Andi Almqvist (born 2 July 1968) is a Swedish singer, musician and composer known for his dark, cinematic sound and haunting lyrics about life, death, alienation and dysfunctional love. Almqvist has released five solo albums, Can't Stop Laughing (2005), Red Room Stories (2007), Glimmer (2009), Warsaw Holiday (2013) and Tiltad (2018). Touring Andi Almqvist has toured extensively over the years, headlining or supporting artists like Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, Holly Golightly, Kaizer's Orchestra, B.B. King, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette among others. Almqvist has played many of Europe's big festivals, such as Eurosonic Festival (Holland), Les Ardentes (Belgium), Spot Festival (Denmark), Dias Nordicos (Spain), Peace & Love (Sweden), and Hultsfred Festival (Sweden). He has also performed in venues around the world, such as Joe's Pub in New York City, Club Passim in Boston, 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, Borderline in London, King Tut's in Glasgow, Andrews Lane Theatre in Dublin, Le Mura in Rome, Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, B72 in Vienna, Galileo Galilei in Madrid, Vega in Copenhagen, Grand Theatre in Groningen, Debaser Medis in Stockholm and many others. Miscellaneous During July and August 2010, Almqvist's song Low-Dive Jenny was the most downloaded on well-known American music magazine Paste Magazine's website. In May 2011 the documentary "The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist" aired on Swedish national television. The film was released on DVD in November 2011. In February 2012, Almqvist's song Big Bad Black Dog Blues was featured in American TV-series Justified, episode 5, season 3. In May 2012 Andi Almqvist signed with Zentropa Music, the music division of film company Zentropa. Almqvist-song I Was Not To You What You Were to Me was featured in Thomas Vinterbergs film The Hunt, which was nominated for the Golden Palm in Cannes 2012. Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the movie. The Hunt was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In February 2015 Almqvist made his debut as actor/soloist in the Swedish musical Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa, a collaboration between Malmö Opera and Skånes Dansteater. In the spring of 2017, Swedish musical Sånger Från En Inställd Skilsmässa, toured entire Sweden. The national tour was produced by Riksteatern. In November 2017 Almqvist released the single Kirseberg, his first song in the Swedish language. In April 2018 Almqvist released the album Tiltad, also in Swedish. Discography Studio albums 2018 - Tiltad 2013