Up The Mountain
Up The Mountain are:
Magnus Sveningsson - bass
Lars-Olof Johansson - guitar, vocals & mandolin
Bengt Lagerberg - drums
Maria Davidson - vocals & guitar
Lotta Wenglen - vocals, guitar, maracas
Johan Olsén - vocals & banjo
UP THE MOUNTAIN
Formed in 2006, the band mostly plays cover versions of songs by (or made popular by) Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, but also country-ish covers of songs from The Velvet Underground or Beck. And let's not forget their sole original composition, aptly titled Up The Mountain, written by Magnus.
If you hate country music, you probably won't like Up The Mountain very much. But if you have at least a slight interest in the genre and if you enjoyed the Cardigans' country-rock songs of the Long Gone Before Daylight era, you're in for a very enjoyable experience, and their inspired performances are also a good way to discover the works of the great artists mentioned above, if you don't know them already.
The band has released 2 live albums ; you can still buy the second one directly from Magnus, at a bargain price, on his Ebay page