New collection: 40 CD's with Swedish prog music

Photo: Swedish Broadcasting.

If you are into Swedish progressive rock this one might be for you. Guitarist Coste Apetrea (Samla Mammas Manna and other groups) has assembled a 40 CD box with live recordings from the archives of Sveriges Radio (Swedish Broadcasting).
Progglådan (The Prog Box) include groups as Hoola Bandoola Band, Nationalteatern, Ebba Grön and Kebnekaise.

Interview with Apetrea (in Swedish)

You can buy the box here

Radio Dupree hommage to Lars Hollmer

As a hommage to Swedish prog music veteran Lars Hollmer, who passed away on Christmas Day, Radio Dupree has picked a bunch of songs from different eras of Lars' carreer. All tracks already spinning on our playlists.

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* Dundrets Fröjder
A long grooving instrumental from the successful 1973 album Måltid by the group Samla Mammas Manna.
* Profession Är Amatörens Lim
A song with lyrics about writing a song for mum. From the 1978 album Schlagerns Mystik by Zamla Mammaz Manna. Didja notice the changed spelling of the group's name?
* Antsong
An Eino Haapala/Lars Hollmer composition from the 1981 album Zamlaranamma, by the group von Zamla.
* Boeves Psalm
Lars' song to his beloved uncle Bo-Evert. Hollmer's only hit record. From the album XII Sibiriska Cyklar released in the early 80's.
* Andra Ikarien
From the 1999 CD Kaka. Here they went back to the old way of spelling...Samla Mammas Manna.
* AKA Session
From Sola, a solo CD by Lars Hollmer.

Swedish musician Lars Hollmer dies

Swedish keyboardist, composer and member of the legendary group Samla Mammas Manna has died at the age of 60.
Hollmer was one of the formers of Samla Mammas Manna, a group that had its own place in the Swedish progressive music in the 70's.
In the early 80's Hollmer released Boeves Psalm, which turned out to be his most well known composition (almost by accident). It has been covered by several other artists.