Swedish country trio
Cookies 'N' Beans made their Top Ten hit album debut with Beg, Borrow and Steal in 2010. Founded in 2003 in Stockholm, the trio is comprised of Frida Öhrn, Linda Ström, and Charlotte Centervall. Born on February 24, 1979, in Solna, Sweden, Öhrn is also a member of the indie pop band
Oh Laura. Their influences include
Dolly Parton,
Lucinda Williams, and
Emmylou Harris.
Cookies 'N' Beans made their full-length album debut with Tales from a Trailer Trash Soul in 2007. They broke into the Swedish mainstream a couple years later with the Top 30 single "What If," a ballad with which they competed at the Melodifestivalen in 2009 in hopes of qualifying for the Eurovision Song Contest. They subsequently signed a major-label deal with Capitol and worked with producers
Kristofer Åström and Magnus Tingsek on their second album, Beg, Borrow and Steal, which includes songwriting contributions from
Lisa Miskovsky,
Sophie Zelmani,
Tobias Fröberg, and
Peter Morén (of
Peter Bjorn and John fame). Beg, Borrow and Steal was a Top Ten hit on the Swedish albums chart and spawned the single "First We Take Manhattan." ~ Jason Birchmeier