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Hoven Droven

17 years and counting

About Me


The closest English translations to Hoven Droven are "helter skelter" or "whatever," which happens to also describe the band's approach to their Swedish folk roots. Taking traditional melodies and rocking them hard is the band's most dominant approach, but they can also be quite melodic. But the band always seems to gravitate back to blowing your socks off.
"The overall feel is Erik the Red sets sail for Electric Ladyland, retaining one foot in Scandinavian prehistory, but rocking as hard as hard rock can rock." - Vmag
"This musical goulash works even better than the heated seats of a Saab on a blustery day in Duluth." - Ripsaw
"Perhaps Hoven Droven is God?" - Jim Foley, KXCI 91.3 FM
"The electric guitars, blistering fiddlework, and Höglund's power-house drumming shake the walls and rattle the windows ...like surf-rock interpreted by crazed Vikings." - Pulse of the Twin Cities
LINKS
Hoven Droven official website
Record company, Sweden
Record company, America
Record company, Germany
Inernational Booking

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Members: Kjell-Erik Eriksson - fiddle
Björn Höglund - drums
Bo Lindberg - guitar
Pedro Blom - bass
Jens Comén - saxophone

Influences: From Swedish folk music to rock n roll, and everything in between.
Sounds Like: THIS:Hoven Droven´s grammy nominated live CD, available wherever you buy your music.Kjell-Erik Eriksson: FiddleBo Lindberg: GuitarPedro Blom: BassBjörn Höglund: DrumsJens Comén: Saxophone
Record Label: Home Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Nordic Roots 2008

Yes we..re going back. For the what time? We..ve lost count .. But every time is a treat, and we can..t wait to go back and see all of our friends again. We also happen to know, what you guys don..t ...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:38:00 PST

Some pictures from last weeks trip to Memphis ..

... are up here... and oh yeah! Here´s a little peak on what went on at night on Beal Street./The Boys ...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:18:00 PST

New pix.

Hey. Some new pix are up at hovendroven.com, from the bands time at Östersundsrevyn and from this weekends gig in Verdal Norway. Enjoy....
Posted by Hoven Droven on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:45:00 PST

2008 Biathlon World Championship

So .. the IBU World Biathlon Championship will kick off in Hoven Droven´s hometown of Östersund on Feb 8:th. The event will be broadacsted on worldwide TV, and what is cool little piece of music at th...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:29:00 PST

pictures

A few pictures from Östersundsrevyn are up at our website. Click here. More to come ...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:51:00 PST

Curtain fall.

Last night Hoven Droven, and the wonderful cast of Östersundsrevyn, played the final show at Storsjöteatern in Östersund. After 27 shows, and well over 10.000 tickets sold, the happy crew partied unti...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:26:00 PST

Opening night ..

.. of Östersundsrevyn went fine, and the reviews were great! Now we only have about 26 shows left before February 2! If you know your Swedish you can go here to see pictures from the show and read the...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:23:00 PST

Thore documentary on-line now!

If you missed the documentary about Thore Skogman on Swedish TV tonight, you can watch it on-line here.The film will air again on these dates:Sändningstider: SkogmanSVT2 Söndag 16 dec 2007 kl 20.00SVT...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:20:00 PST

Free mp3 download!

To celebrate Thore Skogman, and the viewing of the documentary about his life, we will give away the track "Jamtgubben" for free this Sunday on our MySpace site. The movie, which features Hoven Droven...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:11:00 PST

The Thore documentary.

The documentary about Thore Skogmans life will air on Swedish television SVT2 on Dec. 16, at 8PM. The film features Hoven Droven and the track Jämtgubben wich they recorded together in April 2007. Tho...
Posted by Hoven Droven on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:16:00 PST