Jagwar Ma – live at Bråvalla Festival, Norrköping Festival – June 26, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 –
Jagwar Ma to get Thursday rolling up to speed.
Jagwar Ma made their presence known all over the place in 2014. Hitting the road in what was shaping up to be a great year for the band and one giant slog, carrying the message from venue to venue. Further evidence ya gotta do what ya gotta do in order to get your name around.
In May 2016, Ma confirmed that the second album would be released in the second half of 2016. The band released the first single, “O B 1” in July, followed by a second “Give Me A Reason” in August 2016. The 11-track album, Every Now & Then, was released on 14 October 2016. Musicfeeds maintained that it “rewards a dedicated listener with a fine-tuned ear”. NME gave the album four out of five stars, calling it “a mind-altering second album with melody at its heart” DIY Magazine said the album had Jagwar Ma “on a process of self-discovery, just a couple of steps away from striking gold.” The band embarked on a headlining tour in support.
In 2018, the band began recording sessions in Iceland, however further tours and recordings were delayed by an illness which confined Ma to Australia. According to Jono, the band has “by no means disbanded”. Both members have embarked on separate projects. Winterfield began a “surf blues” solo project as Golf Alpha Bravo, releasing singles “Groove Baby Groove”, “Unwind”, and “Blue Wave” via Mom+Pop Records in 2019. His full length debut album, The Sundog, was released on his own label, Treasured Recordings, on 12 June 2020.[18] Jono Ma started an ongoing project with Jonti called Mystics, who released their first single, “Steppers” in 2019, and performed live at Carriageworks in 2022. He also released an EP in collaboration with Dreems titled The Dreemas on Kompact in 2018, and a cover of Kraftwerk’s “Neon Lights” on Bandcamp in 2020, in memory of Florian Schneider and Andrew Weatherall, with proceeds benefiting The Aboriginal Legal Service.
This morning it’s a look back at their appearance in Sweden at the 2014 Bråvalla Festival in Norrköping. Recorded by the venerable (and always around) Sveriges Radio.
