Benny’s band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO) won the ‘Årets dansband’ (Best dance band) award at the 2012 Grammis held on 14 February. The Grammis are Sweden’s oldest and biggest prizes in music. The purpose of the annual award ceremony is to recognise and reward those artists, musicians and creatives who have produced notable achievements in [...]
Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 2 of 2)
by Ice on 16 Jan, 2012 in Benny News
The second part of BAO’s TV Special for Swedish Television is now available on SVT Play. The programme was broadcast on SVT in Sweden on 15 January, 2012 and will be available online until 14 February. Related links: Benny Anderssons Orkester on SVT Play (Part 2) Benny Anderssons Orkester on SVT Play (Part 1)
Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 1 of 2) available until 07 February online
by Ice on 09 Jan, 2012 in Benny News
SVT Play, the internet arm of the Swedish Television broadcaster, now has Part 1 of the 2 part BAO special available for internet viewing.
Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Updated)
by Ice on 16 Dec, 2011 in Benny News
Sveriges Television AB (SVT) will broadcast a two hour Benny Anderssons Orkester special in two 1hr parts on January 8 and January 15, 2012 on SVT1 at 8pm.
BAO to perform Summer 2012 concert
by Ice on 30 Nov, 2011 in Benny News
Benny Anderssons Orkester have lined up a concert in Sweden on 25 August, 2012 at Vaksala torg, Uppsala. The show will be part of the musical festivities set up over two days to commemorate the life and times of nyckelharpa (“key fiddle”) player Eric Sahlström.
BAO’s Summer Tour 2011 – were you there?
by Ice on 31 Jul, 2011 in Benny News
Stockholm’s Galejan at Skansen hosted the last night of the Benny Anderssons Orkester Tour 2011 on 30 July. Reports have been coming through of another great tour night. If you had seen BAO before, there were not too many surprises but the ones that stood out for me were hearing Kisses Of Fire and the [...]
BAO kick off Allsång på Skansen (Updated with pictures)
by Ice on 26 Jun, 2011 in Benny News
On Tuesday we’re off again. Benny Andersson and his orchestra (BAO) are lined up to kick off the new season of Allsång på Skansen. Normally, BAO (Benny Anderssons Orkester) finish the season at Skansen, but not this year.
Benny Anderssons Orkester in the studio – HD video clip
by Ice on 08 Jun, 2011 in Benny News
A wonderful video clip of Benny Anderssons Orkester in the RMV studios recording Allt Syns När Man Är Naken now available…
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Marieke: What's there to rave or be happy about? Some old story, same old song. It's time they will...
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Michael Salkeld: Sounds very exciting....
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Frank: Kudos to all who came together for this project. It is really great when people put aside ...
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