A Storytelling-Live Documentary-Concert about the Swedish 70s.
Out of political frustration and a desire to make the world a better place, and out of musical frustration and a desire to create a musical culture of their own, a unique movement grew in Sweden in the 1970s - starting with the Gärdesfesterna parties in 1970: the Music Movement, also known as Swedish prog.
We take a journey that starts with Hansson & Karlsson and culminates ten years later with the Tent Project. In between we meet Pugh, Contact, Träd Gräs och Stenar, Bo Hansson, John Holm, Monica Törnell, Blå Tåget, Hoola Bandoola Band, Nationalteatern, Nynningen, Marie Selander, Kebnekajse, Samla Mammas Manna, Ola Magnell, Turid and many more.
We follow how new alternative independent record labels like Silence and MNW are challenging established commercial labels like Sonet and Metronome.
We also follow how growing political dogmatism contributes to the eventual collapse of the music movement.
The performance is performed by musician and storyteller Stig Jäderberg and consists of three building blocks that constantly succeed each other in a varied flow:
- Storytelling
- Visual projections (live clips, interview clips, images)
- Songs performed with vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and harmonica
From a column in Gotlands Allehanda 14-07-25 about Stig Jäderberg's performance "Neil Young's Shakey Life" at Almedalsveckan 2014:
"Best pre-reading of the week..." "...a fantastic interplay between projector, guitar
and harmonica..."
