Artist Research

Jose Gabriel Gonzalez was born July 31 1978 in Gothenburg Sweden. He described growing up in a very small town of no more than half a million people. Gonzalez grew up listening to Latin folk and pop music, and has named Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez as a favourite artist. He said the first concert he went to was "The Wailers. I got their autographs and everything. I was about 12 or so. At the time my favourite music was Bob Marley and Micheal Jackson."

He played as a guitarist in a few different bands before getting picked up by the then fledgling label Imperial Records of whom Jose was their first official artist. He released his first album in October 2003 entitled 'Veneer'. He made the album while studying for a PhD in Biochemistry at the university of Gothenburg, which he has not completed since his music career has taken off. 

Gonzalez' trademark sound is soft solo vocals accompanied by a solo classical guitar.