José Gabriel González, born 31 July 1978 in Västergötland, Gothenburg, is a
Swedish folk singer‑songwriter and guitarist who began his musical journey in
the city’s punk scene before shifting to acoustic guitar. After a brief stint in
a PhD program, he released a two‑track single in June 2003, which attracted the
attention of Imperial Records and led to his debut album Veneer in October 2003;
the record was subsequently issued in the UK and US in 2005. José González
followed with In Our Nature (2007) and Vestiges & Claws (2015), the latter
earning the IMPALA Album of the Year Awa...