Friday, March 16   8:00 p.m.
Uncle Flirty's Loft   (512 Trinity St)

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  Irina Bjorklund & Peter Fox - Casse-Moi
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?Lady Lumberjack meets Moulin Rouge?

Irina Bjorklund...

-...wrote her first song at age seven. The rough
translation of the swedish name of the song ?Om
Hundarna och Kattorna kan, sa kan Jag? would
be ?If the Dogs and the Cats can do it, so can I?.
The song had 11 verses.

-...is more known as an accomplished actress from
Europe (imdb her and You?ll get a small fraction of the
somewhat 40 films she?s starred in), but has seven
american indies hitting the festival circuit this year.

-...saw the french film ?Delicatessen? at age sixteen,
and decided that she would make the Musical Saw
her pension plan, just in case the acting thing wouldn?t work out...

-...grew up in Finland, France and Sweden, and uses the languages of each country as she writes and
performs, along with english and russian.

-...has made several recordings with various artists for Universal Music in Finland.

-...collaborated with composer Peter Fox on the soundtrack of the feature ?Red is the Color of...? (in which she also plays the lead) - the pair decided to continue their collaboration, and have now successfully been
performing live in LA and Finland, and have released their first CD ?Oh l?Amour? - an ode to Irina?s native Finland, and her much beloved France...

-...was on january 26th 2007 the featured artist at the Finnish Venla Gala (equal to the American Emmies). Previous such bookings has included the Marimekko summer fashion show 2006.

-...is now working on the follow up CD of "Oh l'Amour" with Peter Fox, to be released within a year, aswell as planning a European tour.