Two years after the release of her latest album – the widely critically acclaimed ‘Imprints’ – Karin Hammar is about to release her new album ‘Circles’ in October 2018. Like last time Hammar works with her group Karin Hammar Fab 4 to help her shape eight new compositions and an interpretation of Nina Simone’s ‘Four Women’ into her own musical landscape. The new compositions draw inspiration from such diverse encounters and places: Brazil, Morocco, her daughter Ella, fellow musician Hildegunn Öiseth, to name a few. The title track was written in a small compartment backstage at Malmö Arena in Sweden prior to a show with Swedish pop star Orup. The Karin Hammar Fab 4 line-up includes some of Sweden’s finest jazz players: Niklas Fernqvist on bass, Fredrik Rundqvist on drums and new member, guitarist, Andreas Hourdakis who brings a new form, shape, and level to the group’s sound. Karin Hammar is widely seen as one of Sweden’s foremost trombone players, with four studio albums as a solo artist and numerous collaborations under her belt since debuting in the nineties. She’s been given numerous awards in Sweden, including a prize from the Alice Babs foundation.