JIMMY WAHLSTEEN UK TOUR DATES
February 10th- Half Moon Putney/ London
February 11th- Moon Club/ Cardiff
February 12th- The Garage/ Swansea
February 13th- Chapel Arts Centre/ Bath
February 15th- Blackwood Miners Institute/ Blackwood
February 16th- Guitar Bar/ Nottingham
Hi everoyone!
The summer ended with a Jimmy Wahlsteen / Don Ross / John Gomm – tour in Canada. Playing Rapid Eye Moment with these guys was an unforgetable musical kick. Check out the clip if you haven´t already!
The fall began in Itally with a nice gig at the Acoustic Franciacorta. 
…after that I did a tour in Germany with my NEW GUITAR! I have just started working with my all time favorite guitar builder Michael Sandén. Here´s a picture of me and the Sandén Jimmy Wahlsteen Signature Model:
Check out the Sandén website for more of his lovely instruments. Warm and sincere recommandations from yours truly.
I also decided to upgrade my sound further. My new pendulum preamp sounds just amazing. This is just photos of the EQ-settings I use to combine my K&K – and Sunrise pickups.
If you wanna come and check my new sound, guitars and songs out. I recommend the upcoming UK tour in February.
I have recently started working with a new agency in the UK, WHIPPINGBOY. They have put together a nice tour for me already. Looking so much forward to be back after the last tour with Antoine, Ewan and Adam.
HERE ARE THE ANNOUNCED UK DATES SO FAR:
10/2 LONDON – The half moon
11/2 CARDIFF - Moon Club
12/2 SWANSEA – The Garage
13/2 BATH – Chapell Arts Centre
15/2 BLACKPOOL / CAERPHILLY – Blackwood Miners Institute
16/2 NOTTINGHAM - The Gutiar Bar
Another cool thing that happend during the fall is that I got a cover and a big feature in Swedens Musicians Magazine / MUSIKERMAGASINET.
I´m also proud to announce that my song Mindlessness was recorded and released as a duet on Anna Sahlene´s new album Roses. The album comes wholeheartedly recommended. For anyone who loves music, great singing or just my song Mindlessness. Check out the Itunes link:
https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/roses/id560563582
For my overseas listeners I hope you didn´t miss Shifts of attention in LA Complex. The show isn´t possible to watch in Europe so even I haven´t seen it yet.
Thanks for stopping by my friends. Please don´t forget to like my Facebook fan page.
Merry christmas if I don´t catch you before!
Jimmy Wahlsteen
Hi everyone!
This spring has been unbelievably busy and just as nice. The touring kicked off with a two week Germany tour in March. Germany is probably the country I´ve spent the most time in outside of Sweden. Germans these days tend to speak english really well so embarrassingly enough my German hash´t improved for years. Did a couple of duo gigs with the wonderful guitar player Tim Spark there. Here´s a little something from the rehearsal/soundcheck at the Kulturbunker in Cologne.
After the Germany tour I was very proud to be a part of “La 5eme Nuit des Virtuosos” tour at the paradise Island Ile de la Réunion. If you don´t know where that is, I won´t hold it against you. Few people do… Check google maps south of Madagaskar! The line up for the concert hall tour there was amazing:
Valentina Lisitsa, AlexeyArkhipovskiy, Buddy Greene together with Jeff Taylor.
Here´s me together with Jeff and Pascal.
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I had the pleasure of having a great side kick player with me on stage as well: Pascal Manglou. Listen to the performance at Luc Donat. Here´s me performing Halifaxation together with Pascal.
For the first time the my family joined me on tour. I can imagine worse places to hang out in while daddy´s at work:
After Rénion Island I went directly for the UK Candyrat tour.
