Viktoria Tolstoy - My Russian Soul (2008) FLAC

Getting signed as an artist for ACT Records gave Swedish singer Victoria Tolstoy a worldwide break. Her three own ACT albums not only made the now 34-year old singer a household name, they also demonstrated her talent in conceptional work. On Shining On You (ACT 9701-2), all songs written by Esbjörn Svensson, she crafted a vocal parallel to the instrumental sound of e.s.t. My Swedish Heart (ACT 9705-2) was a successful homage to 50 years of Swedish jazz, and Pictures Of Me (ACT 9712-2) was a collection of very personal and utterly convincing interpretations of songs most prominently made famous by international pop icons. On My Russian Soul (ACT 9721-2) the Swede with Russian ancestors shows us another facet of her glamorous personality with her brilliant and expressive voice. For many years now, the great-grand daughter of Leo Tolstoy...