Daniel Lemma

Daniel Lemma (born 1970 in Ethiopia) is a Swedish-based musician/singer-songwriter. His music is firmly connected to an American roots music tradition, with visible ties to early blues and gospel. He has referred to singers such as Lead Belly and Pops Staples as being very influential to him and artists such as Chuck Berry, James Brown and Bob Dylan. Daniel Lemma was born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, but came to Sweden as an infant. He formed his first band in his teens, and a couple of years later he moved to Gothenburg (where he still resides). In the mid nineties, Lemma was a part of the group Mo Blues. He later moved to New York, where he recorded an album (for Pallas Records) that was never released due to a legal dispute. After returning to Sweden in 2000, Lemma recorded the soundtrack to Josef Fares' movie Jalla! Jalla! (which in turn rendered Lemma a Grammis nomination for best song, the romantic "If I Used to Love You"). Morning Train, the album containing that single, went gold and served as a breakthrough to a much wider audience. Daniel Lemma has released three albums for Warner Music: Morning Train (2001), Meeting at the Building (2003) and Dreamers and Fools (2005). He has also released three albums on his label Dextra Music: Somebody on Your Side (2007), Rebound (2009) and Telescope (2012). He has also made music for various films and theatre-projects. In cooperation with Pär Klang, Lemma wrote and performed the official song, "Changing the World", of the World Scout Jamboree 2011.

Evighet - Daniel Lemma sjunger Karin Boye - 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Addis - 2023-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Sörgårdens Tak - 2021-11-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Punch of Love - 2019-02-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Stjärnornas tröst - Daniel Lemma sjunger Karin Boye - 2016-11-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Common Ground - 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Telescope (Album Sampler) - 2012-05-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Telescope - 2012-04-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Rebound - 2009-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Somebody on Your Side - 2007-11-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Dreamers & Fools - 2005-08-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Meeting At The Building - 2002-10-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Morning Train - 2001-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Stjärnorna - 2024-12-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Evighet / De Mörka Änglarna - 2024-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Amoroch - 2023-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mountain Rose - 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Rum I Ditt Hjärta - 2021-10-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Leka tre - 2021-06-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Why (World Edition) - 2021-06-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Dirty Game - 2021-06-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Why (Swedish Edition) - 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Sörgårdens Tak EP - 2021-04-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Last Dance / No Winners - 2018-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

One Small Step - 2018-05-11T00:00:00.000000Z