Here is a picture of the kickoff of the “Chicks with Attitudes” tour featuring Nina Persson, Charlotte Martin, and Liz Phair back in 2004.
Here are some articles about Nina Persson’s pregnancy.
First, from Swedish daily Expression along with Google translation.
Second – from Nöje magazine in Swedish and then the Google translation.
And lastly, from unt.se – an article with google translation.
Our own Nina Persson is expecting her first child. Congratulations to Nina!
The Citizens Band Prepares For A Few New Additions
May 12, 2010 5:34 pm
Former Cardigans singer Nina Persson was in New York last night to celebrate her new, collaborative collection with the Swedish label Hope, and luckily, her new, collaborative collection was, too. (An earlier date for the party had to be postponed after Eyjafjallajökull stranded the clothes on the far side of the pond.) The capsule collection of fur-trimmed coats, mesh layering skirts, floral dresses, and, yes, a cardigan was Persson’s first stab at designing, but the soft-spoken Persson was just as concerned with another first: her first child, currently in attendance as well—in utero. The pregnancy may have kept her away from the free-flowing Champagne, but it didn’t keep her offstage. After sharing a few timely maternal anxieties—”I don’t want to be one of those blog moms,” she confided about the overly anxious, neurotic Internet set—Persson performed a few songs with her new band, A Camp. There to cheer her on were James Iha and her friend, sometime housemate, and fellow expectant mother Sarah Sophie Flicker, who also performs with Persson in the collective the Citizens Band. Flicker’s second baby, a boy, is due in the fall. Has the baby boom inspired a bout of creativity in the moms-to-be? Flicker and Persson were mum on the Citizens’ future, but fellow member Karen Elson—mom of two, and with her own album coming out later this month—let it slide today that the Band is in the very beginning stages of discussing an upcoming New York residency.
—Matthew Schneier
Cardigans Singer Nina Persson Launches Capsule Collection High on Pregnancy Hormones
Cardigans lead singer Nina Persson might suggest trying to not get pregnant while creating your first fashion line. “It’s so typical that the launch happened right now. It was meant to have happened a few weeks ago, and I grew out of the clothes before we had the launch,” she said at the launch of her capsule collection with Swedish label HOPE at a party hosted by Project No. 8 (where the collection will be available exclusively, as well as at online retailer La Garçonne) at the Ace Hotel’s Liberty Hall. “This [dress] works. It’s pretty good maternity, and the only thing I can fit in still.” James Iha of Tinted Windows and the Smashing Pumpkins came by to wish the collection well, as did the Citizens Band, which played a set to close out the evening.
Persson performed a few songs herself, but spent most of the night showing off her collection of puff-sleeve dresses, mesh-trimmed skirts, and cardigans, naturally. Pregnancy wasn’t about to slow her down. “This is almost like playing a regular show: You get really excited, the adrenaline pumping, and it’s really tough to wind down,” she said. “Today is one of the hardest days to not drink, actually. The good thing is that you’re pretty high on other weird hormones, so you get pretty excited anyway.”
The Guardian has published an article about the record industries struggles in the digital age.
Nina Persson is quoted in the article:
The IFPI report quotes Nina Persson, lead singer of the Cardigans and A Camp, saying: “It would be very difficult for me to have made a living just from live music. I would have to travel alone with a guitar and no band or crew to make that work.”
Check the article out, it’s very interesting.
Here is a performance last week at the Fashion Week for Peter Jensen at Milk Studios.
And more
Peter Jensen Autumn/Winter 2010 @ Milk Studios from Julie Le on Vimeo.
Primary 1, from England, recently did a duet with Nina Persson for their upcoming full length album.
The MP3 is here.
See this ultra rare and great picture of the Cardigans playing squash. Taken by fashion photographer PEROU, Limited edition photographic print of ‘The Cardigans playing squash’ by acclaimed fashion & music photographer PEROU (www.perou.co.uk). The print is signed and stamped by the photographer and is an edition 1 of 10, so very special! The finished print is mounted and framed in a contemporary mid-tone wood and the overall size of the framed picture is 47cm x 53cm (18 ½” x 20 ¾”).
Here’s the link to the auction in case you’re interested.
For all of those of you in NYC looking for something to do today for Valentine’s Day, why not head over to Peter Jensen’s fashion show tonight where the lovely Nina Persson will be performing.
Peter Jensen will present his autumn / winter 2010-11 collection Sunday February 14 at 8 pm.
Here is a picture of the setlist being performed tonight.
Story is here.
Julia Frakes, aka Bunny Bisous and Paper’s ubiquitous fashion reporter, is throwing Peter Jensen’s first stateside party.
He’ll show his AW10 collection on Valentine’s Day and celebrate that night.
Nina Persson of the Cardigans will DJ with Nylon’s Rajni Lucienne.
And if that’s not enough to fulfill your Valentine’s Day party quotient, Barneys, Thakooon and Phillip Lim are throwing a bash for Richard Chai’s Love collection, which the store’s picked up for Spring.
Much better than a heart shaped box of chocolates.
Our own Nina Persson was a witness to a fire in Harlem. Little did the New York Post know that they were in the presence of greatness.
Read the story here.