Swedish troubadour José González sings in English, Spanish and Swedish, a product of his multicultural heritage. He plays a sold-out Variety Playhouse show on Sunday.

José González makes his long-overdue return with the upcoming release of his fourth studio record. Local Valley, out September 17 via Mute, emerges as the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s first album in ...

It’s been more than six years since the deeply soothing Swedish singer and songwriter José González released Vestiges & Claws, his last album. A couple of months ago, González released the single “El ...

José González is back with his first new song in more than 5 years. Watch a video for “El Invento,” his first Spanish-language release, below. He wrote the lyrics with help from his young daughter, ...

It’s been a long moment since we’ve heard anything new from José González, the Swedish singer and songwriter who crafts delicately lovely big-sigh music. González released his most recent album ...

The question of what prompted the change in lyrical rhetoric is one González, who is as unadorned in conversation as he is in his songs, was eager to shed light on when I recently spoke with him. "I ...

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Junip, the kraut-folk trio helmed by José González. Their 2010 LP debut Fields pushed that softspoken Swede out into the limelight and made for results both ...

José González discovered Arthur Russell’s music where many of us found it, on a burned CD passed along by a friend. In 2003 Jens Lekman showed him “That’s Us (Wild Combination)” before a show they ...

While he’s still best known for his pastoral cover of the Knife’s “Heartbeats” popularized by a 2005 Sony Bravia ad (you know, the one with the balls bouncing through San Francisco), ...

Jose Gonzalez is anything but bombastic. Those familiar with his excellent first CD might correctly suspect his concert performance would be a low-key but lovely experience. That’s just what ...

Norwegian-born pop singer-songwriter Ane Brun makes music that fits well into the cinematic world. Her songs are brimming with life and energy while still touching on feelings of loss and self-doubt.

Birds chirping are heard before the first notes of the acoustic guitar, even before José González sings a word of “Visions,” the song he performs on National Geographic’s Earth Day Eve 2021. That says ...