Strayfolk is an americana constellation found on along the south-west and wester seafront of Sweden. It is composed of lead singer and band songwriter Henrik Thorén, guitarist and banjonista Carl Malmqvist, batterist Torbjörn Lorén, bassmaster Kalle Berlin, steel guitarist Anders Danielsson and piano whisperer Christoffer Ödman. A primordial version of the band appeared in Umeå in 2001 but it wasn’t until 2003, after a move to Gothenburg that the current form came into being.
Musically it has always been some form of americana or the other with the occasional drift into bluegrass and more traditional country. The self-titled debut album was released on Henrik Thorén’s purpose built record label and currently the band is slowly recording new material.