Hi, friends,
once again, I will ask you to do a favor for Hymns from Nineveh: Yesterday, Sister Sorrowsong became a contender for the popular hit list at Danish national Radio, P3. It’s called Systemlisten, and all you have to do to help us, is clicking the tiny heart next to Sister Sorrowsong. This time, you don’t need to login or anything, just click the heart. Yeah.
A big hug and a thank you in advance,
Jonas the Hymnboy
Hi, folks,
Søren Kiilerich and Søren Clemmensen took some great pictures from the release party @ Ideal Bar. It was an evening full of love and music. And +250 people. Beautiful.
High five, friends!
There are (at least!) 5 good pieces of news for you:
1) Hymns from Nineveh’s “Sister Sorrowsong” is a contender on the Soundvenue-chart “High 5″! What an honor!
You can help Sister Sorrow enter the list, if you have a Soundvenue-profile.
So – a big THANK you if you do so.
2) Also – Soundvenue recommend Hymns from Nineveh’s forthcoming concerts in March. Hope to see you there!
3) There’s a large interview with The Hymnboy in today’s Kristeligt Dagblad, and you can read it all here (it’ll probably only make sense, if you speak Danish, sorry!).
4) My dear friend Jakob Brixen from the Hymnband has a soloproject called Mechanical Bird, well, you know that, but: Last sunday he made it to a 2nd place at the Danish national radio show Det Elektriske Barometer. You can help him to the top spot by clicking the hearts (you have to vote for 4 other artists as well!). I would be thrilled to see this beautiful bird fly over all the others.
5) We, the hymnband had a 6 hour rehearsal yesterday, and continue tonight. We are extremely excited about what we create together – and we look forward to the 11th of March. And the 12th. And the 13th.
That was 5 good things, wasn’t it?
All the best,
Jonas, the Hymnboy
Hi, friends!
I hope you are well. We’re having a good time here in the land of Hymns from Nineveh with the iTunes-charts ‘n’all, but most of all, we’re happy about the feedback we get from YOU guys.
Thank you so much!!
We’ve made a special radio-edit version of Sister Sorrowsong available on youtube. Hope you like it.
And – the acoustic performance from yesterday is also on youtube now.
Have a fantastic thursday.
<3 /Jonas the Hymnboy/
Hi, everyone,
We released the album yesterday, and you made the miracle happen: It went directly to the top spot as the best selling album on iTunes!
I can’t thank you enough.
So – now we’re throwing you a release party. It will be the third of March at Ideal Bar in Copenhagen. Free entrance. Hymns from Nineveh will play a small, acoustic show (without drumz and bazz – that’ll have to wait till the tour!).
My dear friends in Mechanical Bird and my friend RebekkaMaria will be there as well, and play some of their lovely tunes. You can tjeck out the Facebook-event here.
Mechanical Bird is Jakob Brixen’s solo project, as you may know – and he’s a contender for Danish National Radio’s hitlist “Det Elektriske Barometer”. Go listen and vote for him – just by klicking the hearts (you must vote for 4 more artists).
That’s it.
Hope you enjoy the record.
With love,
Jonas the Hymnboy
Friends! The day I and the rest of the hymnpeople have been waiting for has come.
The album releases today.
We spent almost a year in Pinligtavshed trying to create the best album we could think of, and we’re very, very pleased with and proud of the outcome.
So – now it’s yours. I hope it will give you comfort and joy.
The Danish critics have been very happy with it so far. You can go to the reviews-section to get an overview.
It is available on iTunes, and many many other places.
With love,
Jonas the hymnboy.
Hi, everyone!
I just held my first copy of the LP today. It’s so beautiful! Katrine Esther Stern Johansen really did a magnificent job with both the cover for both the LP and the CD!
Some of you Danes have asked, where you’ll be able to buy the LP. You can find it @ Route 66 in Aarhus & Copenhagen + some other record stores, but definitely in Route 66. BUT – those of you who want to buy a LP record must wait until tuesday – sorry. I’m not shure why. 1 day delayed isn’t as bad as it could be, I guess. CD and download will still be available on monday – yipee!
Some of you who live outside Denmark have have asked where to find the album – you can order the CD at iMusic. Though it’s a Danish webshop, there should be no problem ordering from the U.S., Russia or Brazil. But tell me, if there is.
That’s all for now. I think I’ll have a glass of red wine while I listen to the new Radiohead album.
All the best
Jonas
Hello, friends!
It’s wednesday today, and when the calendar says “monday”, you will be able to buy the CD in the record stores (if you’re in Denmark, anyway). BUT – if you want to preorder the CD, you can do it at iMusic (and you can even get a limited signed copy!) Yes – that’s right, I will write a small note saying how much I appreciate your purchase. But you have to be quick.
If you’re more into the digital world of musicbuying, you can now preorder on iTunes. Right here!
That’s all, folks. Can’t wait.
C U
J.
Dear friends,
So, with a week to go before the release of the album, it is time to announce the forthcoming springtour!! You’ll be able to catch Hymns from Nineveh here:
11/03 – Århus – musikcaféen 20.30 Tickets
12/03 – København – Musikcaféen, Huset i Magstræde (w/ Sister Chain and Brother John (D)) Tickets
13/03 – Odense – Kulturmaskinen (Studenterhus Odense) NB! 16.00!! Tickets TBA
You can always go here to look out for new tourdates.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: WE CAN’T WAIT TO PLAY FOR YOU GUYS!
With love,
Jonas the Hymnboy
Hi, readers!
Something exciting is happening in the land of Hymns from Nineveh: we’re practicing for the springtour! We’re in the final stage of the booking, so it will be only a short while before I can say something about the concerts – but you might wonder who “we” are?
Well, those of you, who have been attending a Hymns from Nineveh-concert in 2010, might recognize these three lovely people:
Christel Voldby Winther - violin & vocal
Jakob Brixen - banjo, singing saw, accordion & vocal
Nikolaj Paakjær Mikkelsen - piano, glockenspiel, percussion & vocal
Christel has actually been playing live with me in Hymns from Nineveh since 2007, Nikolaj and Jakob (who I call Niko & Jake) came along in late 2009. I’m very greatful that these three beauties still want to play with me. They’re extraordinaryly creative with their instruments and their ideas – maybe because they are songwriters themselves. Christel makes I et stille hus, Jakob makes Mechanical Bird and Nikolaj makes Even if it’s me!
Sometimes we’ve been lucky to have company by one of my dearest and most talented friends, Mikael Kærsgaard of Munich and Kites & Komets. He’s a guitar virtuoso and a lovely man (and has a beard that makes any man in the room jealous!)
So – Christel, Jakob and Nikolaj, and occasionally Mikael, have been playing with me for quite a while now. But – the last couple of weeks we’ve been practicing with yet two more people – making the live constellation of Hymns from Nineveh a SEXTETTE!!!
The two musicians are none other than…. read more
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