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“Swedish-born Mats Bjorklund is an engaging singer/songwriter who performs his songs with a melodic voice and highly accomplished guitar. He draws comparisons to Paul Simon, Neil Finn, Sting and Cat Stevens”.
Not to be confused with Mats Björklund, Swedish guitarist, 1949-2022.
Performances
Since moving to Australia in 1988, his public performances have primarily been as a solo artist. He makes regular appearances at various venues around Melbourne such as the Darebin Songwriter’s Guild (Bar 303), Arcadia Hotel, Whole Lotta Love Bar, Norman’s Place, Bar 7B, Elwood Lounge, Lyrebird Lounge, Upwey RSL, Lentil as anything, Wax Lyrical at the Murmur Bar, and the Vault. During visits to Sweden he has performed solo at the highly regarded music venue “Katalin” in Uppsala, most recently in September 2016.
In March 2019 he performed at the Oak Tree Tavern with his newly formed MatsB Band during the Basin Music Festival. 
On September 14, 2019 he made two solo performances at the Kulturnatten festival in Uppsala, Sweden. This included a performance on the S:t Eriks Torg stage in the afternoon, and at Club Hijazz in the evening.
In 2020 the festival could not run as usual due to the Covid pandemic. Instead an on-line event was arranged. Mats contributed with 11 videos of his songs on that occasion, titled “MatsB, en Svensk Aussie”. 
These videos can be viewed in the VIDEO section, and also in the PLAYLISTS section of the Youtube channel “matseymusic“.
After the pandemic ended, Mats has returned twice for performances at the Kulturnatten festival, in 2023 and 2025.
Mats has appeared at Australian folk music festivals including the Nordic Festival in Warburton, the Maldon Folk Music Festival and the Newstead Folk Music Festival. Mats is also regularly entertaining at major events and private functions in the local Scandinavian community.
Recordings/albums
Mats has for many years been recording his original compositions, initially resulting in the unpublished compilations “Journey to the Sun”, “Survivor” and “Rebound”. In 2017 Mats recorded the album “Heart in the sky”, containing 13 tracks of original music.
The album was produced and recorded at Airwaves Studio, Melbourne. Mastering was carried out at The Production Workshop, Melbourne. Three of the songs were released as singles in 2018: “I’m coming over”, “Heart in the sky” and “Build my dream”. Video clips of these songs can be viewed in the “Video” section and on the Youtube channel “matseymusic“. The entire album was released in December 2018. As of this release, Mats is performing under the artist name “MatsB”, to better suit the local and international market. The album is available on iTunes, Spotify and other major platforms.
As soon as the Covid lockdowns were over, Mats returned to the studio to record new singles, including “Do it all for you” and “Something like this”. The songs are available on iTunes, Spotify and other major platforms. Accompanying videos, directed by Dene Menzel at Branthem Creative, can be viewed on the Youtube channel “matseymusic“.
Song writing competitions
The song “A dragonfly” qualified to top 30 in the folk category at the Australian Songwriters Awards 2017. “Something like this” was a commended entry in the UK Songwriting Contest in 2025.
Other collaborations
Throughout his career Mats has been a member of bands and vocal groups both in Sweden and in Australia. This includes “Major Nine”, “Bjorklund & Schultz”, “Sunnysides orkester” and “Uppsala Högar” in Sweden, and “Masters of Disguise” and the Nordic folk music groups “Red Herrings” and “Nordanlåt” in Australia.
Mats is currently guitarist and backing vocalist in “Backdated” based in Melbourne.
During 2014 and 2015 he collaborated remotely with Pelle Lundblad’s Steam Mill County Band in Sweden. This involved creating and recording guitar parts and backing vocals for the CD “Min Stad”, launched in September 2015.
In 2018 and early 2019 he assisted the group “Alicats” with lead guitar and backing vocals.
When not singing and playing guitar Mats produces animations, mostly for medical and engineering technology presentations. Find his work on his other website: Magipics.