Christer Lyssarides

Singer and guitar player Christer Lyssarides is a veteran on the blues and folk scene of Stockholm. Born in Sweden to a Cypriot father and a Swedish mother he started playing mandolin and violin at an early age. He turned to guitar in the late seventies and taught himself to play through listening to blues and rock music.
In the early 90’s he teamed up with blues troubadour <a href="spotify:artist:2uNcfNhlVJUyEX0t0NG1m1" data-name="Eric Bibb">Eric Bibb</a> with whom he’s toured and recorded on and off ever since.
Christer Lyssarides is a founder and former member of groups <a href="spotify:artist:0Ckx0DmT3loLqV6iO2B2hE" data-name="Tiny Island">Tiny Island</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6tGCzVEbUBduE7rvriUHNE" data-name="Yonder">Yonder</a> where he explored Swedish and American blues and folk music. In 2008 he co-founded <a href="spotify:artist:4LWO5G1ssDE1LpVWiwydTd" data-name="Ok Star Orchestra">Ok Star Orchestra</a> , a group that would turn into a collective of Swedish, African and Latin American musicians mixing up West African and Carribean music.
Through the years Christer Lyssarides has worked as a session player on numerous albums and has appeared as sideman on Swedish national radio and TV on several occasions.
In later years he has been focusing on writing, singing and performing original material as a front man. ”It’s been a long time coming”, he says. ”But now seemed like a good time to stop and look back. I gathered some of my favourite musicians and together we tried to put our own twist on all our influences without overthinking it too much.”