Workers in Songs

Workers In Songs Genre: Danish Americana / Folk‑Country Years Active: 2008–2019 (as Workers In Songs) | 2025– (as Cheap Motels) Origin: Copenhagen, Denmark [hr] Overview Workers In Songs was a Copenhagen-based Americana band that formed in the late 2000s, emerging from a group of university friends with a passion for folk, skiffle, and outlaw country. The band’s name, lifted from Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel #2,” reflected their grounded, craft‑driven approach to songwriting—equal parts poetic and pragmatic.