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JOHAN BERGQVIST

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Johan is the only solo artist of his kind in Sweden, using the piano as the main driving tool to convey his music through its pop and rock style. In short, Johan isn't just another singer/songwriter with a broken heart and a guitar, but rather a musician who contributes something unique and different with keyboards as the communicating tool.
He is currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden, but the road there was long! Johan grew up in the industrial town of Grycksbo, a couple of hours drive north of the capital. For many years he played in different bands, trying out a wide variety of genres along the way. Eventually the family moved overseas and after three years in an American high school and a great number of gigs as a blues guitarist it was time to move back to native Sweden and pursue a career in the flourishing Swedish music business. Johan decided to start fresh and moved to the rock city of Hultsfred in the southern part of Sweden to study economics and music management. It was during this time that the solo project started to take shape, and he decided to focus on the mellower and more piano based part of his repertoire that had not found a proper place in earlier band constellations. This has proven to be the right choice.
During the 21st century Johan has continuously toured around Sweden and showed his talents as an artist and a songwriter. He's played gigs alongside Ron Sexsmith and many of the big Swedish acts such as Kristofer Åström, Stefan Sundström, Jose Gonzalez and Elin Sigvardsson. In 2003 he performed at the prestigious Hultsfred Festival alongside many international acts.
Johan is currently in the process of writing and recording songs for the next full length album. At the same time he's fronting powerpop band THE GENUINE FAKES., and playing with other bands such as Happypill, nutmeg, Charlie Emm and I Am The Flood.


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Member Since: 11/30/2005
Band Website: johanbergqvist.com
Band Members: One (1).

Johan Bergqvist also plays with:
» THE GENUINE FAKES.
» HAPPYPILL
» CHARLIE & THE Ms
» NUTMEG
» I AM THE FLOOD
» MIKAEL HERRSTRÖM
» FRISKA VILJOR
Influences: Anything with a good melody and a pure expression.
Sounds Like: DISCOGRAPHY

Wedlock (2007)

Buttercup (2007)

Hey Princess (2006)

Throwaway Moments (2004)

This Could Be Our Time (2003)

Boy Extracting Thorn (2002)

REVIEWS

"Who is Johan Bergqvist? He is a guy who has an insane knack for writing timeless, classic tunes in the vein of early 70..s Elton John, lots of Owsley, Ron Sexsmith, fellow Swedes Popsicle or Beagle and a bit of Elliot Smith and Micheal Penn. Also, lots of Ben Folds before he started to suck wind and take himself too seriously. ("Wedlock" is the best example of this) Bergqvist is able to absorb all these influences and still manage not to sound like anyone else. "Throwaway Moments" combines traditional singer/songwriter classicism with influences from modern British pop. Johan Bergqvist offers both upbeat, uptempo pop and engaging, suggestive ballads. A couple of songs are straight-up solo numbers with vocals accompanied only by piano or guitar but it meshes and balances itself out perfectly. While the big labels trip all over themselves spewing about such musical blight like Sufjan Stevens or the latest Elliot Smith inspired singer/songwriter, Bergqvist offers the real thing and another example of how out of touch the music industry is with finding simply great music built upon *songs*. This was released in 2004, otherwise it would have made my Top 10 or 20 for 2005."
- Notlame.com"It lulls you with piano/voice opener "A Silent Cry For Help" before exploding into the powerpop single "Bliss" which isn't 100 miles away from Ben Folds when he takes himself seriously. Bergqvist also delivers a disarmingly mellow interpretation of Popsicle's powerpop classic "Hey Princess" which has been highly praised by its composers.
-IndieSpinZone.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Friska Viljor

Hello friends.This weekend I'm going away with Friska Viljor to Germany and Holland to play some shows. I'll be handling the organ this time. It's my first time with FV but the guitarist Daniel Johans...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:55:00 PST

Peace&Love

Hello friends.On behalf of Charlie Emm and HappyPill I would like to extend our thanks to those of you who came and saw our shows at Peace&Love in Borlänge. It was a cool club stage and we had a b...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:06:00 PST

Happy belated Midsummer

Hello friends. Hope you all had a safe midsummer celebration. For those of you who aren't into Swedish heathen traditions, hope you had a good weekend. Me and the mrs. went up to my family's summer ho...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:05:00 PST

Posies b-day/release party tonight

Just a quick reminder to you all that the Posies 20th birthday/Beautiful Escape release party is tonight at Stampen, Stockholm. See you there. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17521226626 // J...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:19:00 PST

SRF recap

This weekend was one filled with travelling and music. The Genuine Fakes' gig in Årsta on the Swedish National Day was an interesting one. We performed well and it sounded good except for the fact tha...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:52:00 PST

Upcoming Fakes-shows

Got a few Genuine Fakes shows coming up. > 6 Jun : Årstafestivalen, Stockholmhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16790787423> 12 Jun : Stampen, Stockholmhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1752122...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

KISS recap

Phew, that was one hell of an experience! Opening up for KISS is a chance not a lot of people get, and it was every bit as great as I thought it would be. The experience started approximately 20 hours...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:17:00 PST

One week’s vacation

Hello friends. Tonight I'm leaving for Dubai for a week's vacation. I'm going there to visit my family and attend my sister's graduation, which is the day before the KISS gig at Stockholms stadio...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Fri, 23 May 2008 04:21:00 PST

Bullie Bar tonight

Hello friends.Today is a good day. I've got my first solo gig in a year's time at Bullie Bar in Stockhom. I'm glad to announce that the eminent Per Björling will be joining on stage on bass, guitar an...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Tue, 20 May 2008 07:10:00 PST

The Genuine Fakes update and solo gig

Hey fellas! This Saturday we're shooting a video for The Genuine Fakes' "I Don't Want It". We need extras/audience, so if you're in Stockholm and feel like participating you are most welcome to drop b...
Posted by JOHAN BERGQVIST on Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 PST