Nov 09, 2021 By Joey Arnone

José González has announced a North American tour set for March 2022. He has also shared a new remix of “Tjomme” done by German DJ/producer DJ Koze. More

Sep 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

José González has released his first new album in over six years, Local Valley, today via Mute. More

Aug 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern

José González is releasing his first new album in over six years, Local Valley, on September 17 via Mute. Now he has shared another single from it, “Swing,” via a video for the song. The song and video are both intended to celebrate body positivity. More

Jun 11, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2021. Admittedly, there weren’t too many new songs that overly impressed us this week. We almost considered taking a week off. But there were enough tracks of note to keep us in the game. Still, we only came up with a Top 8, instead of our usual Top 10 (or sometimes we have an expanded Top 12). More

Jun 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

José González is releasing his first new album in over six years, Local Valley, on September 17 via Mute. Now he has shared another song from it, “Head On,” via a video for the song. More

May 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern

José González and Rufus Wainwright have announced some co-headlining U.S. tour dates for this fall. González has also shared a video for his recent single “Visions.” More

Apr 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone, Caleb Campbell, and Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 14th Songs of the Week of 2021. In this week’s news, the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd wound down, with closing arguments expected on Monday. More

Apr 14, 2021 By Mark Redfern

José González has announced his first new album in over six years, Local Valley, and shared a new song from it, “Visions.” More

Feb 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

José González has shared his first new song in over five years, “El Invento.” More

Apr 28, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

José González has announced some more tour dates in honor of Vestiges & Claws, released last year via Mute. The dates include some dates in Canada, South America, Mexico, Denver, and Chicago. The dates are below, followed by the video for “Let It Carry You.” More

Mar 11, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Swedish singer-songwriter José González is currently in the midst of a North American tour with New York chamber music ensemble yMusic. Yesterday the songwriter premiered a video at Vogue for his song “With the Ink of a Ghost.” The song is off his 2015 album Vestiges & Claws, which was released on Mute. The video is direct by Malin Ingrid and choreographed by Erik Linghede and features the beautifully swaying and twisting dancing of fellow Swede Yared Cederlund. Cederlund is seen throughout the video moving in freeform movement over José‘s peaceful and meditative melody. More

Nov 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

José González has announced some March 2016 tour dates in which he will be backed by the chamber sextet yMusic. He has also shared a live video of him performing “Open Book” with yMusic in the summer of 2014 when they did a collaborative show together at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors festival in Damrosch Park. More

Sep 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

José González has shared a video for “Let It Carry You.” Malin Johansson directed the animated clip and had this to say about it in a press release: “To be stuck in a state of emptiness. And what it means to be carried away by something. How that then transcends from a mental notion into a physical sensation.” Watch it below. More

Jul 27, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

José González has announced some fall U.S. tour dates. They take in Florida, Texas, California, and elsewhere and are in honor of Vestiges & Claws, released earlier this year via Mute. More

Jul 06, 2015 By Marie Noble

Last weekend, Gdynia, Poland hosted Open’er Festival—the country’s largest four-day music event. More

May 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

José González was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Luckily he didn’t bring his gross giant worm, but he did perform two songs. More

May 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

When Calexico’s video for “Falling From the Sky” debuted a few weeks back and it featured José González and a weird giant worm, we were promised that the worm would return in an upcoming González video, also to be directed by Mikel Cee Karlsson. More

Apr 23, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing their ninth studio album, Edge of the Sun this week, Calexico have premiered a brand new music video for their included single, “Falling From the Sky.” More

Mar 11, 2015 By Laura Studarus

It’s been a while since José González hung out with Zero 7. More

Feb 10, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

On Feb. 17 singer/songwriter José González will release his newest album Vestiges & Claws. More

Jan 27, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

José González has premiered a brand new music video for his latest single “Leaf Off / The Cave,” featured on the artist’s upcoming LP Vestiges & Claws. More

Jan 20, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Due to release Vestiges & Claws, his first solo album in seven years, singer/songwriter José González has premiered a brand new track from the effort titled ”Leaf Off / The Cave.” More

Nov 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing the release of Vestiges & Claws, his first solo album since 2007’s In Your Nature, José González has revealed plans for an expansive international tour. More

Nov 05, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The video for José González’s new cut “Every Age” features and actual trip into space. More

Oct 28, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Following two albums with his side-band Junip and contributing heavily to the soundtrack of Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, José González has announced the upcoming release of his first solo album since 2007’s In Our Nature. More

Sep 17, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell features a wealth of musicians, putting their spin on the late troubadour’s music. More

Dec 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This Christmas will see the theatrical release of Ben Stiller’s directorial adaptation of James Thurber’s 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. More

Dec 12, 2013 By Laura Studarus

As teased in the film trailer, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty features several cuts by José González. More

Oct 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This December Ben Stiller directs, produces, and stars in the upcoming film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. More

Apr 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Next week José González’s Gothenburg, Sweden-based outfit Junip will release their self-titled sophomore album. More

Aug 25, 2010 By Laura Studarus

In the past five years, Jose González has moved from well-kept Swedish secret to an internationally noted folk musician. Now his journey towards self-understanding has been documented in new film, The Extraordinarily Ordinary Life of Jose González. We have the trailer. More

Apr 22, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Known for his hushed vocals and delicate finger-picking, Swedish troubadour José González is stepping out with “new” band, Junip. We have their tour dates and a link to a free MP3. More

May 22, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Swedish troubadour Jose González will embark on a brief North American tour this summer. The tour, which includes stops at several Canadian festivals, also has a single date in the states at Michigan’s Ann Arbor Summer Festival. More

Feb 01, 2015 By Laura Studarus

José González wants you to know something—he’s not a preacher. More

Feb 13, 2015 By Patrick Bowman

You’d be forgiven for thinking Swedish singer/songwriter José González has been taking it easy since he released his delicately constructed, critically acclaimed sophomore album In Our Nature in 2007, his most recent record as a solo act. More