Voodoo Man - Jan Gerfast Blues Band

Jan Gerfast was born in - 54.
He was raised in Osby, a little town in Sweden.
He started to play the blues guitar in the end of the 60s.
Living as a vagabond in the 70s.
Stayed among other places in Paris, France as a street musician
and later on playing in a jazzclub there.
Came home again and started a band called "Blue Night".
This band played experimental rock music.
At this time Jan lived a kind of hippie life in the woods !
In the beginning of the 80s Jan was backing up other swedish artists
live and on records.
In the end of the 80s he formed his blues band and started to play
a lot live in Sweden.
Later on the rest of Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg,
France, Poland etc
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Emil & The Ecstatics

Stockholm based Emil & The Ecstatics is nowadays a well-known name on the european roots scene. After countless festivals, clubs, and three full-length albums, the band has proved to be a force to reckon with. Apart from the many great album reviews, The Ecstatics put a great effort in what they do best - live shows. This have been confirmed by many ecstatic audiences all over Europe. This, their third album “Bit By Bit”, consists of a number of original tunes in the midlands of blues & soul music without being to conservative for that matter. Take a trip to Hawaii in “The Hula” or perhaps a short visit to a 60´s horror screening in “The Spook”. Or what about a trip down “Highway 4”, Swedens own Chitlin Circuit?
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Homebrewed Boogie - Trick Bag

For over 16 years now TRICK BAG has amazed audiences all over Scandinavia, Europe & the US with their Energetic, Explosive Live-shows and 3 full length CDs all containing original songs...

Nowadays Trickbag is regarded a top act on the Swedish Blues scene and is well known for being one of the best back-up bands in the business. The band has become the number 1 choice for numerous Bluesartists when touring in Europe, such as: KID RAMOS (US), JOHN NÉMETH (US), BARRELHOUSE CHUCK (US), GENE TAYLOR (US), WEST WESTON (UK), "LITTLE GEORGE" SUEREF (UK), EGIDIO "JUKE" INGALA (ITA), KURT CRANDALL (US), MIKE BOURNE (US) etc.

Trickbag has also shared stages with stars like: Kim Wilson, Jackie Payne, Kirk Fletcher, Earl Thomas, Sven Zetterberg etc etc...

Their latest record "Tailor-Made" was voted
"SWEDENS BEST BLUESALBUM 2007" featuring
GENE TAYLOR (T-Birds,Canned Heat,The Blasters etc)
on Piano & Organ!

In 2007 frontman TOMMY MOBERG & Bassplayer LARS NÄSMAN toured Chicago, playing with American musicians and also taking the oppurtunity to record together with legendary Saxman ABBE LOCKE who has been a member of HOWLIN WOLFs band and who also toured with ALBERT COLLINS for 10 years!

During 2009 the band did 2 tours with rising star
JOHN NÉMETH, a second tour & recording session with Chicago Bluespiano legend BARRELHOUSE CHUCK and a tour with the three Harp-Kings of Sweden under the name:
"Trickbags Blues Harmonica Blowout".

2010 Has seen the band collaborate with KID RAMOS featuring a big band with hornsection under the name: "Kid Ramos Blues Revue". Trickbag has also recently began working with UKs Premiere Blues Harmonica Player WEST WESTON...Yeah!
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Love Her With A Feelin - ANDY WALO

