At the moment we’re preparing for the tour that is about to bring us all over Denmark (sorry, friends in other countries! We’d like to come and play for you as well, but unfortunately you’ll have to be patient …).
From the start in my hometown, Ringkøbing on wednesday the 28th of september and until we arrive in Copenhagen after the last job in Randers, we’ve covered a distance of aprox 4500 km in Denmark.
You can see the basic plan here (Sorry, but we had to leave out Rødovre from the map – otherwise we’d have too many waypoints …):
We’re looking so much forward to share our music with all you wonderful people out there!
The ‘Concerts‘ tab on this site is updated with all the information about the tour. We hope a lot of people will come and share the joy with us, so please be sure to bring your friends: The more the merrier! To make it easy to share, we’ve included a link to the facebook-event for each concert; feel free to share with all your friends.
Next weekend we’re gonna play at Skanderborg Festival. When we played at SPOT Festival some time ago we visited the amazing Smukbus, where the lovely people from Skanderborg shot this little video. We hope to see you at Skanderborg!
Sorry about the non-blogging lately. We’ve been busy. With what, you may ask? Well, the past month we’ve played @ SPOT festival, Skive Festival, Å-festival and Fanø Free Folk Festival. Four very different, but none the less fantastic festivals. Thank you for your support. It’s very, very much appreciated!
Three things about the SPOT-festival I have to mention:
We’ve already entitled this summer “The Summer of Love”. Yeah. Not very original – but it’s true. We already love this summer. We love playing for you guys, and we love that we’ve just begun the summer tour. This weekend we’re going to play our biggest concert ever. @ Roskilde Festival, Odeon Stage. We can’t wait, mildly put.
2/07 Roskilde Festival, Odeon
15/07 Fredagsrock, Plænen, Tivoli, Copenhagen (supporting Savage Rose)
13/08 Skanderborg Festival, Rytmehans
14/08 Skagen Kirke
The last couple of months I have been rehearsing with RebekkaMaria, beacuse we’re going to play some duo-shows together. We did some shows together last fall, and this was such a giving experience for both of us, so we wanted to do some more shows. So, this time we’ll visit Odense, Malmö and Jazzhouse in Copenhagen – three great venues. We were suppost to play at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in May as well, but the date of the show has been changed to 19th of August.
You might wonder, why we play @ Jazzhouse twice? Well, the 19th of May is a Simon and Garfunkel tribute concert, where we’ll play some of Art and Paul’s songs. The other artists are Mads Langer, Mikael Kærsgaard, Kasper Kaae and Thomas Thomsen. So – if you’re a fan of Art and Paul, be shure to come out this fantastic thursday night. At the other show at Jazzhouse, we’ll play some hymns and some of Rebekka’s songs. It’ll be awesome, and I can’t wait. It has been a gift being able to work with RebekkaMaria, and I look so so so much forward to playing these concerts, and I hope to see you there!
Last fall, we played an acoustic At My Place concert in RebekkaMaria’s living room. Finally, the video-shoot has been made available, and you can watch it right here
13/05 Odense Domkirke (free entrance!) Doors: 20.00! more info here: http://www.natkirke-odense.dk
19/05 We Proudly Present: Simon & Garfunkel @ Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, tickets coming soon! 20/05 NB! LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SHOW DATE MOVED TO 19/08 2011!!
21/05 Bethlehemskyrkan, Malmö (SE). w/ David Åhlen & Matthias Svensson. 19.00. Tickets: 100 kr, 50 for students/unemployed
22/05 Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, buy tickets, FB
It’s been a while since you last got an update from the land of Hymns from Nineveh – sorry about that. A lot has been going on, actually – we’ve played a sold out concert in Aalborg, we’ve played a benefit concert at Christiania, and – we’ve been in London playing at The Lexington. We had a great trip to London, where we met a lot of lovely people.
yeah, just because it isn’t summer yet, it doesn’t mean, that you can’t put it in a title, right? So – three good things happened the last three days. Here we go in chronological order:
SUNDAY
YOU guys made it happen last Sunday: Sister Sorrowsong made it to the TOOOOOOP @ Det Elektriske Barometer. #1, ladies and gentlemen! Thank you so so so much for voting! Vote again, if you feel like it – you decide the list ! Thanks.
MONDAY
Yesterday, we got the first UK-review of the album. The Line of Best Fit wrote some beautiful things ! We’re very, very, honored. In about three weeks or so, we’ll be going to London to play the JaJaJa show at The Lexington. Can’t wait !
TUESDAY
Today it got out: we will support the magnificent, legendary Danish orchestra Savage Rose at their concert in Tivoli. It’s needless to say, that we look forward to this event. It will be the 15th of July, and on this day, the title of this blogpost will make sence.
Spring is finally starting to emerge in the Copenhagen soil! Also, more concerts are starting to pop up in the concert calendar. We’re so excited about the concerts we’re going to play! London, Sdr. Felding, Copenhagen, Skive. We can’t wait !
First, some brief radio news: Sister Sorrowsong is currently # 2 @ Det Elektriske Barometer and #4 @ Systemlisten – this is so great! THANK you for cheering for her! If you want to help her to stay on the lists, you’re welcome to vote by clicking the hearts !
And now to something completely different: The announcement of exclusive duo shows with RebekkaMaria & the hymnboy!
RebekkaMaria & Jonas
You might know, that RebekkaMaria and I did some duo shows last fall, and this was such a good experience for us, so we’ve decided to do some more at some great venues in Denmark. We’ll be playing some acoustic versions of each other’s songs. It will be quiet and fine. Also, we’ll interpret some songs by Simon & Garfunkel for the nice event “We Proudly Present: Simon and Garfunkel”, alongside with such brilliant artists as Mads Langer, Kasper Kaae from CODY and Mikael Kærsgaard.
Here’s a version of RebekkaMaria’s hit single “Oh Solitude” from the At My Place concert last year.
YOU guys are fantastic! Why? Just because you are!
But – you also make good things happen for Hymns from Nineveh. You’ve been voting and cheering for us on the various hit lists: Soundvenue High 5, Det Elektriske Barometer and Systemlisten.
Sister Sorrowsong is now numero UNO at Soundvenue High 5 and Det Elektriske Barometer – and, it’s number 5 on Systemlisten – this is FAN-TAS-TIC!! Thank you SO much!
Mechanical Bird is number 2 at Det Elektriske Barometer – we’re thrilled ! Thanks for cheering for this project too.
If you want to vote for Sister Sorrowsong again, it would mean the world to us.
Systemlisten (your vote counts if you vote for 2 other acts) Det Elektriske Barometer (your vote counts, if you vote for 4 other acts – I suggest that you vote 4 Mechanical Bird as well ) Soundvenue High 5 (your vote counts if you vote for 2 other acts)
Yeah – thank you so much – you make miracles happen.
This weekend we did a minitour in the three largest cities in Denmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense. Three sold out shows at three great venues. A total of 455 wonderful people attended these concerts. Overwhelming.
It was our first three shows as a full band, so we were a tiny bit nervous – but the love from the audience made us calm and joyful; it may sound as a cliché, but really – we felt your love. Thank you! GAFFA reviewed the Aarhus show, and gave it 5 stars and a lot of praise. You can read it here (it’s in Danish, sorry).
In about three weeks time, we’ll come to Huset in Aalborg. It’ll be great.
Hymns from Nineveh is devotional folkpop by the danish artist Jonas Petersen. HfN has played all over Denmark as well as in the Netherlands, Italy and Norway.
Read more about Hymns from Nineveh and Jonas Petersen here.
! Thanks.
