Pär Hagström and Charlatans of Love

Pär Hagström has always moved along the outer edges of music – from the first stumbling chords on his family’s pump organ in Huskvarna, through 90s death metal and 70s hard rock, to the innermost heart of gospel. It’s a journey shaped as much by philosophy, literature, and theater as by rock clubs and church halls, eventually arriving at a universe of its own where drama and soulful preaching merge into one.

During the 2000s he toured extensively with projects such as the orchestra Cirkus Transmopol and the art rock duo Next Stop: Horizon, often together with his longtime collaborator Jenny Roos. In parallel, he has built a career as a composer for film and theater – including for major institutions in Germany as well as the San Francisco Ballet. Back home in Gothenburg, he runs Skeppet GBG, a hub for music, stage, and food culture, where many of his projects have also taken shape.

As a frontman, Hagström is as much a preacher as he is a singer. His voice carries a natural theatrical force – raspy and silky at the same time – with an instinctive readiness to let the music chafe, sweat, and hypnotize. Drawing inspiration from Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Mavis Staples and the Blind Boys of Alabama, and together with his band Charlatans of Love, he has in recent years shaped a new musical entity where gospel, soul, psychedelic rock, and funk meet in something as seductive as it is uncompromising.

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