The album received several nominations and prizes.Since then, she's led a turbulent life, while going from strength to strengthartistically.

On September 24th2014 we’ll see the release of hersixth album, "Here Comes The Storm" in Scandinavia. This is where herlove of soul and blues is in full bloom for the first time.

While oftendescribed as a singer-songwriter, Elin's words and music have always mirroredwhere she's been in life. At the same time she's had the ability to transformwhat would easily turn into diary notes into timeless songs. This makes herdiscography a rewarding, yet evasive, jigsaw, reminiscent that of one of herheroes', Bob Dylan.

The music hasalways had strokes of folk rock, pop, ballads, country, art pop, and sou. Some times,it has been sparse and restrained, others intense and dramatic. A bit like her ownlife, which has also gone through changes in terms of love, visualpresentation, and geographically: initially moving from her small home town ofMönsterås to Sweden's capital Stockholm (where she spent ten years), she nowlives in Queens, New York, together with her American husband.

"Here ComesThe Storm" is the third album to be released on Elin's own label, DiversAvenue Music. According to her, the album is about restlessness, wanderlust,finding it hard to be content with what you have, and the urge to find your ownway. The songs are about "people you have hurt, been hurt by, and peopleyou will never stop loving".

– I have alwayswondered why my life is so stormy, she confesses. During the writing of the newrecord, I've done some soul searching, and it has dawned on me that the stormis me.

In other words, she'snot the victim of the drama that regularly appears throughout her life – she isthe instigator.

– I have anemotional drive, and I'm very impulsive when it comes to making decisions, bothbig and small, which makes consequences hard to avoid. It's is sometimes bloodyirritating to be a human roller coaster ride, but it also makes lifeinteresting, she states, matter-of-factly.

That the newalbum oozes of soul, blues, and gospel grooves, is not a coincidence. It wasunavoidable that this would happen, sooner or later.

– I've alwaysloved that kind of music, she confirms. The band and I have been a lot moresoul influenced on stage for years. But I haven't been ready to make this kindof album, until now.

The she has madethe leap after having lived in the United States for a few years is prettylogical. After all, her songwriting has, in spite of the various musicalstyles, always had American roots, and she now lives in the country where mostof her favorite genres have their roots.

– I have one handin folk, another one in country music. One foot in blues and the other in soul.Swedish melancholy in my heart and some pop sprinkles in my hair, she smiles.

"Here ComesThe Storm" was produced by Elin Ruth and Torbjörn Eliasson, who also producedher previous album. It’s arranged by Elin Ruth and the band. The album wasrecorded at Daptone Records House of Soul in Brooklyn, New York, together withthe basic backing band, consisting of Torbjörn Eliasson (keyboards), NickeForsberg (drums), and Ubbe Hed (bass).

– Neal Sugarman,one of the founders of Daptone, is basically a neighbor of mine in Sunnyside,Queens. I dropped one of my cd's in his pocket after he had performed with histrio at our regular hangout, Elin says.

She was verycurious about the studio, and felt that her new material would be well off ifrecorded live, preferably through analogue equipment, just like in the old days. Neal liked what he heard, andwelcomed Elin and her band to record at Daptone.

– We spent a weekin that analogue dream together with the house engineer, Wayne Gordon, on areel-to-reel tape machine from 1968.

Additionalrecordings were made in Eliasson's studio, together with a number of fineSwedish guests: Cookies N' Beans, Melissa Horn, Ane Brun, Jennie Abrahamson,Linnea Olsson, Anders Lewén, and Swedish soul/blues legend Sven Zetterberg.

The sessionsresulted in a number of rich and sensual songs, delivered with confidence andguts. You really feel that the band members have been inspired by the songs,Elin's vocals, and the way the backing tracks were recorded. Most listenerswould probably guess that the players behind the spacious, yet driving playingare experienced session guys from the deep South, rather than a couple ofyoungsters from Sweden. Just like the songs themselves, the performances soundnatural, and make you wanna listen again. And again. Add a number of delicatestring- and horn arrangements, and you get the picture: an album that hold upfrom beginning to end.

Yet, the bigexclamation mark remains the vocals. Elin's attractive, slightly raspy voicemoves between strength and pride, and manages to convey all the longing, anger,frustration, happiness and tenderness to found in these songs. She has alwaysbeen believable, but this time her presence, control, and power places heramong the true greats.

Performingartists like Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, and Eva Cassidy, haverightly been lauded for their ability to find the pearls of songwritinghistory, and make them their own. Elin shares the same ability; the differencebeing that she has written the songs herself.

The new songswere written last fall, during a period where Elin avoided alcohol, as well asthe intensity of New York City.

– I turned offthe "social tap", and spent my time in Queens. I took long walks, andtalked to my cat. New York is always demanding attention, and I had gone alongfor the ride and collected impressions of the city for a few years, but I wasnever able to wind down enough to stop and actually create something.

When she took astep back, she felt enormously creative, writing almost 20 songs in two months,half of which can be found on this album.

The first single,"The Storm", can be seen as a declaration, both for Elin, and thealbum itself. Another key track is the gradually building "You Were Right,N.Y.", which is about the love/hate relationship she has with her newhometown, and the sometimes destructive appeal it has on her.