Search for Dalarna, Sweden, on Google Maps, and the red pin pops up in what looks like the middle of nowhere. Around the red pin are many towns that, apparently, are so small that Google doesn’t have a picture for them. Dalarna is a province (culturally) and a county (administratively), and the two don’t necessarily have the same boundaries. But somewhere in this mostly rural area, Kristian Matsson grew up in the 1980s and ’90s.
Located in south-central Sweden, Dalarna is often seen as the place to reconnect with traditional Swedish culture. For Mattson the kid, it was a place to escape, and his love of American rock, followed by his obsession with American folk and blues, gave him an escape route. For the last twenty years, Matsson has been performing…

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