Lauryn Hill to Headline Stockholm Jazz Festival
Written by DJ Special Blend from Chicago on April 23, 2009
The internationally famous Jazz festival held in Sweden will be headlined by Lauryn Hill this year per Hip-Hop Galaxy.
Festival spokesman Gunnar Lagerman says the hip-hop and R&B singer will perform at the five-day event as part of a 10-stop European tour. It will be the second time Hill has headlined the festival. Other artists lined up for the July 15-19 festival include tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins and Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil.
The Stockholm Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival in Stockholm, Sweden, spread over several venues across the city and one of the major summer events of the city.
Over the years, arguably all known names in jazz have appeared on stage – including Swedish stars such as Arne Domnérus, Monica Zetterlund, Nils Landgren, Peps Persson, and Lisa Ekdahl, and international giants such as Count Basie, BB King, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miriam Makeba.