A small but very special star glistens steadily and persistently in the European musical firmament. That immediately becomes clear to anyone who has the pleasure of coming into contact with the musical work of Kristoffer Bolander. The Swede with the heavenly voice has been touring from Gothenburg to Italy for almost a decade as the head of the alternative-folk band Holmes, enchanting both thunderous festival crowds and drunken students in the university pubs alike. The audience is inevitably coaxed into a reverent silence, with a deep sense of witnessing a moment of pure, sad beauty.