I grew up in Stockholm, Sweden in a household filled with music. My dad, a Navy Captain used to play tons of Big Band era Jazz records.. Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Tommy Dorsey and Louis Armstrong. My mom was totally into Mahalia Jackson, Gospel & Classic Country.. Patsy Cline etc. I was the youngest out of five kids and after my older siblings got older & moved out, they left all their great 60's music behind.. Music I wouldn't normally get exposed to, growing up in the Eighties. So I inherited lots of Rolling Stones, The Who, Donovan, Motown and Beatles! I remember when I was five, I spent nearly everyday at the turntable listening repeatedly to The Beatles 'White Album'.. I couldn't get it through my head how in their later years they were kind of 'spaced out & out of tune' but STILL sounded so good! Four years later I bought a geek classmate's toy-guitar for 50 cents, and with only two strings I eventually figured out a few guitar-melodies. A year later my dad got me my first 'real' guitar (An Acoustic Spanish/Classical guitar with nylon strings) I fell in love right then & there! I was playing in my first band at age 14, we did Beatles and Stones songs note for note. A few years later, Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin became huge influences. After high school I became more curious of Blues and early Rock and Roll, I wanted to know what my heroes were listening to! I watched a friend's video with Albert King one night.. and I knew I had found the Blues.. From that day on I've felt more comfortable with Blues than ANY other music. My raves were Jimmy Reed (still is), Albert Collins, Otis Rush and John Lee Hooker - At eighteen, during my Military enlistment process (All Swedish males between 18 & 34 had to by law, spend about a year in the Military) I had put in a request to my recruiting officer for a position in the elite Paratrooper Regiment.. and yes, I was all-gung-ho & restless for my Army days to begin. However, my enrollment was canceled when I was invited to visit neighboring country Denmark for work which gave me the opportunity to play music full time.. and this really changed my life-path dramatically. Soon after that, I was invited to Sussex, England and later on to Chicago. I guess it may have been decided by 'weird cosmic fate' for me to play guitar in life instead of setting up 'Perimeters on battlefields'. My father had traveled quite a bit during the 'Cold War' when old Soviet Union was lurking at our doorstep, and I've always respected his achievements growing out of humble beginnings, taking his first job as a sailor on Cargo Ships when he was a teenager, and after joining Navy reaching the full rank of Submarine Captain as he chose to stay in deep waters. My Dad actually played a little guitar when being off duty/on leave in those early days. So who knows.. since I continued his 2nd passion Music, Fate may finally have reached full circle now - I was now based in Central Europe and established myself as a full-time musician, living and performing in Denmark and England from 1989-1993 ***************************************************************************** I met Aaron Burton (former bass player with Albert Collins) when they toured Denmark 1992. They saw me perform at a club in Copenhagen, and his drummer Tino Cortes who's now one of my best friends, is the person who actually convinced me to move to Chicago in the spring of -93, I'd been most places in the states as a kid but had no clue I would ever live in Chicago. In Chi-Town I sat in with all the Blues-greats; Buddy Guy, Big Time Sarah and soul singer Otis Clay. And almost right away was asked to go on the road with people I didn't know anything about. I shared tours & stages with Bo Diddley, J.J. Cale, Canned Heat, Koko Taylor, The Ohio Players and classic rock heroes the Blue Oyster Cult, all this during my first years in Chicago! Someone who had heard me play at a Jam kept saying nice stuff about me to the road manager for Junior Wells, I soon auditioned and in 1995, I became the lead guitarist for Blues legend Junior Wells. I spent the next two years touring the world with Junior Wells and our eight-piece band. We played everywhere.. Europe, Japan, every state except Alaska! And really cool shows too.. like the 1996 New Orleans Jazz Festival with Allman Brothers Band and B.B. King. I also played lead-guitar on the last two records Junior made before he passed away from cancer; We recorded Grammy Nominated "Junior Wells Live at Buddy Guy's Legends" (two days after returning from playing twenty nine shows in thirty days in Europe) Junior had pneumonia during the show but still kicked ass!. The second album "Junior Wells - Live Around The World" was recorded live in Europe & Japan and my lead-guitar stood out a little more ** Junior Wells: 1934 - 1998 - God Bless! ***************************************************************************** After Junior Wells died from cancer in 1998, I didn't feel like going back playing clubs & bars in Chicago so I moved to Los Angeles.. I had some family in Long Beach and I've always loved So Cal. I played with some local bands at the beginning for work but I turned down a couple of big offers because I really wanted to start from scratch in Calif. My Trio thing started around 2002.. I wanted to play music that was completely honest & true to my roots and though half of that is Blues, I also wanted to play original songs in the Blues/Rock vein of Free and Led Zeppelin or the Who.. All the sounds I grew up combined with Chicago Blues, which I simply can't stay away from. ***************************************************************************** " - Andy Walo Trio have built a strong following mainly in the South Bay. They perform 15 - 20 shows a month throughout Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. "Live Your Life" - Andy Walo (available on: www.itunes.com www.amazon.com and www.cdbaby.com) was Released In March 2004 by Philadelphia indie-label Canadian-American Records, the full-length CD includes the folksy "Traveled" which charted at No. 1 on the Australian Indie Charts and pure rock songs such as title-track "Live Your Life" and "We Are Together". In August 2004, Andy performed at the Annual Harley Davidson Festival in Sturgis, South Dakota Featuring Kid Rock & ZZ Top. He also spent six weeks touring Northern Europe in the summer of 2005. In 2006 Andy Walo & friend Stephen Rowe performed in Nashville, Tennessee. opening up shows for 80's Aussie band Men At Work. Andy Walo Trio received a standing ovation at the 2008 Long Beach Blues Festival where they performed opening for Booker T & The MG's, John Mayall & Chuck Berry with others, this lead to the band performing Headline Stage at the 2009 Long Beach Blues Festival. Since 2007 Andy Walo Trio performs several shows monthly at the House Of Blues in Las Vegas, combined with gigs all throughout Southern California.
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Smog Productions artists: The Wife - Bad Habits - New Release Review

