, retto dalla voce di una cantante perennemente in bilico fra arrangiamenti dichiaratamente jazz, con parentesi strumentali in bella vista, e puntate in ambienti musicali pensati accuratamente per soli archi. Sarah Riedel, nome apprezzato e molto noto nel mondo del jazz moderno e del pop sofisticato svedese, fa convivere in questo disco atmosfere spesso differenti pur discostandosi raramente dall'impianto ad archi che la cantante ha eletto ...