Ane Brun - Live at Stockholm Concert Hall

Swedish songstress Ane Brun has a voice that's well suited for heartache and despair, a fragile instrument that has a particular bruised, imperfect quality, ideal for the emotional longings and musings of a troubled, lonesome soul. Since her debut album in 2003, Brun has become a focal point in European and U.S. folk circles, moving from coffee houses to concert halls on the strength of her tender, often intense songwriting. Brun, raised in Norway and now living in Stockholm, epitomizes in many respects the cool, expressive Scandinavian essence of bleak melancholy wrapped in sweetly mesmerizing melodies.

Live at Stockholm Concert Hall finally makes it's official appearance stateside digitally after a 2009 CD and DVD release in Europe. A mix of stripped acoustic renderings and fuller band support, the recording is a gorgeous capture of Brun's bittersweet menu of pathos and irony, wit and doleful longing, resilience and icy dispassion, all served with a side of warm, knowing candor. Her tremulous voice, touched with hairline cracks of vulnerability, is the soft, seductive light that shines throughout her own songs and choice covers, including Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and Alphaville's "Big In Japan".

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Ane Brun - "Big In Japan" (from Live at Stockholm Concert Hall)

Ane Brun - "True Colors" (from Live at Stockholm Concert Hall)