I just received a copy of the newest release, Bad Habits by Swedish band The Wife. This recording is far from what most would term a blues recording but it is quite an interesting recording. The band consists of Natalie Johansson (vocal and harmonica), Kristoffer Johansson (guitars), Marcus Blomqvist (Double bass), Kristofer Fredriksson (drums, harmonica), Rebecca Fransson (violin) and Viktor Bergmann (piano). This is a very beautifully composed recording, primarily acoustic and voice. Natalie Johansson has a haunting voice with for simplicity sake say blends the subtlety of Hope Sandoval and the texture of Neil Young. All 14 tracks are penned by Johansson except The Train which is composed by Natalie and Kristoffer Johansson. This music is sonically soothing but the lyrics are deep, serious and thought provoking. (Lyrics of The Wife)
You wrapped me up two surprices,

one in every hand

But I never got to pick wich one

you spoke for me insted

Now where's the moral in you actions

Where.s the ethics in you hand

You v´cannot hush the silence

or wake the wife you killed



I just left the building

going huntin up my own free will

I won't live my life in that

shallow box you build



Friends call it luck

that I do not get cruised around no more

And speaking of that,

the ship you sailed just sank beside my shore

The captain didn't make it

He was playin em' ol tricks again

You'll never reach the bottom you'll keep

sinkin and sinkin my friend

You won't find any screaming guitar solo's on this release, nor will you find the voice of Son House, but if you like quiet poetic music and interesting vocals... this may be the best I've heard in a long time.
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Jimmy Z & Slidin' Slim

About Jimmy Z
Born in Sacramento, California, Jimmy ‘Z’ Zavala has been playing music professionally since the 1970’s. After forming a few of his own bands, he moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and began recording and touring with superstar Rod Stewart. He gained international fame when he played harmonica on the Eurythmics #1 hit ‘Missionary Man.’ Besides touring with the Eurythmics, he has recorded and toured with Tom Petty, Etta James, Jaguares and many others. Though steeped in the Blues, he has become an indispensible session musician, playing on nearly 1000 tunes with artists of all genres, including Dr. Dre, Barry White, Ziggy Marley, Yes, Bon Jovi, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Slash’s Snakepit, Macy Gray, etc.
He has released four CDs of his own material and has recently been recording music for stock libraries and soundtracks for films and radio & TV commercials. He also performs with his own blues band, Jimmy Z and the ZTribe, comprised of many high-profile musicians.
About Slidin’ Slim
Swedish born guitarist Anders Landelius (a.k.a. Slidin’ Slim) grew up listening to Jerry Lee, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino and formed his first band at age 12. In the early ‘90s, he discovered American Delta Blues and musicians Son House, Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson and that has been his musical focus since then. Slim has released a number of CD's and toured in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, The Netherlands and the USA. He is nominated for the 2011 Janne Rosenqvist Memorial Prize, the finest award a Scandinavian blues musician can get!
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Samma lea snea blues - Peps Persson

Peps Persson (born 20 December 1946 in Helsingborg) is a Swedish blues and reggae musician from Tjörnarp, Scania. Throughout his career he has mostly made music in Swedish and is well known for his Scanian dialect. At an earlier stage he made a few albums in English.
Persson's career up to 1975 was mostly inspired by the blues, and Peps is known for having reworked many famous blues and reggae tunes into Swedish, by such artists as Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Bob Marley.

