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Review - Jim Flynn Maine-USASeptember 4, 2006 Did you know this about Artist's Carousel's very talented "Nelson and The Stagecoach"? Nelson has a wonderful philosophy, -- whenever you take ride on Nelson's Stagecoach, sit back, relax, and take a pleasant musical journey through Nelson's songs where you'll meet different kinds of people, situations, and places. Some of Nelson's musical journeys are historical and some are in the present. In Nelson's words, "the world keeps spinning like the wheels of a stagecoach and we're all passengers on a great adventure." It's exciting, adventurous, and interesting to ride with Nelson and find yourself in another man's dream. In fact on Artist's Carousel Comp #4, Nelson has a song on there called, "Other Man's Dream." It's got all the ingredients of a love story found in a western movie. Believe it or not, Nelson started out playing the trumpet back in the '70's, but he quickly moved on to the guitar and started to write his own songs. In the '80's, his country style began to fall into place, but he mixed it in with a variety of other musical genres. He eventually found the style that suited him most and then he got "country" serious. In 2002, Nelson started his own studio, The Longhorn Studio, and he began to write more country songs. His friend, Lars Frykman, joined him in the studio and they recorded two small productions. They also named themselves, Nelson and The Stagecoach. It wasn't long before two special songs were written for a group of line dancers called the "Lucky Kickers." The songs were "Sweet Kicker," and "Big City Cowboy." Choreographer, Lottie Hertzman, created special dances for the songs and the combination of those songs with the special dances was very successful. In August of 2004, Nelson worked with Hans Nilsson at Pon Studios in Hasslarp, a small sleepy town in southern Sweden. The result of this collaboration was Nelson's wonderful first country album, "I Go To Sleep Laughing And Wake Up With A Smile." Nelson has a great country voice. His music is doing very well in the indie world. He gets a lot airplay, and he places a lot of songs on the various indie charts. Nelson and The Stagecoach is a world class country act, and Artist's Carousel is very proud to have Nelson on it's label. |
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Review - DalademokratenNelson And The Stagecoach When you listen to Nelson And The Stagecoach then you listen to Swedish country when it’s at its prime. I have to have more than one glance on the performers list to realise that this CD actually originates from Sweden . It sounds like it could come from Nashville. B-O Nelson has written all lyrics and music, sings and plays the guitar. On the CD you’ll find the tunes “Crazy” and “X-road” which was released earlier on a promotion CD. But these both tunes are just two of eleven more “goodies” such as “Wanted man, “Walk away” etc. It’s hard to choose one that’s best, they all are. B-O Nelson has composed wonderful country songs with swiftness yet not to speedy. This is good country, not something produced in a hobby workshop. Nelson and the Stagecoach have an uniform style without being boring. The saddest thing is when the cd ends, but on the other hand you’ve got yourself a strong dose of good country music. Quite simply you cannot find any poor tracks on this CD. It will undoubtedly give it self credit even in Nashville. A place where now also a lot of poptracks are put into the country music simply to keep the sales statistics on a high rate. You’ll find no such thing on Nelsons latest CD, just good vocal cords and music which gives this production a lifetime warranty. Nelson and the Stagecoach brings us pure country without cajolery poptunes. That’s the way it should be. Lennart Götesson - Dalademokraten - 30 September 2005
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Review - LokaltidningenNelson And The Stagecoach - Winners & Losers COUNTRY I must confess, that this is not a music genre which belongs to my everyday world. It’s not a musical area I feel convenient with. Although I feel like an elephant moving around in a china shop, my clumsiness is completely vanished when the CD starts to let go of its tunes. Suddenly I get a feeling of saloon doors opening and an old American wild west bar suddenly appears in front of me. In a fog of cigar smoke the visions are overwhelming and changing quickly as lightning. Someone drives you crazy, somebody thinks he’s in love and somehow something made the third person stuck here forever. Amongst cowboys tipple their whiskeys and kicking cancan girls, flourishes jackpots, exploration and ingratiation. Wanted men and heartbreaking scenes. Winners or Losers? For Nelsons part this has to be a leap into the first category. A merit must, however, be made to the elite of the musicians from Helsingborg . These background chaps show us that gold is not an unreachable utopia. Susanne Gyllenlöf – Lokaltidningen Helsingborg - 21 Sept 2005 |
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Review - Folkradion*FOLKRADION - CD of the month* Nelson And The Stagecoach Review of Göran Nelson and The Stagecoach have now released their eagerly awaited CD number two. 13 tracks with new composed wholehearted country songs, all of them written by B-O Nelson. This is what real country should sound like! The production is also a clear sign of that Swedish country still is alive. The tunes “Crazy” and “X-road” were released on a promotion CD at the Country Fair in Berlin and was immediately met with a great reception, which gives Nelson good hopes to reach beyond Sweden with his music. (published by G Ohlzon, Folkradion in October 2005) |
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Review - Tony Slingsby*SLINGA’S ALBUM OF THE DAY* *NELSON and THE STAGECOACH* (SWEDEN) “Winners & Losers” is the second CD from this talented Swedish country group led by B.O. Nelson who also wrote all the lyrics and music for the album. 13 solid country songs that move between folk, traditional and great acoustic sounds that makes you feel good about new country SLINGA’S INDEPENDENT COUNTRY RADIO Postal Address: PO BOX 4221 MDC HOPPERS CROSSING 3029 VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. Email: slinga1@slinga.com |
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Review - Max w Achatz Country Jukebox
2006.03.01
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Winners & Losers in regelmäßigen Abständen haben wir in der COUNTRY JUKEBOX auch immer wieder Country-Interpreten aus Skandinaven zu Gast, das sich, wie Insider längst wissen,über die Jahre als eine europäische Hochburg für Country Music etabliert hat mit Nelson & The Stagecoach möchten wir dieses Mal das Interesse auf eine Band aus Schweden lenken, die nach More Miles To Go mit Winners & Losers bereits die zweite – von ihren Fans lang erwartete – Albumeinspielung vorlegen kann die Gruppe hat Stil, sie spielt wunderbar eingängige Songs, die sie soundmäßig zwischen Country, alt.country und traditionellem Akustik-Folk pendeln lässt nicht zu überhörende Anleihen im amerikanischen Westcoast Rock - neben so bekannten Formationen wie den Eagles und Poco haben hier sicher auch die Dire Straits Pate gestanden - verleihen der Produktion einen frischen, modernen Anstrich unbestrittener Kopf, Sänger und Frontmann der Band ist B-O Nelson, der neben seiner charismatischen Stimme auch seine Songschreiber- Fähigkeiten einbringt beweisen wird das durch 13 Originale, die ausschließlich der Feder von Nelson entstammen Winners & Losers steckt voller Drive, guter Laune und prächtiger, abwechslungsreichen Melodien, dazu kommen auch Line Dancer voll auf ihre Kosten |
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Review - Pete Smith The Advertiser (UK)3 February 2006
A country band from northern Europe, Nelson and the Stagecoach. The programme is generally uptempo with beat ballads like “Wanted Man” and “Sleepy Town” and the swing of “What My Heart Needs Now”. “Stuck In Mexico” naturally has a south of the border influence and there is a western feel to “Heartache City”. An impressive second album for Mr. Nelson and his crew.
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Review - Kountry Korral MagazineNelson & The Stagecoach "Winners & Losers" Pon Records PON 200503
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