Mikael Wiehe

MIKAEL WIEHE is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the progg movement, a left-wing, anti-commercial musical movement from the 60’s and 70’s. In the '80s, when political music died, Wiehe kept up the tradition, heavily inspired by early Bob Dylan. In his later career, he showed more influence from a traditional domestic tradition, and the late '90s saw revived respect for political songs and brought a new audience.