Merit Hemmingson

Merit Hemmingson is a famous Swedish composer, arranger, keyboard player and singer. She started her musical career back in the '60s with the jazz band "Merit Hemmingson and her girl stars". Later, she gave up jazz music and played with various artists for some years. In the late sixties, Merit started playing the Hammond organ and formed the band "Meritones". Merit is most well-known for her interpretations of Swedish folk music and had three golden records in the beginning of the '70s. Over the years, Merit has been into all sorts of musical styles - from classical to jazz and pop. Nowadays, she writes her own music in the folk music genre.

Merit recently replaced her Hammond organ with two Nord Electro 2 SixtyOne's. "The Electros sound fabulous and are a lot easier to tour with", says Merit. In the MP3's below, Merit plays her Nord Electros together with an external bass pedal board. She also added a little reverb to the mix. Download and enjoy!

Merit1.mp3 (1.19 min, 1,236 kb)
Merit2.mp3 (1.57 min, 1,835 kb)
Merit3.mp3 (1.33 min, 1,460 kb)

You're very welcome to visit Merit's web site at www.meritone.nu!