Swedish composer, accordionist, and keyboardist Lars Hollmer was a very much much loved artist who escaped the notice of several during his lifetime but who nevertheless handled listeners around the world from Europe to Asia to THE UNITED STATES. Provided his longstanding account in the quirky Samla Mammas Manna, he …

The Hounds — also sometimes known as “the Hound” — were a Swedish rock-band from the mid-’60s, organized in 1965 by 19-year-old guitarist and singer Henrik Salander and his friend, singer Jan Ahlén. The group — whose various other associates included Lars Wallander (electric guitar), Jan Bråthe (bass/vocals), and Janne …

Inspired by her father’s Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, and Sandy Denny record collection, Antipodean singer/songwriter Emily Barker is among the most interesting talents over the contemporary chamber folk scene. Blessed in Bridgetown, a little rural backwater in southwest Australia, Barker started her musical profession when she shifted to the …