Linnea Olsson

Linnea Olsson
Background information
Born	1983 Sweden
Genres	Indie folk, art rock, world music, worldbeat, pop, neo-classical, progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, cello, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion
Labels	Sony Music
Website	www.linneaolsson.net

Linnea Olsson (left) with Jennie Abrahamson during the Back to Front Tour of Peter Gabriel 2014 in Festhalle Frankfurt

Linnea Matilda Olsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known and acclaimed as a cellist. A former member of the band Isildurs Bane [de], she released her first album, Ah!, in 2012,[1] followed by a second album Breaking and Shaking in 2014.

Together with Jennie Abrahamson, she was a opening act Jennie + Linnea and background singer and tour cellist on Peter Gabriel's Back to Front-So tour from 2012 to the end of 2014. Both thus replaced the originally scheduled Ane Brun with her band as support act, which would have also included Linnea Olsson,[2] and Linnea Olsson replaced Ane Brun as background singer.[3][4][5]

She was the singer for the 2019 rhythm-action video game Sayonara Wild Hearts,[6]^[non-primary source needed] with music composed by Daniel Olsén and Jonathan Eng.

Discography

Albums

• 2012: Ah! (Götterfunk Produktion)
• 2014: Breaking and Shaking (Götterfunk Produktions, Sony)
• 2017: For Show (Götterfunk Produktions)
• 2019: Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo AB)

References

1. NPR Staff (22 January 2014). "A Gifted Cellist Sails Beyond Sweden, Across 'Fields Of Love'". NPR. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
2. Jennie Abrahamson (19 September 2012). "Opening for Peter Gabriel on the Back To Front tour!". Jennie Abrahamson web site. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
3. Jennie Abrahamson (13 September 2012). "SO! Back to Front tour with Peter Gabriel". Jennie Abrahamson web site. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
4. Jennie Abrahamson (20 December 2014). "Peter Gabriel's So Back to Front Tour is over". Jennie Abrahamson wen site. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
5. Peter Gabriel Ltd. (25 September 2012). "Jennie and Linnea on tour with Peter – 25th September, 2012". PeterGabriel.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
6. @cellolinnea (12 December 2018). "Hi! I'm singing in a video game made by Simogo out 2019! ✨Sayonara Wild Hearts is a pop album video game about be…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Linnea Olsson (linneaolssoncello) (24 May 2023). "Linnea Olsson – Cello, vocals". Instagram. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
• "Linnea Olsson". ISNI. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
• "Linnea Olsson". MusicBrainz.org. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
• "Linnea Olsson – Swedish singer-songwriter, cellist and multi-instrumentalist, born 1983". Discogs. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
• "Linnea Olsson". Spotify. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2023.