Career
Almqvist has released four solo albums, Can"t Stop Laughing (2005), Stories (2007), Glimmer (2009) and Warsaw Holiday (2013). Andi Almqvist has toured extensively over the years, headlining or supporting artists like Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, Holly Golightly, Kaizer"s Orchestra, B.B. King, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette among others Almqvist has played many of Europe"s big festivals, such as Eurosonic Festival (Holland), Les Ardentes (Belgium), Spot Festival (Denmark), Dias Nordicos (Spain), Peace & Love (Sweden), and Hultsfred Festival (Sweden).
He has also performed in venues around the world, such as Joe"s Public in New York City, Club Passim in Boston, Borderline in London, King Tut"s in Glasgow, Andrews Lane Theatre in Dublin, Le Mura in Rome, Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, B72 in Vienna, Galileo Galilei in Madrid, Vega in Copenhagen, Grand Theatre in Groningen, Debaser Medis in Stockholm and many others
During July and August 2010, Almqvist"s song was the most downloaded on well-known American music magazine Paste Magazine"s website. In May 2011 the documentary "The Misadventures of Andi Almqvist" aired on Swedish national television
The film was released on Digital Video Disc in November 2011. In February 2012, Almqvist"s song Big Bad Black Dog Blues was featured in American television-series Justified, episode 5, season 3.
In May 2012 Andi Almqvist signed with Zentropa Music, the music division of film company Zentropa.
Almqvist-song I Was Not To You What You Were to Maine was featured in Thomas Vinterbergs film The Hunt, which was nominated for the Golden Palm in Cannes 2012. 2014 - The Absent One. Danish movie directed by Mikkel Nørgaard.
2014 - Filip & Fredrik - Ska vi göra slut?.
Swedish television-series. 2013 - My Sweet Pepper Land. French/German movie directed by Huner Saleem.
Contributes with the song Take Heed, Beware, Let Go. 2013 - Niklas Mat. Swedish television-series.
Contributes with the songs Boneyard Blues and Big Bad Black Dog Blues.
2013 - The Keeper Of Lost Causes. Danish movie directed by Mikkel Nørgaard. 2012 - The Hunt. Danish movie directed by Thomas Vinterberg.
The movie was also nominated for the Golden Palm in Cannes.
2012 - Justified, #5 season 3. American television-series. Contributes with the song Big Bad Black Dog Blues.
2012 - Sejit z cesty. Czechoslovakian movie directed by Pavel Jandourek.
Contributes with the songs Hyena and Big Bad Black Dog Blues.
2007 - Älgalus och vilda svin. Swedish documentary directed by Johan Palmgren. Contributes with the songs Can"t Stop Laughing and The Devil Is A Girl.