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Artist
Sven Larsson
12+ albums
AORSwedengermanyguitar rockmelodic rock
about
Ever since he started playing guitar Sven Larsson was listening to a wide variety of Rock music, ranging from British Art Rock bands like Queen, 10 CC, E.L.O. and Genesis to sophisticated American Westcoast acts like Toto and Steely Dan, as well as Hard’n’Heavy icons Van Halen and Iron Maiden. To this day among his favorites is also the influential American songwriter Joni Mitchell. Over the years Sven has become known on the Swedish music scene as a player combining amazing technical skills with feeling and emotion. His recording career as a guitar player started more than a decade ago, ever since he recorded three studio albums with the critically accaimed Swedish Progressive Rockers Galleon and two with the AOR-Meets-Prog outfit Xinema. His best known work so far can be found on the albums of the Swedish Westcoast AORsters Street Talk. Sven joined main songwriter and keyboarder Fredrik Bergh (Bloodbound) and singer Goran Edman (Madison, Glory, Yngwie Malmsteen) in 2000 for their second album “Transition” and so far he has recorded a total of four albums with them, including one compilation CD. While his aforementioned bands took a back seat from recording in recent years, Sven started working on his first solo album. The record turned out to become a different musical affair from what he did as a band member and though you will notice some influences from guitar wizards like Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson and Steve Lukather, “Sunlight And Shadow” is f
