Aleena Gibson The Brilliant Voice of Swedish Prog Rock Group 'KAIPA'

Interviewing the Legends: Rock Stars & Celebs

17-06-2024 • 1 hora 5 minutos

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.

KAIPA was the leading Scandinavian progressive band in the 70's and recorded five albums during the years 1975 - 1982. Their albums contained mostly instrumental music, drawing its influences from classic progressive rock bands (CAMEL, YES, GENESIS...), and classical music (BACH).

Taking basic inspiration from Swedish folk music they performed an elaborate symphonic aiming at the expression of emotions and feelings in an aesthetic of formal beauty and melodic perfection.

Initially the project of keyboardist Hans Lundin and bassist Tomas Eriksson, the band soon grew to include drummer Ingemar Bergman and singer/guitarist Roine Stolt, the latter of whom would eventually go on to form the Flower Kings.

Twenty years passed before Lundin and Stolt re-formed a new edition of Kaipa, producing their sixth album, 2002's Notes from the Past. While the group's first five albums were sung entirely in Swedish, Notes from the Past was notable for launching their English-language phase, which continued each subsequent release. Although Stolt again departed, leaving Lundin to captain the band through its next decade, which produced a prolific four LPs. Kaipa has remained a staple of the Inside Out Music label.

And now in 2024 Kaipa are back! In the summer of 1964 Hans Lundin's musical career started when he became a member of his first band as organist and singer. He says that the following years were "the best education I could ever get". Nine years later in 1973 he formed the group KAIPA.

Now 60 years into his career he and his current bandmates Per Nilsson, Jonas Reingold, Darby Todd, Patrik Lundström & Aleena Gibson are proud to announce the release of Kaipa's 15th studio album Sommargryningsljus (Summer Dawn Light).

The dawn theme has always been close to Hans Lundin's heart in his songwriting. With the new album he closes the circle and returns to where it all began.

Sommargryningsljus will be released via InsideOutMusic June 28th in 2024. The band recently released their second single from the new album called "Revelationview".

PLEASE WELCOME SWEDISH SINGER/SONGWRITER FOR LEGENDARY PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUP KAIPA ALEENA GIBSON TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS …

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Sweden-borne folkloric progressive rock band KAIPA have announced their new album 'Sommargryningsljus,' their 15th album coming 49 years after the release of their debut album. Sommargryningsljus will be released via InsideOutMusic

on June 28th, 2024.

Now, the band are releasing the second single from the album.

Listen to “Revelationview” at https://youtu.be/2q9KctscNm4?si=BSqz5jFuiJYKwVg4

Hans Lundin on the new track: "The most folk music-inspired song on the new Kaipa album "Sommargryningsljus" with both violin and whistles. Once in a lifetime, or for some, maybe several times, you encounter that magical moment when time is out of sight, and you are just amazed by what you experience. I have chosen to call this "Revelationview". This is a song about this experience."

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