Magnus Carlson (born 3 August 1968) is a Swedish singer, composer, songwriter, DJ, and record collector. After playing in various cover bands in the nineties he formed the
indie group,
Weeping Willows. Their 1997 debut album was an instant success and the band soon became a national household name.
In 2003 Magnus launched what would become a very successful solo career. One that now has established him as one of the biggest male artists in Sweden today. He has released a total of 16 albums in the last twenty years, several of them gold and platinum records and he's collaborated with more artists than even he can remember. From duets with singer
Anna Ternheim to house tracks with members of
Swedish House Mafia
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; from performing
Velvet Underground-covers with
Nina Persson of
The Cardigans and
Ebbot Lundberg of
The Soundtrack of Our Lives to selling out concert halls performing an acclaimed Royal Symphony Orchestral tribute to the late
David Bowie
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onto playing horns with
Noel Gallagher's
High Flying Birds.
Live performance from Skavlan
But at the heart of his passion for music lies an overall love of the sixties. That is particularly evident in his most recent releases. In the autumn of 2017, he released a string of authentic northern soul singles followed up by Motown/Spector-influenced Christmas mini-album together with Weeping Willows. A new, through-and-through, jazz
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EP is lined up for release in 2018, as is his first ever full-length solo album in the UK, which was largely recorded and produced by Andy Lewis at Paul Weller
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's Black Barn studio in Surrey.
Discography
Albums
*2001 – '' Allt är bara du, du, du'' ''- featuring Håkan Hellström, Mick Jones and Joakim Thåström''
*2006 – '' Ett Kungarike För En Kram''
*2009 – '' Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet''
*2010 – ''Echoes''
*2013 – '' Tandem Sky''
*2016 – ''Tolkningarna – Så mycket bättre Säsong 7''
*2017 – ''Den långa vägen hem''
References
External links
Official MySpace
1968 births
Living people
Singers from Stockholm
Swedish pop singers
English-language singers from Sweden
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