Songs To Keep You Company On A Dark Night

Deluxe 12″ vinyl, comes in a beautiful gatefold. Cover pic by Fabian Rosenberg, cover design by Jonas Holmberg. Liner notes by Elin Forkelid.

Born in 1984 in southern Sweden, Elin (maiden name Larsson) moved to Stockholm at the age of 20 to pursue saxophone and jazz studies at the Royal College of Music. For the last 15 years, she has been a prominent voice on the Swedish jazz and impro scene.

Elin works primarily with her own band Elin Forkelid Plays For Trane, a quintet that plays willful interpretations of jazz giant John Coltrane’s work, along with quartet SOL SOL, which she leads and composes for together with guitar player David Stackenäs. With her new project Songs To Keep You Company On A Dark Night Elin explores a more subdued and contemplative side of her art.

In 2020 Elin started her own record label, Sail Cabin Records, in order to release her own projects and the freedom that provides. The label has released three albums, with a fourth one coming in the fall of 2024.

Today, Elin finds herself standing somewhere in between jazz, free jazz and free impro. Her curiosity and love for the art of improvisation keeps bringing her to new places and faces.