David Ritschard

More than ever, an accurate portrayer of reality at the intersection between country and soul. On his new album, David Ritschard shows that the step from "brobrännare" to "blåbärskung" is not very far. Without losing character or unmistakable swagger, Gröna linjen's own George Jones expands the musical framework and lets the listener get even closer to himself in songs that oscillate between personal depictions of Sweden, poignant human destinies and accurate everyday scenes from reality - including in the form of a duet with Frida Hyvönen.

Henrik Hammargren has written half of all the songs on both Brobrännaren and Blåbärkungen, here is his celebrated solo debut as H.Self.

Despite a name taken from Sweden's only urban underground tramway, they have made a name for themselves on both the Swedish and the American country scene. They have emerged victorious from the country-SM competition, have been nominated for the year's honky tonk group at the Ameripolitan Awards in Memphis and have entered legendary stages such as Nashville Palace and Blues City Cafe. Not bad for a group of die-hard country fans based in greater Stockholm.

The eleven songs on Baker's Bog Blowout range from the group's personal favorites recorded by influential writers such as Harlan Howard and George Jones, to self-written pieces signed by David Ritschard, Henric Hammarbäck and Daniel Björkander. Also participating is the Nashville-born singer Kristina Murray, who contributes her voice on the track "Honky Tonkt Saturday Night".