Linnea Henriksson

Linnea has been kind enough to link to my blog on her blog (and now I’ll return the favour, check out her blog here). But that is not why she’s finally featured on my blog. This blog is all about cool female musicians, and Linnea is cool. Very cool. For those of you who has managed to avoid all Swedish media the last few months I’ll give you a short background: Linnea Henriksson is a sparkling young singer from Halland who found her way in to jazz music, formed the band Prylf with four friends, released the album Kind of Green and in the fall of 2010 she charmed the Swedish people when she added extra colour to Swedish Idol.


If you haven’t seen her live, take the first chance you get to go see her. I especially want to recommend everyone to go see her band – Prylf. All five members add energy to the performance and their playful appearance on stage is almost contagious for those standing in the audience. I challenge you to stand still on a Prylf-concert.

Hindi Zahra

Zahra Hindi was born in Morocco where she also spent her childhood living with her mother. When she was 15 years old she moved to her father in Paris. Though she is of French Moroccan descent most of her songs are in English. She is a self-taught instrumentalist and has written songs since she was 18, though it was first in 2005 she released her first EP. In 2009 she released her self titled album – Hindi Zahra.

Tegan and Sara

To continue on the theme: Identical Twins….  Tegan and Sara are identical twin sisters from Canada who formed the indie band Tegan and Sara in 1997. Through the years the band has released six studio albums. Walking With a Ghost appears on their fourth album So Jealous.

The Watson Twins

The Watson Twins, Chandra and Leigh Watson, released their debut EP, Southern Manners, in 2006 the same year as they released Rabbit Fur Coat, their collaboration with singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis. Their cover of Just Like Heaven by The Cure was featured on the soundtrack for TV series True Blood. The song appears on their album Fire Songs, which is also the only album by The Watson Twins that you can find on Spotify. It’s an easy listened and a bit melancholic album with a soft country feeling. Check it out.

The Slits

British punk rock band The Slits was formed in 1976 by four young women who called themselves Ari Up, Palmolive, Kate Korus and Suzy Gutsy. I’m not going to write much more about this band. I will say this though – Arianna Forster’s (Ari Up) dance moves alone is a good reason to have The Slits on this blog among all the other cool ladies. I also must say I like the Batman-like intro.

Juliette Lewis

Before I even knew her name she was one of my favourite actresses. Since I was 9 or 10 years old at the time I don’t think that was credit to her acting skills rather than the movies she was in, for example What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Although Lewis has had a strong interest in music for a long time it was first in 2003 she formed the band Juliette & the Licks and officially became a rock musician. Lewis has since then maintained an acting career and a music career at the same time. With her band she has released three albums and in 2009 she released her first solo album called Terra Incognita. Juliette Lewis is worth checking out both as a musician and an actress. Definitely!


Usually I’m not a big fan of Swedish band Mando Diao but the combination with Juliette Lewis was a hit, in my opinion. The other clip is of a song from her solo album (this live-clip doesn’t really do the song justice so check it out on Spotify as well).