Artist Name
The Tallest Man on Earth

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I Love You. It's a Fever (2019)	Dark Bird Is Home (2015)	There's No Leaving Now (2012)
The Wild Hunt (2010)	Shallow Grave (2008)

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Origin
Dalarna, Sweden

Genre
Indie

Style
Folk

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Dreamy

Born

1983

Active
2006 to Present...

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Kristian Mattson

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4 users The Tallest Man on Earth - Love Is All
4 users The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardener
3 users The Tallest Man on Earth - I Won't Be Found
3 users The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain
3 users The Tallest Man on Earth - Pistol Dreams


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Love Is All

The Gardener

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Kristian Matsson (born April 30, 1983) is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden. Since 2006, he has released three full-length albums and two EPs. He performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. He is known for recording and producing his own records in whichever home he is currently living and states that the connection between his voice and guitar is so strong, he rarely records them as separately tracked performances. He is also known both by critics and his fans for his charismatic stage presence. Matsson is married to fellow Swedish singer-songwriter Amanda Bergman, who performs under the name of Idiot Wind. The couple have toured extensively together, often performing songs together on stage. He has toured with Bon Iver. Matsson also fronted the band Montezumas.

Critics have compared The Tallest Man on Earth to Bob Dylan both in terms of songwriting ability and vocal style. When asked about his lyrical style, Matsson explains that he began listening to Bob Dylan at fifteen, and upon hearing Dylan's cover material, he "tried to figure out where those songs came from" and became slowly exposed to early American folk, such as Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. But he is careful to qualify this, saying "I don't consider my work to be a part of any tradition. This is how I play. This is how I write songs".

With regards to his guitar technique, Matsson uses a variety of open tunings, and standard tuning to a lesser degree. He had classical guitar training in his youth, but says he "never really focuses on it" and that by the end of high school he "got bored playing guitar because it was like math", until he then discovered open tunings while listening to Nick Drake in his early twenties. He was drawn to this style of playing because it allowed him to focus on singing while still performing intricate music.


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