The Original Five

”The band has a seasoned bluegrass sound with flavorful country, hillbilly, and Western Swing influences, and it truly shines with impressive original material.”

Bluegrass Unlimited

The Original Five mixes traditional bluegrass with their own material, more well-known, crowd-pleasing country songs and musical excursions into both folk music and gospel. A wide spectrum of musical experiences that are held together by the band’s solid bluegrass background.

The band started in 2010 as a jam session at Far I Hatten in Folkets Park in Malmö, but since then the music has taken them around to festivals and gigs all over Europe and of course the homeland of bluegrass, the USA.

Five studio albums and many collaborations with other musicians over the years, e.g including a live album in collaboration with a Swiss chamber orchestra.

For the past decade, The Original Five, has consisted of:

Dan Englund – Double bass, Vocals Jonas Svahn – Acoustic guitar, Vocals Johan Malmberg – Banjo, Vocals Daniel Olsson – Dobro, Vocals

“The skilled picking and thoughtful arrangements complement the pleasing lead and harmony vocals. This is the kind of band you’d love to discover by chance in an intimate venue like a comfortable bar or coffeehouse and just sit down and enjoy”

Bluegrass Unlimited