Daniel Norgren

Born in Borås, Sweden, Daniel Norgren has since the late 2000s developed an universe located between folk, blues, indie rock and acoustic songwriting. Initially active as a one-man band, he built his early performances around a very physical playing style where guitar, foot stomp percussion, harmonica and voice form a rough material, before gradually widening the live formula into a duo, then with other musicians. Daniel Norgren drew attention with Kerosene Dreams in 2007, followed by Outskirt in 2008, then Horrifying Deatheating Bloodspider in 2010, records that laid the foundations of a spare writing, nourished by old blues, gospel and rural folk, without a reconstitution of style. With Buck in 2013, Alabursy in 2015, The Green Stone in 2015, Skogens Frukter in 2017 and Wooh Dang in 2019, Daniel Norgren refines a more expansive music, where one hears both the imprint of American traditions and the Scandinavian landscapes, with particular attention to textures, silences and ambient sounds. Present on stages such as Way Out West or Roskilde, he has also composed for film, notably for the series Saknad, and released Live in 2021.