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21/5/18: I have created a new podcast!
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‘RAINBOW RIOTS RADIO’ - QUEER STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD OUT MAY 30th!
I'm excited to finally launch my new project: A podcast that I have created and am presenting, called Rainbow Riots Radio - queer stories from around the world! The show features interviews with people that I and my team have met during our travels around the world. All the music is created by me, featuring some of my guests on vocals. Rainbow Riots Radio is out on May 30th with a new episode every 2 weeks. Available on iTunes and all major digital platforms. Keep up to date here: |
14/5/18: Italian media support!
"We Need Love" - the new single I have written and produced for my project Rainbow Riots, featuring Ugandan singer Brayo Music is getting media support in Italy! Read here:
6/5/18: Jag är med i Sveriges Radio Live på Kulturhuset!
På tisdag kommer jag att vara med på Sveriges Radio live på Kulturhuset Stadsteatern i Stockholm kl 18 för att prata om divor tillsammans med sopranen Cornelia Beskow och sångaren Rickard Söderberg.
Kom och hör mig prata om mina favoritdivor, divan genom historien och vem som är/inte är en diva!
Mer info hittar ni här:
P1 Kultur live på scen: Leve divan – Birgit Nilsson 100 år.
Kom och hör mig prata om mina favoritdivor, divan genom historien och vem som är/inte är en diva!
Mer info hittar ni här:
P1 Kultur live på scen: Leve divan – Birgit Nilsson 100 år.
4/5/18: Gay Times Magazine!
2/5/18: TV 4 Nyhetsmorgon!
Imorse medverkade jag i TV4:s Nyhetsmorgon med mitt projekt Bland drakar och dragqueens som mina sagodrottningar framförde LIVE inför en sprattlig publik av femåringar! Här kan se klippet:
30/4/18: My new single out now!
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Out now: The new single “We Need Love” which I have written and produced for my project Rainbow Riots, featuring Ugandan singer Brayo Music on vocals.
“We Need Love” is the final single from the album Rainbow Riots featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people. All proceeds go towards fighting inequalities towards LGBTQ people in Uganda. “We Need Love is a song targeting hate and discrimination” said Petter Wallenberg and Brayo Music. ”The song is a direct message from the victims of hate and discrimination to the masses. As the lyrics explain, all we need is love, nothing less and nothing more.” Buy on iTunes: Stream on Spotify: |
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27/4/18: World premiere at Gay Star News!
I have written a produced a new protest song ”We Need Love” in collaboration with Ugandan singer Brayo Music. The world premiere of the video is at Gay Star News, who called the track a ”dance anthem” and wondered if it could be 2018’s unexpected hit. Hear the song, see the video and read the interview with me and Brayo Music here:
19/4/18: 100 000 views on YouTube!
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The video I have directed, "Set Me Free", now has over 100 000 views on YouTube! This is a great success for me, my organisation Rainbow Riots and the Ugandan LGBTQ movement. The world is listening!
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12/4/18: Italian media coverage!
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I'm very pleased that my project Rainbow Riots keeps getting recognition and media support around the world. This time in Italy! Read here:
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6/4/18: New single out!
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Out now: The new single ”Pride And Prejudice” that I have written and produced for my project Rainbow Riots!
I recorded ”Pride And Prejudice” with a spoken word poet and choir vocals by my Ugandan collaborators Rainbow Riots Uganda. All proceeds go towards Rainbow Riots' work empowering the Ugandan LGBT community. Stream on Spotify: Buy on iTunes: Cover photo: Tania Marti Design by: Johan Mauritzson |
23/3/18: UK music platform!
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"Using music to give the marginalised a voice, bring those together who thought they’d never belong, and reconcile outdated views, Rainbow Riots is a project which prides itself greatly on the achievements of these once neglected, amazing individuals."
British music platform Keep Hush championed my project Rainbow Riots and posted our video "Equal Rights", which is part of a campaign for the UN's Global Goals. Read here: |
20/3/18: BBC interview!
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BBC Cultural Frontline interviewed me and my Ugandan collaborator Kowa Tigs about how my Rainbow Riots project came about during the violent police raid of Pride Uganda 2016. To hear the feature and see the photo montage of our work in Uganda by Tania Marti and Kamoga Hassan, click here:
“Uplifting, defiant, uptempo… The ultimate protest…this is advocacy” - Tina Daheley, BBC Cultural Frontline |
15/3/18: Radio P4 Stockholm!
