Weeping Willows (band)
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Weeping Willows is a Swedish
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group that started in 1995.


History

The band's first two albums are primarily influenced by the
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of the late 1950s to early 1960s. With their third album ''Into the Light'', Weeping Willows took a stylistic turn towards a more modern sound with
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leanings. Singer Magnus Carlson has also made albums as a solo artist and sang with fellow Swedish band
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on a cover of the
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' single " What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in 2008. The lyrics typically deal with unhappy love, loneliness and heart-ache. In the end of August 2006 Weeping Willows were the 99th most successful band in Sweden since 1985 (just after
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) at the list ''Tracks'' (statistics maintained by the
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). In 2005 they were in 80th place on the most played bands on Swedish radio (with a top position of 5 in 2002). Most played songs are "Touch Me" (7th most played song in 2002 in Swedish Radio) and "Stairs" (8th most played song 2004 in Swedish Radio). The band has collaborated with
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on a project called MOAT. They are currently working on their second release.


Members


Current members

*
Magnus Carlson 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 s ...
– vocals *Ola Nyström – guitar, background vocals *Anders Hernestam – drums *Niko Röhlcke – guitar, slideguitar, keyboards


Live member

*Anders Kappelin – bass guitar


Past members

*Stefan Axelsen – bass guitar *Mats Hedén – keyboards *Thomas Sundgren – percussion


Discography


Albums


Singles

*"Broken Promise Land" (1997) SWE #23 NED: 92 *"Eternal Flames" (1997) *"Blue and Alone" (1997) *"December Songs" (1997) *"You're everywhere" (1999) (with The Boppers, from the motion picture Under the Sun) *"True to You" (1999) *"By the River" / "I Close My Eyes" (1999) *"When You Are Asleep" (1999) (with
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) *"While I'm Still Strong" (1999) *"Touch Me" (2001) SWE #21 *"Falling" (2002) *"Stairs" (2004) SWE #22 *"You Weren't Even Close" (2004) *"Lost Love" (2004) *"I'm Gonna Let Love Find Me" (2005) SWE #44 *"The Burden" (2007) SWE #49 *"Shiver in the Morning Light" (2007) *"(We're In) Different Places" (2014) *"It Takes a Strong Heart to Love" (2014) *"Someday at Christmas" (2019) *"Merry Christmas Baby" (2014) *"My Love Is Not Blind" (2016) *"Wait for Love to Grow" (2016) *"Let Christmas Be the Reason" (2017) *"A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss" (2018) (with
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) *"Butterfly" (2019) *"Merry Christmas, My Love" (2020) SWE #45 *"The Magic Is Real" (2021) (with
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) *"The Light" (2022) *"Summer Waits for Me" (2022) *"Shine Your Light On Me" (2022)


DVDs

*''Live in Helsinki'' (2005)


References


External links


Official homepage
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