About two more shows to go and I´m writing this post from a countryside hotel padio in picturesque Kendal. the tour has been really intense with really cool venues and great crowds. Check out tour plan:
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The First UK CANdYRAT Tour |
| BACK | |||
| Wed 2nd | BRIGHTON | The Komedia | TBC |
| Thu 3rd | EXETER | The Phoenix | TBC |
| Fri 4th | SALISBURY | The Arts Centre | TBC |
| Sat 5th | LONDON | The Borderline | TBC |
| Sun 6th | DERBY | The Darwin Suite | TBC |
| Mon 7th | LEEDS | City Varieties Music Hall | TBC |
| Tue 8th | WOLVERHAMPTON | The Robin | TBC |
| Wed 9th | STRATFORD | Cox’s Yard | TBC |
| Thu 10th | MANCHESTER | The Band on the Wall | TBC |
| Fri 11th | GATESHEAD | The Sage, Gateshead | TBC |
| Sat 12th | KENDAL | The Brewery | TBC |
| Sun 13th | BRISTOL | Colston Hall 2 | TBC |
The line up has been really cool with four of the best finger style players I know:
Antoine Dufour – Ewan Dobson and Adam Palma. We´ve had some hilarious tourbus moments and really cool gigs. Also had a stop at historical Stonehenge. Here we are:
We´ve also been ending each evening with a little jam. Here´s an iPhone clip from the London gig.
Summer´s got some cool gigs lined up. Me, Jon Gomm and Don Ross are doing Hugh´s room in Toronto. Also Canadian Guitar Festival and the Carlton in Halifax. Please check jimmywahlsteen.com for tour updates.
Italy in october, Germany and Italy in November. Lots of exciting news to come. I hope to see you out there!
Thanks for stopping by
peace and love
jimmy wahlsteen
Hello everyone
It is with great excitement I would like to announce that my brand new CD “All time high” is now officialy released world wide! CD´s, Tabs and MP3 downloads can be found as usual on the Candyrat website. And of course Itunes and Amazon.com.
I have been selling the CD as merchandise on the Tommy Emmanuel / Jimmy Wahlsteen tour and it has been very well recepted.
The Halifaxation video is out on the Candyrat youtube channel. I never read the comments but according to the Facebook feedback my beloved listeners seem to digg it. Check it out if you haven´t already: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3J7iXqTAs
I am writing this post from a peculiar place. The tour agent booked me on my day off into a tiny Tennis and Squash hotel in Kaarst outside of Dusseldorf. Their online service is, god bless, working fine so I could be worse off. A driver took me here from Basel today where I played yesterday with Tommy Emmanuel. Very nice gig at the Stadtcasino. Opening up for Tommy has been a truly awesome experience. The fans have been great and the venues just beautiful. In Paris I did one of my all time high, no pun intended, performances and the sound has been very nice through the whole tour thanks to our geat engineerer and tour manager Steve Law.
Speaking of sound: The friendly people at T.C electronics have been trying to send me a new G-natural since my brooke down on the soundcheck before the first gig. So far they have not succeded because of bank holidays and weekends but tomorrow I´m gonna show the crowd in Kaarst some pretty cool FX I´ve been working on if the German delivery service manages to find this remote hotel.
Me and Tommy play my new song Mindlessness together by the end of the show. It´s an honor to play with him and the song sounds wonderful. Filming is prohibited on the show but if you search youtube I´m sure you´ll find a piece or two…
Until next time, thanks for stopping by,
jimmy wahlsteen
Hi everyone!
My brand new album “All time high” has now gone to print and will be available at the Candyrat online store as well as Itunes and Amazon on November 15th!
Here´s a little preview of the artwork:
Tabs for the songs will be also be out there and you can expect a couple of cool videos on youtube soon…
I also, finally, had a JIMMYWAHLSTEEN.COM launched a few weeks ago. Here you can find news, tourdates and contact links to agents and management.
