Read by Nick Offerman

Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in his first book.

Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman -- who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson?  Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking (he runs his own woodshop), Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman's childhood in small-town Minooka, Illinois to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally.   It also offers hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, style, religion, woodworking, and outdoor recreation, among many other savory entrees.

A mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety, Paddle Your Own Canoe will not only tickle readers pink but may also rouse them to put down their smart phones, study a few sycamore leaves, and maybe even hand craft (and paddle) their own canoes.

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"It's one of those wonderful albums that from the moment you listen to it, you want to play it again immediately  afterwards"
PopDose.com music editor Rob Ross reviews Sofia Talvik's upcoming album "Big Sky Country"

Big Sky Country - Review by PopDose.com on Overnight America

"It seems that whenever Sofia Talvik is the topic of conversation or print, the focus is immediately on her being Swedish and that she generally performs her original songs in an Americana-like style. And, while this may all be true, it is all secondary to something that is far, far more important in understanding Ms. Talvik. Sofia Talvik is among the likes of Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Allison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt, et al., in that her greatest instrument is her voice. That is where the conversations should begin and end." - East Oregonian

Since 2011 Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik has mapped out the world one small city at the time. Through a tireless touring schedule that has taken her through 47 U.S states and many countries in Europe she has spread her music to the ears of thousands of people. Celebrating her 2019 release of her 8th studio album she is embarking on a World Tour with stops in Europe, USA and New Zealand.

Her 2015 release ”Big Sky Country” was a Folk/Americana tribute to the vast planes and big skies of North America after her 1,5 year long tour through the country. The new album is reflecting inwards instead of her surroundings, exploring thoughts about identity and home. Maybe as a result of her touring, she asks: where is home and what does it mean? She takes us on a trip of the small Swedish west coast island where she grew up in the first single ”Take me home” and then like Alice in wonderland spiralling through the rabbit hole into her own soul in ”Reflections”.

8 years of performing live in big and small settings, at Festivals and in living rooms, in castles and cabins, has honed her craft into something more than just an artist, - an avid storyteller with a voice comparable to giants like Joni Mitchell, or as the Folk/Americana Magazine NoDepression said it

”A singer/songwriter who is able to evoke the essence of Laurel Canyon circa the ‘60s as expressed in the work of Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Buffy Sainte-Marie and others who were able to paint beautiful tapestries from words and music.”

Paws of a bear

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Sofia Talvik - Americana / Folk with Swedish Roots

During 2019 Swedish artist Sofia Talvik is embarking on a world tour that includes several European countries, New Zealand and an extensive U.S tour. She will be sharing a variety of songs from her full length albums, as well as some new tunes from her upcoming album, due to be released later in 2019.

Sofia Talvik is a rare artist and an avid storyteller with a voice comparable to giants like Joni Mitchell, or as the Folk/Americana Magazine NoDepression said it ”A singer/songwriter who is able to evoke the essence of Laurel Canyon circa the ‘60s as expressed in the work of Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Buffy Sainte-Marie and others who were able to paint beautiful tapestries from words and music.”.

Prepare yourself for an unique and intimate evening, not unlike the 70's coffeehouses and speakeasy's. You will be up close and personal with a world class act that has played big festivals like Lollapalooza and SxSW and opened for artists like Maria McKee and David Duchovny (X-files, Californication). It is in this kind of setting where she can casually joke and communicate with the audience that her strength as a performer shines the most.

Her delicate songs are performed in an intimate way, showing off Sofia’s angelic voice enhanced only by a tasteful mix of harmonies and delays, accompanied by the steady picking of her acoustic guitar and the rhythm section consisting of her own two feet, bells and a stomp box.

She's an experienced international touring artist that has toured through 47 U.S states, many of the countries in Europe and far away places like New Zealand.

Sofia Talvik just released her 8th studio album "Paws Of a Bear". The album is reflecting inwards instead of to her surroundings, exploring thoughts about identity and home. The first single "Take Me Home" has been fetured on many radio station across the U.S and Europe.

"Even though this young lady is from Sweden, I’d place her at the forefront of the American vanguard. One listen will tell you why and how." - PopDose

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Sofia Talvik

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