Joel Alme

Joel Alme
Joel Alme performs in the solo program "Lotta på Liseberg" together with Velvet, Linda Bengtzing and Robert Wells
Joel Alme performs in the solo program "Lotta på Liseberg" together with Velvet, Linda Bengtzing and Robert Wells
Background information
Birth nameJoel Alme
Born1980
OriginGothenburg, Sweden
GenresIndie pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
LabelsSincerely Yours
Razzia Records
WebsiteJoel Alme MySpace Profile

Joel Alme (born 1980) is a musician and artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. Alme released his debut album A Master of Ceremonies on 22 April 2008 with "Queen's Corner" being the single. In 2010 he released his second studio album, called Waiting for the Bells.[1][2] He is the former lead singer for Spring in Paris.[3]

When Alme received grant money from the Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) for his second album Waiting for the Bells. Regarding the grant money, Alme stated that "it enabled me to use a real strings orchestra and I could spend more time in a very good studio with a good producer, Mattias Glavå."[4]

In 2009, Alme altered the lyrics to his song "A Young Summer's Youth" and produced the song "Snart skiner Poseidon" to be played before and after all IFK Göteborg's home matches where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters.

In 2014, four songs from Waiting for the Bells were used in the film Happy Christmas.[5] In the movie, Anna Kendrick's character falls in love with Alme's music. In using the music, director Joe Swanberg said of Alme, "Nothing has sounded like that since Bob Dylan."[6]

In 2015, Alme released Flyktligan – his first album in Swedish. Most of the songs on that album are about his background and upbringing.[7]

  1. ^ "Joel Alme återvänder till V-Dala". 29 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Joel Alme – Waiting for the Bells". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Joel Alme fann tryggheten i godis". 29 October 2015.
  4. ^ Hogan, Marc. "Swedish taxpayers make sweet music" Archived 20 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Sweden.se. 4 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Happy Christmas Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Happy Christmas Director Joe Swanberg Thinks Men Are Out Of Ideas In Hollywood". HuffPost. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Joel Alme gör skiva på svenska". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 1 December 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2016.