I believe my first post, longtime lurker however. Hi

Wondering if anyone's checked out:

Cowboys In Scandinavia - The New Folk Sounds From Northern Europe (2006)

01. Christian Kjellvander - Allelujah
02. The Lancaster Orchestra - Bad Horse
03. St Thomas - Twisted Cowboy
04. Nicolai Dunger - Soul Rush
05. Mattias Hellberg - Power Failure
06. Junip - The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
07. Britta Persson - Defrag My Heart
08. Dusty Fingers - Quite Alright
09. Kristofer Astrom & Hidden Truck - Oh Lord
10. Christer Knutsen - Watching You Steal My Pain
11 Tobias Frogerg - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
12. Johanna Berhan - To Hide This Way
13. Thomas Dybdhal - Dreamweaver
14. Tarantula - Browngreen Pounding Eyes
15. Mikael Herrstrom - Do They Let Me Kind In There ?
16. Johnossi - Family Values
17. José Gonzalez - Save Your Day
18. Hederos & Hellberg - Take Care
19. Motorpsycho - Theme From The Tussler

Waiting on this to finish d/ling, anyone hear this yet? What'd you think?

Ive never even heard of any of those people except Nicolai Dunger

Not even that one for me, but wonder how much any of them owe to Lee Hazlewood...

Love that song.

You've not heard of Jose Gonzalez? He has Top Ten records these days!

We definitely need to circulate the rumor that Mitch Hedberg is not dead, but masquerading as a cowboy in Norway.

When I first saw that, my heart skipped thinking it was Britta Phillips.. then I read the rest of the name. Still haven't heard this, though.. thinking perhaps my sunday morning 'on the way to work' soundtrack will be this.

I like St. Thomas.

Yea, what's wrong with you people!

15. Mikael Herrstrom - Do They Let Me Kind In There ?

14. Tarantula - Browngreen Pounding Eyes

10. Christer Knutsen - Watching You Steal My Pain


You know, there's lots of americans / english who would be more than glad to proof-read for them, to ensure these kinds of fugged up song titles don't happen. Probably even for free.

I had meant to start a St. Thomas thread during the fall, because he's a good cool weather, early sunset kinda guy. But I forgot, so here's St. Thomas courtesy of AMG:



Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Hansen (aka St. Thomas) was a postman who quit his day job a while back, shortly after his brittle and haunting Confederate country-pop songs started climbing the pop charts in his native Oslo, Norway. That fact alone reveals something about the slightly off-kilter Hansen, and it certainly doesn't sound like anything that would happen in the U.S., not in this century anyway.

Hansen isn't a solo artist, per se. He's backed by the Bjorhaug 49'ers, who provide wobbly organ, fiddle, and banjos on nearly every track on I'm Coming Home, but what really stands out is his faltering, skittish falsetto, which immediately brings to mind early-'70s solo recordings by Neil Young. There are also occasional hints that he's listened to more recent efforts by Will Oldham's Palace, Bill Callahan's Smog, and Jeff Mangum's Neutral Milk Hotel, three independent-spirited indie artists who've similarly derived influence from traditional Appalachian folk music.

Most of Hansen's songs veer toward the otherworldly, even as they're tethered to the earth by those fragile banjo strings. There's a real earnestness and earthy naturalism here that might seem incongruous but, make no mistake, St. Thomas is the real deal, however geographically removed he may be from the Smoky Mountains. These slouchy waltzes ("She Married a Cowboy") and pretty porch-swing melodies waver with true emotional resonance.

St. Thomas' rare up-tempo turns, "The Cool Song," "Bookstore," and "Cornerman," are catchy and endearing, and Hansen's lyrics are often somewhat funny. Even the short elliptical bio on Hansen in the CD's inside tray card will make you chuckle: "St. Thomas is 25 years old. He was born in Oslo. He gets warm if you appreciate his music. Please take care of him." Originally released by the hip Racing Junior imprint in Norway, I'm Coming Home was licensed for wider distribution by Misra.

Special Fu Bonus Sample tracks!
"Cornerman": http://download.yousendit.com/D676ED0B839E388A

"She Married A Cowboy": http://download.yousendit.com/05F24C45CC170135

anyway, this is a great compilation.