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Idag var jag inbjuden till P4 Stockholm för att prata live om min föreställning Bland drakar och dragqueens där dragartister framför sagor för barn. Med mig hade jag dragartisten Inga Tvivel AKA Jan Ericsson och vi pratade om hur denna smått galna idé blivit så populär.
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13/3/18: Radio P1!
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P1 Kultur gjorde idag ett reportage om mitt senaste projekt Bland drakar och dragqueens, där dragartister framför sagor för barn. De besökte mig och min sagodrottning Carnita Molida på vårpremiärens sagostund som ägde rum i mina gamla barndomshoods i Farsta. Lyssna på inslaget här:
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8/3/18: Advisor to the government!
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I’ve just been to a meeting with Sweden’s governmental international development agency Sida.
I was invited as one of the advisors for the development of new strategies in Uganda - and of course I made myself very clear about the need for equality for LGBTQ people. If we keep fighting, a change will come step by step! |
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7/3/18: My song at Mardi Gras in Australia!
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It makes me proud that ”Freedom", the song I wrote and produced, was a marching song in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the legendary Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia!
"Freedom" is taken from the album "Rainbow Riots" that I composed and produced, featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people. All proceeds go towards fighting inequalities towards LGBTQ people in Uganda. Buy on iTunes: https://goo.gl/DJ7ty8 Stream on Spotify: https://goo.gl/2RVw1G |
27/2/18: Brazilian magazine!
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It's thrilling to see that my project Rainbow Riots has such a big following in South America! Here is a big interview with us by a Brazilian web magazine:
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26/2/18: French magazine!
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If you speak French - check this out: French website Djolo wrote an article about my project Rainbow Riots and the new single "Set Me Free" that I have composed and produced, and the video I directed for it.
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23/2/18: Bland drakar och dragqueens vårturné!
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Här kan ni se filmen jag regisserat om Bland drakar och dragqueens!
Bland drakar och dragqueens är min föreställning där de kända svenska dragartisterna Robert Fux, Carnita Molida och Inga Tvivel framför sagor för barn på bibliotek . Efter succén med den fullbokade premiärsäsongen på Stadsbiblioteket är det nu dags för barn i hela Stockholm att få ta del av Bland drakar och dragqueens! Detta är vårens datum: *Farsta Bibliotek – Söndag 18:e februari 12.00 och 13.00 *Kista Bibliotek – Söndag 18 mars 14.00 *Kista Bibliotek – Söndag 15:e april 14:00 *Farsta Bibliotek – Söndag 6 maj 12.00 och 13.00 *Skärholmens Bibliotek – Lördag 2:a juni kl 14:00 Bokning sker via respektive bibliotek. Arrangeras med stöd från Stockholm Stad och Kulturrådet. |
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21/2/18: My new video has 90 000 + views!
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Check out the latest single “Set Me Free” that I have written and produced for my Rainbow Riots project featuring Ugandan singers Kowa Tigs and D Black. I also directed the video which was filmed in Uganda and now has over 90 000 views!
"Set Me Free" is the new single taken from the album "Rainbow Riots" composed and produced by me, featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people. Buy here: All proceeds go towards Rainbow Riots' work against inequalities towards LGBTQ people in Uganda. |
20/2/18: Bland drakar och dragqueens vårturné!
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När jag var liten kastade de sten på en om man stack ut från manlighetsnormen. Igår stod barnen på kö för att få glitter av vår dragqueen Carnita Molida. Det var nämligen turnépremiär för föreställningen jag skapat, Bland drakar och dragqueens - i mina gamla hoods i Farsta. Det kändes viktigt att ta ut det här projektet till barn som inte bor i innerstan och extra kul att börja i Farsta. Vi förändrar världen en sagoläsning åt gången! Följ Bland drakar och drqgqueens här: |
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20/1/18: Award!
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I have received an award from the Stockholm Arts Council! The jury’s motivation: ”Petter Wallenberg has a strong music profile which innovates the club scene through inclusiveness and solidarity. With his heart in queer culture he lifts house music to new colourful heights” |