After 1975, his career turned away from the blues and focused mostly on reggae. Some of his songs, like "Falsk matematik" and "Hög standard", made a political statement, and were considered part of the progg movement.
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Cross Road Blues - Robert Lighthouse

Robert Lighthouse, a native of Sweden, first came to the United States at the age of 18, determined to learn more about the music he loves -- Mississippi Delta Blues.

For eight years he traveled around the country visiting blues Meccas like Chicago's famed Maxwell Street and New Orleans, the cradle of the blues.

He settled in Washington, DC in 1988 and established a cult following as a street musician.

He toured Belgium and Holland with the Charlie Sayles Band and then landed his own steady gig at City Blues Cafe in D.C.
Robert has represented the DC area at the Blues Foundation IBC's twice, once with his band and once as a solo.

His critically acclaimed debut CD, "Drive-Thru Love", was released in 1998.
His long awaited follow up Deep Down in the Mud was released in the summer of 2007 and also has received much critical acclaim.

Robert's simultaneous work on guitar and harmonica on has received rave reviews in major blues publications throughout the United States, Europe and Australia.
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Room Next Door - Karin Rudefelt and Doctor Blues

In September 1981 the band performed their first gig in front of a full auditorium – and the success was a fact. Doctor Blues had soon established themselves on the blues-scenes and headlined festivals across the whole of Sweden as well as northern Europe. A milestone of vital importance for the band's history came with the blues-singer Karin Rudefelt's appearance in 1996. With Karin's entrance the vocal part of their music got a new dimension. Consequently, from then on, the band calls themselves "Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues". Their first independent full-length album "No Pain No Gain" with own material only, was released in 2003. The album received warm receptions and fine reviews in the American blues-magazine Blues Revue amongst others. Due to the release of their second album "Breakin' the chain" in 2006 the band reached a definite lift. 2008 the band delivered their third album "Magic Brew", with a touché of damp hot Mississippi voodoo feeling, mixed in a boiling pot of widely huddled heavy and rocky blues. The album has rendered a huge response amongst the blues community all over the world. "Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues" have toured around northern Europe and Scandinavia, and performed in most places with a blues-profile, like the biggest blues-festivals and most important clubs. The band is regarded as innovators of blues as a genre and they like to experiment and push the boundaries of the blues into new dimensions, yet with both feet deeply rooted in the traditional mould. 2009 the band remodeled the setting with keyboard and a broader bass playing, which has given the band a heavier sound and output. In 2011 the fourth CD "Walk the walk" is released. On this album also backed up by two friends - well known slide guitar player Erja Lyytinen and Brian Kramer. In 2011, Doctor Blues sound is even more dynamic, however rougher than ever. The setting is now guitar, bass and drums "only". The band has always looked upon the blues as a mirror and reflector of it's time, and from that fact booth lyrics and musical influences are connected to today's society and its people. The blues heals and cleanse!
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EUROPE unveil new album "Bag of Bones" with guest appearance from Joe Bonamassa

earMUSIC, rock leg of the Hamburg, Germany, based full entertainment company edel, is thrilled to announce the new album of THE Swedish rock supergroup, EUROPE. The long player, set for UK release on Monday 30th April 2012, is entitled Bag of Bones.

The new record was produced by one of the world's most prestigious producers, Kevin Shirley. No stranger to the crème de la crème of iconic rock, Shirley has produced albums for Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Black Stone Cherry and Journey. Bag of Bones features 11 brand new tracks, including the first single, Not Supposed To Sing The Blues, which will be serviced to radio this Friday, March 2nd and will be released digitally March 9th.

The band recently unveiled the album artwork and now is ready to confirm the track listing of the new album, which is said to be a milestone in Sweden's biggest hard rock band’s long lasting career. Prior to the recordings, when EUROPE front man Joey Tempest confessed, "We're ready to do some serious damage,” - he could not have been anymore correct. Bag of Bones was already titled "one hell of a record" and is the successor of EUROPE's 2009 album Last Look at Eden, which proved to be the band's most important record since The Final Countdown.

Says singer Joey Tempest: "Finally we express ourselves completely without restraint. Straight from heart and soul. It took some time but WE HAVE ARRIVED!"

