I’ve had an intense, but inspiring week. Together with the fine musicians I’ll be going into studio with next week, I have tested out a good bunch of new songs. As a part of the recording preparations, we also performed … Continue reading →

I’m back in Norway with head and heart after 9 ½ fantastic weeks in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. There I spent much of my time writing new songs for my forthcoming album. The outcome is promising, and the album will be … Continue reading →

Driving through Finland and Sweden after finishing the Northern Norwegian tour was hard work (long stretches), but also a great experience. White birch trees, dark pines, snow, reindeer, all straight out of the postcard. For some reason, I often get … Continue reading →

One great thing about being a travelling musician is meeting some fine people. Sometimes they are the guys arranging the gig, sometimes they are in the audience, sometimes both. I tip my hat to everybody at “Himmel og havn” (Heaven … Continue reading →

We will be covering quite a few kilometres on the road the next week. It’s a pleasure to be travelling with fiddle and mandolin player Olav Christer Rossebø, who has an interest in folk music from Scandinavia as well as … Continue reading →

So I’m back in the North. Many images come to me from last year’s tour – amazing scenery and great people – and I look forward to doing these concerts from Bodø all the way up to Kirkenes, almost on … Continue reading →

I’ve just finished a busy, but interesting series of concerts at the Literature Festival of Akershus. New to me this time around was starting the concerts with a small lecture on Dylan as a songwriter and lyricist. Talking about Dylan … Continue reading →

We’ve had a changing of the guards in the duo. It’s interesting to replace pedal steel, dobro and electric guitar (Kjetil Steensnæs) with fiddle and mandolin (Olav Christer Rossebø). Both the songs from Blod på spora and Det du aldri … Continue reading →

We got some great feedback after yesterday’s concert. The audience liked the music, but also commented on the use of photographer Edgar Bachel’s pictures projected on the stage. Would have loved to see them, but then I would have had to turn … Continue reading →