Jacques Labouchere

Jacques Labouchere (born July 4, 1978) is an American-Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist living in Göteborg, Sweden.

Biography
Jacques Labouchere is a forever travelling troubadour and activist who is unquestionably a pioneer of true Americana folk music in Scandinavia. His independent work ethic combined with an impressive body of live performances set him apart from his indie contemporaries. Perhaps more poignantly his empathetic songwriting of heart-wrenching and compassionate life-stories mark him as the last of a dying breed of artists in the current nmusic industry where a photo of someone is worth more than a musician reaching out to connect emotionally with his audience. Labouchere can confidently claim to have done the latter.

Jacques was born near the trails of the Appalachian mountains in Sharon, Connecticut, US. He grew up all over the East Coast before moving to London in his teens only to return again to the US before heading back to the EU and settling in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden, where he now resides and is a citizen. He quickly started a band called Ghost Dance Disturbance that in their brief time together recorded one EP, Welcome in the Cabin Fever, before disbanding after many local gigs in late summer 2006. He also sang backing vocals for We do not negotiate with terrorists as a guest musician on their first CD, and later joined the band to play bass for a brief period. After some time off he decided to make a comeback solo and has as of present released three full-length albums. Self-titled, Jacques Labouchere in 2007, recorded and produced by Martin Molin of Detektivbyrån, Bi-polar Baby Strollers in 2010, recorded at Music-a-matic Studios. And the latest album Piece, was released on October 27, 2017.

His self-titled debut album was independently released in March 2007. He then released his second album Bi-polar Baby Strollers and accompanying music video of the single "2nd Long Street" on June 21, 2010.

On June 2, 2017, he released the first single; "It´s Not What You Think"; from his third album “Piece”. The second single off of “Piece” was released September 1, 2017 and is called "Do What You Want". “Piece” was recorded together with Thomas Frank and Christian Dyresjö from Gothenburg’s well known prog band, Den Stora Vilan.

Jacques shared the bill with Alan Mcgee, José González and his band Junip, at The Gothenburg International Film Festival (Europe's largest) in February 2011. He has a catalogue of many new songs that are redefining his sound and live performance constantly as he continues to tour whenever and wherever possible.

In addition to extensive gigging in Scandinavia, and regular performances in Göteborg, Sweden and London, UK, a full-length tour of the UK in June 2011 followed a performance on the Antje Oeklesund stage at Fête de la Musique in Berlin before returning to Sweden to play at Sweden's largest music festival, Peace and Love Festival, on July 1, 2011, supporting headliner Bob Dylan, Jacques returned home from a month of shows and residencies in New York City and Brooklyn in late January through February 2012.

After the release of his album “Piece” Jacques embarked on a tour to support the album(28 October 2017 to 3 December 2017); along with This Frontier Needs Heroes at most of the venues. They played in Spain, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands.

Labouchere has opened for acts such as Arlo Guthrie, Quilt (band)(members of Woods (band) & Olden Yolk),The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart,Daniel Norgren, Den Stora Vilan,José González (singer)in(Junip), and This Frontier Needs Heroes.

Over the course of the last 15 years, Jacques has released 4 full length albums, numerous singles, and has toured extensively in the US and EU playing 100's of gigs and festivals in Sweden, Norway, Denmark the UK, Holland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy. Germany has taken to him and since January 2016, Labouchere has toured the country five times.

Jacques is currently putting the finishing touches on his 5th album due out in early 2024 with the 2nd single, “No Man's Gonna Stop Me!” being released Saturday September 16, 2023!

Albums

 * Jacques Labouchere (2007)
 * Bi-polar Baby Strollers (2010)
 * Piece (2017)
 * Connecting Flights (2021)

Singles

 * It’s Not What You Think (2017)
 * Do What You Want (2017)
 * Lost Goals (2021)
 * Baggage (2021)
 * ? In D (2021)
 * Slava Ukraini!(Song For The Madman) (2022)
 * No Man’s Gonna Stop Me! (2023)