Contributing slide guitar to the title track Bag of Bones is no one less but currently hottest blues rock name, Joe Bonamassa. "We're honored that Joe Bonamassa wanted to play some slide guitar on our record. We're all big fans of his music", Tempest points out.

The album, which features a more straightforward rock approach including the track Doghouse, already performed during the band's most recent European tour, is going to be available in a standard CD version as well as on classy vinyl.

Album Track Listing:

1. Riches To Rags
2. Not Supposed To Sing The Blues
3. Firebox
4. Bag Of Bones
5. Requiem
6. My Woman My Friend
7. Demon Head
8. Drink And A Smile
9. Doghouse
10. Mercy You Mercy Me
11. Bring It All Home

EUROPE drummer Ian Haugland sums up the taste of the new album - "If Bag of Bones was a dinner menu at a restaurant, it would get 5 stars in the Michelin guide. We are ready to take your orders!”

EUROPE are also embedded into the European Handball Federation's (EHF) Champions League finals in 2012. Part of the EHF & EUROPE Campaign will be a band performance during the "Final4 tournament" award ceremonies on May 27th in Cologne, Germany.

Having confirmed some first festival appearances across Europe over the summer, the Scandinavians are also set to hit worldwide stages with extended touring fall and onwards.

01.05. Thanks Jimi Festival – Wroclaw (PL)
17.05. Bikers Festival – Wetzikon (CH)
25.05. Metallasvenskan – Orebro (S)
24.06. Graspop Festival – Dessel (B)
30.06. Kirunafestivalen – Kiruna (S)
21.07. Olsa Live – Porvoo (FIN)
27.07. Rock Of Ages – Seebronn (GER)

Screwed Live - Slidin' Slim

I grew up listening to Jerry Lee, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino and that might have put the mean R&B in my blood when I was just a small kid. In the late 70..s and early 80..s I discovered Ramones, The Clash, Dead Kennedys and whole Swedish punk scene. I guess I always been something of a misfit so I just fell in love with the whole thing and started my first band as a 12 year old. During the late 80..s I lost it for a while but somewhere around 90/91 I discovered delta blues and Son House, Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson. That was it. Since 1994 my whole focus has been the blues and I've released a number of CD's and toured in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, The Netherlands and USA. During the last couple of years I've been writing fiction (nothing published yet) and working on a spoken word idea.
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How Long, How Long Blues - Bottleneck John

I was born and raised in a small town called Lit in the midst of Sweden(this area is also a junction for several rivers forming a true "delta".. Haha, so I can say I was born on the delta, folks!!). I still live here today..

Music has always been in my life!! My grandfather Erik made my first recordings on an old tape recorder when I was three years old. On the tape you can hear everything from stories of Bellman to ol'timey folk-tunes!! My grandmother Elna's relatives are(were) all awesome and well known musicians and she was the one who got me into singing.(thanks, grandma!). I used to sit in her lap when she played an old pump-organ and sang Swedish folk-tunes of old and spirituals like Swing low sweet chariot and Amazing Grace..

But it seems I'm always drawn back in time and place to the Mississippi Delta of the 1920's and 30's..
I guess this is THE music that touches my soul the most?! It must be, I haven't found any music yet that can compare to these old recordings in terms of soul, feeling and honesty..

When I perform it's mostly old-timey 1920's and 30's Delta, Hokum & Country blues stuff.. Spirituals, of course, are also an essential part of my repertoire.
Performing solo but also in duo’s and in full acoustic(and electric) bands, playing blues festivals, clubs, concert halls, private concerts, churches, coffee houses, schools & pubs.

Singin' my heart out and playin' resonator guitars, my beloved tin-cans in open tunings and having one foot pounding out the rhythm on the floorboards. Nowadays I think about what the the gig requires, and then if needed I put a band together. Got lots of very talented good friends, great musicians!
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Mean Old Devil Got On II - Daniel Norgren

Daniel Norgren is a swedish singer-songwriter from Borås. His music noted for its originality, which is rough and soulful with ways in the expressions that could be traced back to the pre-war blues and gospel, early garagerock and jazz.

As a live artist he often performs all on his own, with his one man band on electric guitar, drums, kazoo and harmonica, but he also performs with a full band.
In reviews he has been compared with artists like RL Burnside, Tom Waits, White Stripes and Son House etc with one thing underlined: He’s a quite unique artist with an untouched feeling in his music and expression.

