HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

"Borås is a town that has risen from the ashes of a textile industry crisis, a town where the rain more or less constantly is pouring down and where a big motorway split us all apart, running right through the city. Or putting it shortly – a town that needs good music.

When I was young living in Borås – at that time, in the early 80's, nicknamed as the most ugly town in Sweden – music was all that really mattered to me. I can’t play any instrument and nobody but my wife has ever thought of me as a good singer. But I was a hell of a listener. The punk era woke me up. Clash paved the way and after that I fell in love with a music era called new wave (remember that?). Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello in particular meant a lot to me. And after that, reggae, of course, and american country and rock.

I had friends in the 80's who were – and still are – excellent musicians. You can hear a few of them on this album. I often made them listen to what I thought was good music. And nice as they were – they listened, and even sometimes, so I noticed, got inspired (which pleased me a lot!).

I often think of those years as golden years of pop and rock music in Borås. Now that I listen to this album, with the most beautiful title, ”Home Is Where The Heart Is”, I realise that we’re living in a new golden era of boråsiana music.

The artists you will hear have their musical roots in classical american and english pop, rock and country music (yes, the Nashville of Sweden is obviously Sparsör). These are also my musical roots as a listener. But more importantly – this album is all about heart. It’s all about letting your heart matters when making music, no matter what your heart is full of – joy, melancholy or the ever lasting longing after things that nothing else than music can express. In Borås we know all about that. Especially melancholy. We have to. And to sing it is to fight it. Or as Pelle Johanson puts it on this album; 'Bring down the clouds, we’re done with the rain'."

~ Stefan Eklund, editor-in-chief, Borås Tidning

01. PONTUS SWANBERG – RETURNING HOME
02. CITIZEN K – OUR TOWN
03. PELLE JOHANSON – BRING DOWN THE CLOUDS
04. A SISTER OR 2 – SPIDERS
05. TOBIAS BÄCKSTRAND – SOMETIMES WE GET LOST
06. MICK RICHARD – PLEASE, BLAME ME
07. KLAS BOHLIN – MY BLUESY FIRE
08. MIKAEL PERSSON – HOME TO BE
09. JAG ANDRA – ALL THESE PASSING STRANGERS
10. THE FANTASTIC PEOPLE – SONG OF OCTOBER
11. MUDFISH – WHAT YOU SAY
12. ULRIK ARTURÉN – PLAYBOY
13. THE STOMPING ACADEMY – ROW
14. CINA SAMUELSON – THIS COUNTRY GIRL
15. RAMBLING NICHOLAS HERON – I BEGIN TO SOFTLY CRY
16. FILIP – YOU ARE MY HOME
17. BERRA KARLSSON – I’M SORRY

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