Tobias Fröberg

Swedish singer and songwriter Tobias Fröberg achieved spectacular success in his homeland along with his debut album in 2004, and has earned a growing worldwide following along with his second album, 2006’s Somewhere in the town, which recalls the cream from the folk-influenced singer/songwriter motion from the ’60s and ’70s, particularly Paul Simon, Nick Drake, and Tim Buckley. Fröberg was created and elevated in Gotland, an isle community referred to as a haven for performers and a favorite destination. Fröberg was raised within a musical home — his dad played bass within a jazz ensemble — but despite his appreciate for music, he primarily pursued an effective career being a journalist, composing for a number of publications furthermore to contributing a normal column to Aftonbladet, the country’s biggest paper. Fröberg frequently joked to close friends that if he could interview Neil Youthful and Ingmar Bergman the same time, he’d consider his profession as a article writer complete and present it up to create music. In 2003, Bergman decided to talk to Fröberg to get a reserve he was composing in the publicity-shy Swedish filmmaker. The night time of his last interview with Bergman, Fröberg went to a Neil Youthful concert in Stockholm, and figuring this is as close as destiny was more likely to allow to attaining his great objective, he give up his work and came back to Gotland to begin with composing songs. Fröberg create a home studio room, and approached his good friend Linus Larsson, an effective record producer. Jointly they produced Fröberg’s 2004 debut record, For Elisabeth Wherever SHE ACTUALLY IS; Larsson managed the documenting and performed the drums, while Fröberg performed the rest of the musical instruments. The record was a significant critical achievement, and received an Record of the entire year nomination from Sweden’s most renowned indie music award committee. Fröberg and Larsson got their time producing the follow-up, spending over 100 days within their studio room recording 2006’s Someplace in the town; once more Fröberg and Larsson performed almost all the devices, though Ane Brun added a memorable duet vocal for the track “Like and Misery.” When among the tracks from your album was certified for make use of in a video camera industrial, Fröberg’s music was all of a sudden being heard around Europe, as well as the English Poptones label authorized Fröberg to a offer in the U.K., where Someplace in the town received rave evaluations. Meanwhile, the increasing indie label Cheap Lullaby Information gave Someplace in the town an American launch, and in the springtime of 2007 Fröberg produced his debut in the us, including a set of shows in the exclusive South by Southwest Music Meeting.