Hold Your Horses playing country, americana, roots, bluegrass and nordic noir music with their own style. Taking inspiration from traditional country music and life itself, the group arranges the songs together with lyrics and melodies by the songwriter Martina Johnsson and Olle Florstam.
With the songs "Urgin `To Know" and "Risen", which featured on a compilation album by Acoustic Rainbow in the USA (2010 & 2014), Hold Your Horses music has spread and been played on radio stations worldwide. Hold Your Horses is based in Malmö, in the south of Sweden, since 2007 and over the years the band has had gigs around Sweden and Denmark - at festivals, clubs, restaurants, openings, malls, barns, TV and office parties. 2013 Hold Your Horses participated in the final of the Country-SM, Sweden. The band has released two self-produced EP`s. Hold Your Horses (CD, 2010) and Sometimes Hard Times (CD & 10" vinyl, 2013). In early 2018, their full-length album Broken Bones and shattered Dreams is released, on 12" vinyl, CD and downloads/streaming.
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Everything comes to an end, so even great bands. After nearly 15 years, the Hold Your Horses era has come to an end. We are grateful for the long time we`ve had together. We have the best of memories and great experiences from all the shows we played. We have decided to stop here, but life goes on with all its different angles, windings and choices.
Sometimes it is better to break up while it’s still good. Thank you for the great support over the years and we will be happy to still let you listen to us on all platforms forever.
Hold Your Horses in our hearts, forever! /HYH
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Article in Sydsvenskan 2015-12-10 (Swedish)
Hold Your Horses were the challenger of the week
in Swedish Radio P4 Blekinge, Oct. 2016.
From the magazine "Får Jag Lov" issue 6, 2016.
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Discography & Reviews
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HOLD YOUR HORSES ALBUM 2018 - BROKEN BONES AND SHATTEREDS DREAMS
(CD, 12" vinyl and digital downloads)
".... So is Hold Your Horses, which just released a new, strikingly-good country album for a Swedish band called Broken Bones and Shattered Dreams. ..." - www.savingcountrymusic.com, May 3, 2018.
"... Det hade passat perfekt en het vacker sommardag; att knäppa lite bilder på bandet och därefter slå sig till ro med en kall öl i gräset eller på en bänk och bara lyssna..." - Georg Ryttman, www.mediakallan.se, May 21, 2018.
Saxat från LIRA Musikmagasin #2 2018
HOLD YOUR HORSES EP 2013 - SOMETIMES HARD TIMES
(CD, 10" vinyl and digital downloads)
"…Jag sa innan att jag gillade The Avett Brothers på grund av harmonierna. Jag tycker Hold Your Horses svänger väldigt skönt här, i True Love, just på grund av lekfullheten i rösterna..."
- Kalle Oldby, Country, Sveriges Radio P4, 2014.
”…Hold Your Horses lirar newgrass på sitt egna vis. Musiken är tajt och det händer mycket i låtarna, samtidigt som Martinas sång binder ihop det hela…”- Georg Ryttman, countrywood.se
"...Malmö-baserade Hold Your Horses har lagt ut en ny video som rekommenderas varmt. »Risen« heter den fina låten..." - Rootsy.nu
"This haunting song with it’s banjo, dobro and fiddle is a perfect mix of traditional bluegrass sounds with a hint of the Scandinavian roots. This Swedish band plays an inspiring mix of country and bluegrass music on their new EP." -
Acoustic Rainbow, USA.
Saxat från LIRA Musikmagasin #1 2014, Thomas Jonsson
HOLD YOUR HORSES EP 2010 - HOLD YOUR HORSES
"This group of musicians from Sweden are a great example of the global reach of bluegrass music. The band’s sense of humor and instrumental prowess are on full display here with this radio ready cut from their first EP." - Acoustic Rainbow, USA.
"We just heard your track Urgin` To Know on Acoustic Rainbow 38. Fantastic – it is on our add list." - CKMO Radio-Village 900, Canada
”...Så här låter det väl, ungefär, hemma hos Dolly Parton på söndagseftermiddagar när släkten är samlad.. Hold Your Horses skulle vara ett perfekt förband när någon amerikansk countrystjärna är i faggorna...” - Rune Häger, Rootsy
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