Band Lineup 2024

This band build their sound around one of Swedish Americana's most powerful voices. With feet firmly planted in bluegrass and inspiration from folk, blues and country, a high-octane and energetic mix is ​​formed that takes the audience on an unforgettable ride. The five-man band is fronted by Canadian Imogen Grant. With her expressive and classically trained voice, she moves freely between opera-inspired sounds to growling funk punk with energy built up over several years of street music. Mo's Granted performs a lot of original material as well as carefully selected and arranged songs from bluegrass and other genres.

Imogen Grant is backed up by Kenneth Kjellgren on banjo, Jan-Olof Jonsson on guitar and vocals, Gustav Jonsson on mandolin and Peter Cedermark on double bass and vocals.

Just as Blue plays Grassicana! That is how they describe their mix of acoustic music born from American folk music, Bluegrass, Americana and Country. They take the best of the drive and energy of bluegrass and mix it with typical moods from Americana, thus creating their typical Just as Blue sound. Since the very beginning, the band has been recognized for its songs where strong instrumental efforts and joy of playing are mixed with soulful vocals with a lot of presence, and where the most important thing in the songs is always the story that is told. Since the first gigs in 2015, they have played their music at festivals around Sweden and Europe. Their studio album "Through with Falling" is available on all majors music platforms.

On a journey from the bushes of America through the large productions of the 90’s pop/grunge scene and into a modern Scandinavian branch of country music Erik P. Sjöqvist and Liza Morgansdotter are Ashes & Fire from Gothenburg, Sweden. With enchanting harmonies and powerful soundscapes they will guide you through the fates of Bob Dylan-esc characters, and with their breathtaking live act they will continue to sell out venues across the globe!

Springdale is the Swedish country duo consisting of Julia Brejnak and Oliver Stenberg. Their sound is influenced by today's modern country with artists such as Lainey Wilson and Carley Pearce and is recognizable by Julia's unique voice and Oliver's tasteful guitar playing. They record, produce and write their own material and are now working on what will be their debut EP. In 2022 they released their first single "Me Leaving You" and in 2023 they won the "P4 Näst Sjuhärad Final" with their single "The One That Got Away".

These are the underdogs that are brought up playing in the street. Their home is in Haga and many people have enjoyed listening to them in almost all seasons, temperatures and weather. Rookie Riot is one of the major reasons The Haga Bluegrass Street Festival came to be. Emerging from being a beginner band to become one of the most well recognised bands within bluegrass in Sweden in just a few years, Rookie Riot will give you a high energy show. In 2023 Rookie Riot was invited to play at the biggest bluegrass Festival in Europe - La Roche in France, and after that they left for a trip to USA where they was awarded 10th place among 127 US bands at Galax, Virginia - one of the oldest and most renowned conventions for American Oldtime and Bluegrass music. Their mix of traditional bluegrass with softer ballads and their own original material is well balanced and will leave you wanting more. 

Facebook: @rookieriot

Web: www.rookieriot.com 

Do not miss these fantastic singers. Angelina Lundh and Mikael Grund presents some of the most heartfelt and beautiful vocals in bluegrass and country music in Europe. Although influenced by the big names such as Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Dan Tyminski and more, they create their own vocal soundscape that goes straigh to the core of americana music.