José González
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Biography
José Gabriel González, born 31â¯Julyâ¯1978 in Västergötland, Gothenburg, is a Swedish folk singerâsongwriter and guitarist who began his musical journey in the cityâs punk scene before shifting to acoustic guitar. After a brief stint in a PhD program, he released a twoâtrack single in Juneâ¯2003, which attracted the attention of Imperial Records and led to his debut album Veneer in Octoberâ¯2003; the record was subsequently issued in the UK and US in 2005. José González followed with In Our Nature (2007) and Vestiges & Claws (2015), the latter earning the IMPALA Album of the Year Award. His solo work includes the widely used cover of "Heartbeats" and the original "Crosses", which appeared on the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walterâ¯Mitty soundtrack. In addition to his solo output, he performs with the band Junip and has collaborated with Zeroâ¯7, Jori Hulkkonen, and the Redâ¯Hotâ¯Organization. José González has toured extensively, including a European tour with Göteborg String Theory in 2011, and his releases have charted in the UK, Australia, and Newâ¯Zealand, with Veneer achieving platinum status in Sweden and gold in Australia. He continues to record, with Local Valley issued in Septemberâ¯2021 and Against the Dying of the Light released in March 2026.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Heartbeats
- Line Of Fire
- Down the Line
- Swing
- Teardrop
- Tjomme
- This Is How We Walk on the Moon
- El Invento
- Crosses
- Horizons
- Killing For Love by Todd Terje
- Smalltown Boy
- Visions
- Head On
- Lasso In
- Valle Local
- Futures by José González
- Sensing Owls
- Stay In The Shade
- In Our Nature
- A Perfect Storm
- Hand On Your Heart
- How Low
- The Nest
