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little green

Alternative and new - but still blue

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorLittle green was formed by Thomas Pontén and Andreas Johannesson in Goteborg sometime late 2004. At first in more of a Singer/songwriterstyle but they gradually transformed into a country/bluegrass-act. Soon they felt the duoformat to be a bit limiting and they brought in other musicians with Thomas and Andreas remaining as core members.Little green gets their own sound through their wide range of influences and a fair amount of disrespect for tradition. Little green is the band for those of you that doesn´t want to choose between country and bluegrass and today they label themselves "altgrass". Some of their influences are: Darrell Scott, Tim O Brien, The Greencards, Nickel creek, Dixie chicks, and Neil Young. The band have had a number of gigs around Sweden and has reached the finals in the swedish championships of country-music for two years straight. 2006 they participated in the alt country-genre and in 2007 in bluegrass (hence the label "altgrass").In may 2007 Little green released their first album. The album was recorded during a period of one year, both in a studio in Goteborg and in their homestudios. All the songs are written by Thomas and Andreas. Due to the fact that the process of recording the album took such a long time, their sound evolved over time. This can also be heard on the record. Some songs are alt-country in the style of Neil Young, while others has more of a newgrass-sound reminiscent of Nickel creek and The Greencards. The lyrics are usually quite dark and brooding, and reek with ”swedish melancholy”. The music however, is often stirring and catchy with simple but effective vocal harmony. Contact: [email protected]

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Member Since: 1/24/2006
Band Website: svenskacountryartister.com
Band Members: Andreas Johannesson, vocals/guitar;Thomas Pontén, mandolin/guitar/vocals;Karl Wassholm, bass/vocals;Fred Sörensson, fiddle;Johan Hjalmarsson, Drums
Influences: Darrell Scott, The Greencards, Tim O Brien, Nickel creek, Neil Young, Iris Dement, Steve Earle, Crooked still, Dixie chicks, Del McCoury band, JJ Cale, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Laura Cantrell, Mindy Smith, Glen Campbell, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Joni Mitchell, Lee Ann Womack, Guy Clark, Buddy Miller, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, The Band, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Patty Griffin, Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Hank Williams, Lloyd Cole, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin, Tim Hardin

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My Blog

Little green i Glasgow

Little green har varit på en nöjes/marknadsföringsturné på Celtic connections i Glasgow. En fantastisk helg med sjukt bra musik och en chans att mingla med våra idoler som ni kan se på de nyuppladdade...
Posted by little green on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:48:00 PST

Thank you Myspace!

We are celebrating two years on Myspace with a new layout and a new profile-picture from the swedish countryside. This site has meant a great deal to Little green. We have made lots of contacts a...
Posted by little green on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:32:00 PST

A new era

Little green has landed after a rather busy period with lots of great gigs to look back on (see the previous gigs-blog). However after Sälen and competing in bluegrass we found us a bit too far u...
Posted by little green on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:38:00 PST

"A heartbeat less" is no. 1

"A heartbeat less" has reached no 1 on Download.com. And our other songs aren´t far behind:)
Posted by little green on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:21:00 PST

"Take me home" is no. 1

One of our trademark songs is voted "most popular" in the Contemporary Bluegrass-section on Download.com. Little green is also reviewed by the editor.
Posted by little green on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:32:00 PST

Recensioner

Recension av demo i Göteborgsposten, mars 2007: Betyg: 4 av 5 Det finns en grej i Little greens brev som är extra spännande. De har varit med i Country-SM i Sälen 2006. Utan att egentligen veta tror j...
Posted by little green on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

Little green till final i Country-SM i år igen!

Förra året tävlade vi i alternativcountry-genren och föll hårt på målsnöret. I år har vi kvalificerat oss i den förpliktigande bluegrass/old time-genren. Vi kommer att göra vissa eftergifter i våran s...
Posted by little green on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:26:00 PST

Bäst just nu...

Bäst just nu& enligt Johan Rylander i GP 070620 LITTLE GREEN-Cool down (MY SPACE-FYND) När tipsen är så bra som det här Göteborgsbandet är det extra roligt att surfa på musiknätet. På www.myspace.com/...
Posted by little green on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:55:00 PST

Previous gigs

Little green previous gigs: 18 May 2006 - KoM kök och musik, Göteborg 31 May 2006 - Musikens hus, Café Hängmattan, Göteborg 05 Jun 2006 - Röda rummet, Göteborg 29 Sep 2006 - Country-SM, högfjällshotel...
Posted by little green on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:44:00 PST