Below is the tourdates for the upcoming Tommy Emmanuel / Jimmy Wahlsteen EU tour. I have the great pleasure and honor of supporting Tommy on 10 of his EU dates. My new album will be available at the mercandise both and signed by me for everyone!
| SHOW | DETAILS |
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| Tue Nov 08 11 07:00 PM Brussels, BE |
Palais Beaux ArtsPalais Beaux Arts in Brussels, |
| Wed Nov 09 11 07:00 PM Luxembourg, LU |
Conservatoire de MusiqueConservatoire de Musique in Luxembourg, – http://www.ticket-regional.de/stage_1559.php?eventtimeID=77304 or https://ticket.luxembourg-ticket.lu/applet/applet.jsp |
| Thu Nov 10 11 07:00 PM Mutzig, FR |
LE DÔMELE DÔME in Mutzig, – time TBA – http://www.weezevent.com/tommyemmanuelfrenchtour2011 |
| Fri Nov 11 11 08:00 PM Paris, FR |
La Cigale TheatreLa Cigale Theatre in Paris, – time TBA – new URL |
| Mon Nov 14 11 07:00 PM Basel, CH |
Stadtcasino Basel featuring Tommy EmmanuelStadtcasino Basel |
| Wed Nov 16 11 07:00 PM Kaarst, DE |
Albert-Einstein-ForumAlbert-Einstein-Forum in Kaarst, - |
| Thu Nov 17 11 08:00 PM Bestwig, DE |
Bürger und RathausBürger und Rathaus in Bestwig, - |
| Fri Nov 18 11 07:00 PM Essen, DE |
Philharmonie EssenPhilharmonie Essen in Essen, – with Jimmy Wahlsteen supporting |
| Sat Nov 19 11 07:00 PM Eindhoven, NL |
Muziekgebouw EindhovenMuziekgebouw Eindhoven in Eindhoven, – Muziekgebouw Frits Philips |
Thanks for stopping by.
peace
jimmy wahlsteen
So, I´m in Saskatoon for the 6th gig of the Canada tour. It´s -28C coold and as usually I´m not exactly dressed for the occasion so I´m staying indoors with a cup of coffee in the all free wireless downtown.
One of my Larrivées has taken a few beatings on this tour. First, after making me paying overweight charges, the airline lost it, and when it finally showed up in Toronto my Sunrise pickup was soundless. I had to fix it at the 12 fret music store, east side Toronto.
Then, after the sold out and super fun gig yesterday at the Unitarian Hall in Thunder Bay one of the sound guys knocked over a microphone on the same guitar so it got another nice crack in it. It will probably look like Willie Nelsons guitar after this tour but as long as it keeps sounding great it´s ok, I guess…
We´re flying between every gig in this great big country. Distances here are unbelivable. If a city is within 5 hours driving range it´s concidered to be close! I had to get up 4 o´clock this morning to make it in time for the airport.
Anyway, the tour is lots of fun and Don Ross is a great tour partner. I´ve also been fortunate to be palying with my all time favorite sing and song writer, fantastic guitar player and vocalist Brooke Miller on this tour. I´ve been listening a lot to her records and it was great to finally play the songs with her.
Here´s a couple of pic´s from the gig at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto:
If you care for a little preview of how the tour sounds like. Please check out me and Don playing at Hugh´s Room earlier this year.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hello everybody! I´m getting a lot of questions on Facebook and Youtube about my sound and what kind of equipment I use.
I´m happy to share it with you so I thought I´ll make it official here on my blogg. Enjoy!
Guitars: Larrivée. I use a LSV-11 and a L-09. Both fantastic sounding beautiful instruments.
Pickups: I use the wonderfully sounding K&K system. I use the (K&K) pure mini together with the Sunrise pick up each runing through different preamps. The K&K pick up goes through an L.R Baggs preamp. and the Sunrise goes through Sunrise´s own preamp gear that looks like a little black box.
I mix the two signals in my little Mackie mixer. The Sunrise pick up has nice bass sound so I max the low knob on the
input for the Sunrise signal and I handle the K&K eq on the L.R Baggs preamp.
Now it starts to get complicated. The left channel on the Mackie board goes direct to the “Front of house” mixer board. The other master output runs through my Boss Loop Station which can be muted with a channel switch and a Volume pedal.
FX: From the phones output on the Mackie I send a 3rd signal that splits into stereo in my Multi FX board from TC electronics. I use the G-natural. It´s got all the TC reverbs, delays, choruses etc and sounds amazing.
Here´s a picture of the setup.
Hope this have been helpful. Good luck to all of you!
jimmy wahlsteen
