Thorsten Jakobsson - No Expiration Date (2019)

Thorsten Jakobsson teamed up with his daughters for his third album. They came and sang chorus on half of the songs and the oldest - Freja provided banjo playing. The outcome is an all original americana album inspired by travels to the american south. All instruments except banjo is played by Thorsten himself and recorded in his Riverside Studios.
The album is named after the title track Expiration Date, which is a soft ballad about a love that never expires.
Thorsten Jakobsson has been involved in the Swedish bluegrass scene for 20 years. His interest for american life started during his teens when he studied for one year at Bakersfield High School and lived in Merle Haggards and Buck Owens hometown. He has played in several Swedish Bluegrass and OldTime bands over the years and has performed at festivals in places like Kolin in Czech Republic, La Roche-sur-Foron in France, Norway and all over Sweden of course.
The last few years has instead been a journey to a singer-songwriter career. Several trips to Nashville and Tennessee has inspired him to write original music. Many nights in clubs in Nashville where he has played all the open mics and met many Nashville songwriters. No Expiration Date is his third CD as a solo-artist. It has 6 original songs inspired by old country music.