Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. No phrase can make the heart sink quite like “singer-songwriter.” Patchouli seems to ...

Swedish troubadour José González sings in English, Spanish and Swedish, a product of his multicultural heritage. He plays a sold-out Variety Playhouse show on Sunday.

It’s been more than six years since the deeply soothing Swedish singer and songwriter José González released Vestiges & Claws, his last album. A couple of months ago, González released the single “El ...

The question of what prompted the change in lyrical rhetoric is one González, who is as unadorned in conversation as he is in his songs, was eager to shed light on when I recently spoke with him. "I ...

Though Swedish folksinger and classical guitarist Jose Gonzalez has become a household name in the U.S. thanks to his music's inclusion on nationally syndicated shows like Late Night With Conan ...

José González discovered Arthur Russell’s music where many of us found it, on a burned CD passed along by a friend. In 2003 Jens Lekman showed him “That’s Us (Wild Combination)” before a show they ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — To hear José González perform now, newcomers might be surprised to learn he started out loud. For over two decades, González has been producing a unique blend of folk tunes ...

When FUV first discovered the music of Sweden’s José González a decade and a half ago, we were immediately struck by its quiet beauty. After releasing several critically-acclaimed albums, González’s ...

Known for his lyrically poetic approach to music and instrumental virtuosity, Swedish folk singer José González teamed up with singer-songwriter Ryan Adams to produce the liltingly melancholic song ...

From the stage of the Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night, the Swedish songwriter, singer and guitarist Jose Gonzalez and his humming, precisely attuned quartet sketched out his ...

It’s been a long moment since we’ve heard anything new from José González, the Swedish singer and songwriter who crafts delicately lovely big-sigh music. González released his most recent album ...

Who: A microbiologist turned rocker from Sweden who was planning a career in academics or pharmaceuticals until he released his first album, 2005’s Veneer, and found fame with a cover of the Knife’s ...