A native of Sweden, singer/songwriter Victoria Lagerström’s unique soulful voice, soaring melodies and earnest lyrics give her a strong appeal to audiences in Europe and the U.S. Although influenced by artists like Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, and Eva Cassidy, Lagerström's sound is distinctly her own.
This summer Lagerström will tour in Utah, Colorado and Oregon to promote Dancing With the Sun, the follow up to her critically acclaimed debut Heaven Sent. The work on Dancing With the Sun began with a huge personal transformation that catapulted Lagerström far beyond the familiar walls of her native home in Stockholm Sweden.
Lagerström states "As I look back on the past five years of my life, I realize that I have just conquered a very steep mountain. My faith has been tested against my fear many times and I have been crushed under the weight of my doubt repeatedly. Writing and recording the eleven songs on my new album Dancing With the Sun is what helped me reach the peak with my heart still in one piece. I persisted because I knew that the inevitable leap into the unknown was a chance for my sun to shine a little brighter. I had to accept my invitation to the dance for love and for the sake of fulfilling some of my most cherished dreams."
Lagerström met American singer/songwriter Dave Tate in the spring of 2007 when she traveled from Sweden to Salt Lake City to write and record with him. The couple fell in love and Lagerström ended up not using her return ticket to Sweden. Three weeks after her arrival they married among the beautiful cliffs of Zion National Park. Tate and Lagerström soon relocated to Austin, Texas and embarked on a successful tour to Europe.
In 2009 Tate and Lagerström released their first Duet record. The Same Heart is a collection of songs about their Trans-Atlantic romance. The couple returned for a second successful European tour to support The Same Heart. Lagerström currently resides in Zion Canyon and continues to tour nationally and internationally.
"Lagerström’s voice has true Soul in it and I don’t mean the swinging kind but the kind of Soul that gets under your skin and makes you itch.” - Folk Forum, Netherlands
Press on Heaven Sent (2008)
"At once soulful and folky, Lagerstrom manages to sound angel like and down to earth at the same time, making the timeless Heaven Sent a more than enjoyable record." -Heaven Magazine, Netherlands
"Heaven Sent, the new album from Victoria Lagerström, is fascinatingly beautiful...Victoria’s soft soul-jazz voice is like a young to midaged Joni Mitchell." - Meadowmusic, Sweden
"Being a blonde who majors in a style of music that is both introspective and vulnerable, Lagerstrom will instantly garner comparisons to tragedy laced Folk artist Eva Cassidy. But that’s where the comparisons end. In all actuality, Lagerstrom is blessed with vocals that are like a collage of Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies and Gladys Knight all molded into one." - The Independent,US
"Her voice is so inviting that you want to wrap yourself in it like a warm blanket."
- The Spectrum,US
