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Maggie Bjorklund

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Maggie Bjorklund

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Pedal steel guitarist Maggie Björklund was born and raised in Denmark, but her playing style is pure American desert pop music, a style that has been wonderfully described as “the sound after the gunfight…” Björklund is best known in Europe as a member of the group the Darleens, and as a featured session player player with <a href="spotify:artist:2s2DJXB8q7ahN97T2gAeKX">Lennart Ginman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4sAqERhzAhajI8T2pJezdL">Miss B. Haven</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6NSet5QvqRKoWELRhcOnLH">Niels Skousen</a>, and others; in the U.S., she has worked with <a href="spotify:artist:4kKVzKsZA5K5FJwiNnE2UY">Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands</a>, been featured as a session player for producers Johnny Sangster and <a href="spotify:artist:3leAD1YcOv55y1JeKEnlEt">Steve Fisk</a>, and has done extensive work with <a href="spotify:artist:1OxAjeGKjWVwwkwt1icrXr">Exene Cervenka</a>. Her debut solo album, Coming Home, which featured guest spots from <a href="spotify:artist:1OmdWpAh1pucAuZPzJaxIJ">Calexico</a>'s Joey Burns and John Convertino and singers <a href="spotify:artist:0NSNUhlGdadoT2Nyav6AMk">Jon Auer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1fpXM23IoNckJ7NDAm8YJQ">Mark Lanegan</a>, and Rachel Flotard, was released in Europe in 2009, with a U.S. release on Bloodshot Records in 2011. In 2012, she not only appeared on <a href="spotify:artist:339qxEdD8z8okRAiTp1HKf">Giant Sand</a>'s Tucson: A Country Rock Opera, but became the pedal steel guitarist in the <a href="spotify:artist:1TbYupFfyThVOE79skyzxo">Peacocks</a>, an all-female ensemble that has backed <a href="spotify:artist:4FZ3j1oH43e7cukCALsCwf">Jack White</a> in concert. She also a featured guitarist on his Lazaretto album.

Björklund's sophomore recording, Shaken, was produced by <a href="spotify:artist:1UAM4fJFTeyMZbhTVUKiXk">John Parish</a>, who also appeared on it, as did Convertino. It was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Bloodshot%22">Bloodshot</a> in October of 2014. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

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