Maggie Björklund
Maggie Björklund is a Danish guitarist . She first played the electric guitar as a studio musician as well as in the women's band The Borens and for the experimental pop band Miss B Haven , before embarking on a solo career with the pedal steel guitar . To this end, she composes, plays and sings as a singer-songwriter music that can be located in the genre of folk and alt-country .
life and work
Björklund was born in Denmark and grew up in Copenhagen . She began her career as a professional musician as a studio guitarist in Hollywood, including for Jack White , with whom she also toured. Together with her country band The Kredit she got a record deal from Sony in Denmark . In 2011 she switched from electric guitar to pedal steel and released her first solo album. In 2011 and 2012 she performed on South by Southwest . Their melancholy music, which is reminiscent of spaghetti westerns and folk, was described as " psychedelic desert pop", "... the sound after the gunfight".
Discography
- 2011 Coming Home (Bloodshot)
- 2014 Shaken (Bloodshot)
Web links
- Maggie Björklund's Facebook page
- Maggie Björklund at Allmusic (English)
- Björklund on her American label Bloodshot Record
Individual evidence
- ^ Fifteen Questions with Maggie Bjorklund - The Scandinavian Way . Interview in Fifteen Questions , accessed in August 2014.
- ↑ Laura B. Whitmore, Meilina Dalit: Interview with Maggie Björklund: On Playing Pedal Steel and Backing Jack White ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Guitarworld , May 2012
- ↑ Maggie Björklund at South by Southwest 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Björklund, Maggie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denmark |