So far Norgren has released three studio albums: Kerosene dreams (Superpuma Records, 2007), Outskirt (Superpuma Records, 2008), Horrifying Deatheating Bloodspider (Superpuma Records, 2010).
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Ice Cream Man - Robert Lighthouse

Robert Lighthouse, a native of Sweden, first came to the United States at the age of 18, determined to learn more about the music he loves -- Mississippi Delta Blues.
For eight years he traveled around the country visiting blues Meccas like Chicago's famed Maxwell Street and New Orleans, the cradle of the blues.
He settled in Washington, DC in 1988 and established a cult following as a street musician.
He toured Belgium and Holland with the Charlie Sayles Band and then landed his own steady gig at City Blues Cafe in D.C.
Robert has represented the DC area at the Blues Foundation IBC's twice, once with his band and once as a solo.
His critically acclaimed debut CD, "Drive-Thru Love", was released in 1998.
His long awaited follow up Deep Down in the Mud was released in the summer of 2007 and also has received much critical acclaim.
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Bman's Exclusive Interview: Stains of Blue (Stockholm, Sweden)

I caught up with Simon Schultz, bandleader of Stains of Blue, a band from Stockholm, Sweden.

Bman: Hi Simon. So tell me a little about the band. Who are the members and how long have you been playing together?

Simon: The band consists of Rahwa Ghebrehiwet on vocals, Anton Hållbus on bass guitar, Todd Barker on drums, and me and Simon Näckborn taking turns on lead and rythm guitar. We also have some new material featuring myself on harmonica and piano. We've been playing together for about a year and a half, I believe. We play a mix of blues and rock, with influences from all over the rock n roll spectrum, ranging all the way from AC/DC to Red Hot Chili Peppers to Jimi Hendrix.

Bman: We live a pretty sheltered life in the US and don't often get to hear of European talents unless they really get a big break (or unless they play pop music). I came across one of your videos and really liked your sound. I've only found a few tracks online. Are you just working up your first collection for recording?

Simon: We have around 15-20 original songs which we are quite happy with. But we are just now getting in to recording, and we actually went into the studio for the first time this summer. We try to record as much live footage as possible and upload it to Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/GuitarGeorgie?blend=21&ob=5 and our facebook-page  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stains-Of-Blue/158421817510160?sk=wall . As of today we currently have 3 recorded tracks and we are in the process of recording a couple more.

Bman: In looking through your materials on Youtube, I find that I like your original material much better than your cover tunes. I don't know if anyone has told you that but your original tunes come across a lot more real.

Simon: Thanks a lot, really appreciate it! We have never heard that before, no. We feel the same way as you. Our original songs have a personal connection to us and therefore they feel more real. Covers are great, but generally, original songs are more fun to play.

Bman: There is an extreme difference between the two. So who is the song writer or is that a collaborative effort?

Simon: The song writing process is pretty loose. We usually noodle at home by ourselves and then bring some lyrics, chords or riffs along to a rehearsal. There we make up the missing parts and try to make it into a song. Some songs take more time to construct than others. It depends on how the song is composed and on our daily form.

Bman: That makes a lot of sense. Is there a plan for a cd release anytime soon?

Simon: After we have recorded a few more songs we will look into putting them on some sort of a digital album, probably on spotify and itunes, but we have some studio work to do first. My estimation is that we’ll have a finished product within 6 months, but you never know, could be earlier.

Bman: Your vocalist has a really cool sound. Where did you find her? (Jeff Beck found Rod Stewart singing in a pub).

Simon: If I remember correctly  Simon Näckborn's little sister brought home a recording from a performance in her school.

A couple of days after Simon N. heard the recording, he asked his sister to invite Rahwa to a rehearsal. Thankfully she showed up, because there wouldn’t be any Stains of Blue without her.

Bman: I think what I heard sounded like there is talent throughout but her voice is definitely what initially caught my attention.

Well, I wish you well and hope to hear some new stuff soon. Do you have anything that you'd like to tell you new fans world wide?

Simon: Stay tuned for more recorded material as well as live footage! Any videos, songs or news about the band can be found on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stains-Of-Blue/158421817510160?sk=wall, a “like” would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions feel free to contact us on our facebook page our send an email to simon.schultz@comhem.se

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