Linnea Olsson Explained

Linnea Olsson
Birth Date:	1983
Birth Place:	Sweden
Instrument:	Vocals, cello, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion
Genre:	Indie folk, art rock, world music, worldbeat, pop, neo-classical, progressive rock
Occupation:	Musician, songwriter
Label:	Sony Music
Associated Acts:	Isildurs Bane, Jennie Abrahamson, Peter Gabriel

Linnea Matilda Olsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known and acclaimed as a cellist. A former member of the band, 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] 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)

External links

• Web site: Linnea Olsson (linneaolssoncello) . Linnea Olsson – Cello, vocals . . 24 May 2023 . English . 30 May 2023.
• Web site: Linnea Olsson . . 24 May 2023 . English . 30 May 2023.
• Web site: Linnea Olsson . MusicBrainz.org . 24 September 2021 . English . 30 May 2023.
• Web site: Linnea Olsson – Swedish singer-songwriter, cellist and multi-instrumentalist, born 1983 . . 24 May 2023 . English . 30 May 2023.
• Web site: Linnea Olsson . . 24 September 2021 . English . 30 May 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NPR Staff . A Gifted Cellist Sails Beyond Sweden, Across 'Fields Of Love' . . 2014-01-22 . English . 2023-05-30.
2. Web site: . Opening for Peter Gabriel on the Back To Front tour! . Jennie Abrahamson web site . 2012-09-19 . en . 2023-05-30.
3. Web site: . SO! Back to Front tour with Peter Gabriel . Jennie Abrahamson web site . 2012-09-13 . English . 2023-05-30.
4. Web site: . Peter Gabriel's So Back to Front Tour is over . Jennie Abrahamson wen site . 2014-12-20 . English . 2023-05-24.
5. Web site: Peter Gabriel Ltd. . Jennie and Linnea on tour with Peter – 25th September, 2012 . PeterGabriel.com . 2012-09-25 . en-GB . 2023-08-13.
6. 1072819216393359360. cellolinnea. Hi! I'm singing in a video game made by Simogo out 2019! ✨Sayonara Wild Hearts is a pop album video game about be…. 12 December 2018.