Andi Almqvist

Andi Almqvist (born 2 July 1968) is a Swedish singer, musician and composer known for his dark, cinematic sound and haunting lyrics.

Almqvist has released six solo albums, Can't Stop Laughing (2005), Red Room Stories (2007), Glimmer (2009), Warsaw Holiday (2013), Tiltad (2018) and Not Too Far From Happy (2024).

Touring Andi Almqvist has toured extensively over the years, headlining or supporting artists like Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, Holly Golightly, Kaizer's Orchestra, B.B. King, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette among others.

Almqvist has played many of Europe's big festivals, such as Eurosonic Festival (Holland), Les Ardentes (Belgium), Spot Festival (Denmark), Dias Nordicos (Spain), Peace & Love (Sweden), and Hultsfred Festival (Sweden).

Miscellaneous During July and August 2010, Almqvist's song Low-Dive Jenny was the most downloaded on well-known American music magazine Paste Magazine's website.

In May 2011 the documentary "The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist" aired on Swedish national television. The film was released on DVD in November 2011.

In February 2012, Almqvist's song Big Bad Black Dog Blues was featured in American TV-series Justified, episode 5, season 3.

In May 2012 Andi Almqvist signed with Zentropa Music, the music division of film company Zentropa. Almqvist-song I Was Not To You What You Were to Me was featured in Thomas Vinterbergs film The Hunt, which was nominated for the Golden Palm in Cannes 2012. Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the movie. The Hunt was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In February 2015 Almqvist made his debut as actor/soloist in the Swedish musical Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa, a collaboration between Malmö Opera and Skånes Dansteater.

In the spring of 2017, Swedish musical Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa, toured entire Sweden. The national tour was produced by Riksteatern.

In November 2017 Almqvist released the single Kirseberg, his first song in the Swedish language.

In April 2018 Almqvist released the album Tiltad, also in Swedish.

In October 2024 Almqvist released the album Not Too Far From Happy.

Discography

Studio albums 2024 - Not Too Far From Happy 2018 - Tiltad 2013 - Warsaw Holiday 2009 - Glimmer 2007 - Red Room Stories 2005 - Can't Stop Laughing

Singles 2017 - Kirseberg

Live albums 2022 - Live In Malmö 2011 - The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist

with KURZ 2016 - Vol 1.

Filmography 2011 - The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist – Concert and documentary DVD