Mariam The Believer

Mariam Wallentin is an artist with a big heart, as thoughtful as she is musically bold. An Alice Coltrane of our time. Soulfulness meets music that makes us feel and think. With musical roots partly in improvisation, partly in pop and soul, Wallentin’s career has crossed a number of multifaceted territories; Wallentin is one half of the jazz group Wildbirds & Peacedrums as well as part of the musical collective Fire! Orchestra. She has worked with bands such as Deerhoof and Konono no 1, sung for Björk and been in an experimental opera by the noise musician Ben Frost.She has musical collaborations with Damien Rice and Leslie Feist, has won the Manifest prize, the Jazzkatten prize and been nominated several times for Swedish Grammys.
With her uncompromising approach to music, in 2012 Wallentin started her project Mariam The Believer, in order to focus her expressions into a more pop-oriented project. Mariam The Believer has released two acclaimed full length albums on her own label Repeat Until Death. She has an ongoing series of EPs called ”Instant Creativity”. Now her third full-length album ”Breathing Techniques” will soon be ready for release. New songs about longing and an exploration of life’s fragile moments and the ever-evolving nature of existence. Performed together with a chamber music setting in a more modern guise, pop music meets improvisations in a poetic flow. Mariam is an artist who dares and who touches.

Organizer: Stockholm Jazz Festival

Lineup:
Mariam Wallentin – vocals, composition,
Samuel Runsteen – cello, viola da gamba,
Josefin Runsteen – violin,
Andreas Werliin – drums, percussion,
Alexander Zethson – keyboards,
Johan Graden – piano