Lisa Ekdahl

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In the winter of 1994 Lisa Ekdahl was brought into superstardom over night in Scandinavia. Lisa’s debut album sold quadruple platinum and gave her three grammy awards. Her laid back style, matched with her fragility and sensitivity has dazzled fans and critics alike. Several European countries and especially France has fallen for her understated way of performing jazz standards, bossanova and original songs. At the age of 19 Lisa Ekdahl started to perform in small jazz clubs with Swedish jazz trio ”Peter Nordahl trio”. Lisa has sometimes referred to the years playing smaller clubs with this great trio as her “musical education”. Lisa & the trio played a series of concerts at club La Villa in the Saint Germain area of Paris which was the starting point for Lisa’s career in France. In 2001 Lisa released the bossanova album “Lisa Ekdahl sings Salvadore Poe”. The album gained a lot of appreciation in several European countries, especially in France where the album sold gold. After living in NYC for some time Lisa went back to Stockholm to record the 9 original compositions for “Give me that slow knowing smile”, released in 2009 by Sony Music France. 2016 Lisa was the most googled person in Sweden. 2017 Lisa was awarded a grammy for best Singer/songwriter album with ”När alla vägar leder hem”. In 2018 the album ”More of the Good” was released by Sony Music France, which was followed by a Scandinavian and a French tour that ended at the prestigious L’Olympia in Paris.