New Folk / Americana Christmas single from Sweden’s Sofia Talvik

I am happy to introduce the new Christmas single “AT Christmas” from Swedish Folk/Americana artist Sofia Talvik. Sofia has had a tradition of writing original Christmas songs, and has done so every year for over 15 years. In 2017 she released the album “When Winter Comes”, a compilation of the songs she had written up till then. The album is a timeless Christmas classic, which you can download here.

Sofia often focuses on the darker themes around Christmas, and this year’s Christmas tale takes place on the Appalachian Trail:

“A park ranger pulled up in a jeep on a bluff above the trail. Later I would learn that they were looking specifically for me. I’m not sure how far away the ranger was, but I could not yell loud enough to get their attention. The falling snow muffled my voice, and the sound quickly fell flat against the night.”

In December 2004, when Ben stumbled out of the deep snow from the woods that line Skyline Drive, he was barely alive. He had completed over half of his hike on the Appalachian Trail. Sheer willpower and survival instinct got him through to safety.

He made it out and was later able to tell the story of his dramatic escape from the snow, to Swedish Folk/Americana artist Sofia Talvik, who in turn was inspired to write the new Christmas single “AT Christmas” (a play on the words AT, Appalachian Trail, and At Christmas, as in at Christmas time). (Read Ben’s entire story here https://sofiatalvik.com/at-christmas-bens-story/)

In Sofia’s version, the hiker might not be so lucky as the inviting snow and exhaustion take hold over him.

Accompanied by North Carolinian artists Drake Duffer (classical guitar) and Peyton Clifford (accordion), who also play on her latest critically acclaimed album Center of the Universe, you can almost hear the cold wind blowing through the trees. Delivering yet another chillingly beautiful Christmas story to her over 15-year-long tradition of writing original Christmas songs, AT Christmas should have a spot on all holiday playlists.

Listen to the new single here:
https://sofiatalvik.bandcamp.com/track/at-christmas