(l-r) Lisa Hartt & Pat Nunn at the Pyramids 1971
(l-r) Lisa Hartt & Pat Nunn at the Pyramids 1971

Lisa Hartt has had quite a whirlwind year, launching her career back full steam ahead with single releases, an EP release, 2 tours to Sweden, the first being the amazing time she was greeted at Lilla By Festivalen as the Canadian legend she truly is. She deserves that recognition for a story long untold about her collaboration with Sweden’s hero, Ted Gardestad.

With a career that dates back to the late 70’s, The Lisa Hartt Band topped the charts with a single ‘Old Time Movie’, which resulted in major tours around the world. The band broke up, all right love you go cry some but Lisa never stopped honing her craft. Life had some twists and turns that stopped her touring and sometimes performing, but she continued to write and devote her time to celebrating her music.

The momentum increased when she was invited to Rinkaby, Sweden, last summer. Released on March 18, 2024, there is another single (and video release) ‘The Night I Learned to Dance’, and she is thrilled to finally get her story out there.

‘The Night I Learned to Dance” was lived over 45 years ago, but has only recently come to light, when Lisa Hartt was introduced to Jonas Gideon while they were both performing at Lillaby Festivalen 2023, in Rinkaby, Sweden. Lisa Hartt explains how this amazing songwriting collaboration began: “Jonas asked me to enter an experiment and write some lyrics that he then would put music to, much like Elton and Bernie. Well, I was thrilled to have made this musical connection and I started writing immediately. The result was ‘The Night I Learned to Dance.”

Check it out on YouTube here: