Jens Rybo, a Swedish-American singer-songwriter from Cambridge, Massachusetts, is releasing his first solo debut album, "Letters from America," in September/October 2023 after 45 years of songwriting.

Originally from Göteborg, Sweden, Jens played in local punk-reggae and New Wave bands in the 80s. Jens was also one of the forces at Nonstop Records, a Göteborg record company that released a lot of great Swedish music from the 80s, most famously the compilation album GBG Punk 77-80, a collection of local punk anthems.

After moving to the US in the 90s, Jens became a mental health professional, and worked for 23 years as the Executive Director for Tunefoolery Music, a non-profit organization for musicians in mental health recovery. In his spare time, he plays with Tail, an Americana/Roots cover band that released an album Cake on Cake in 2010.

“Letters From America” was recorded in 2021-23 and contains songs about times in Scandinavia with only one TV channel available, sociological and psychological observations about the state of humanity, doubts and joys of single-parenting, and some re-writing of the Bible. Themes of love, longing, and lostness, in other words.

In the fall of 2023, Jens plans to perform live with his backup band Trillium (Tail members Theresa Thompson on violin and Jeremy Waybright on bass and hi-hat).