SUSANNE LUNDENG TRIO

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​Susanne Lundeng Trio:
Susanne Lundeng – fiddle/vocals, Nils-Olav Johansen – guitar/vocals, Erik Nylander – drums.
 
Susanne Lundeng has her musical roots in the folk music of northern Norway, and has developed a distinctive sound as a fiddler, composer, singer and musical freethinker. She was awarded a Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy) in the folk music category for her recording of fiddle tunes from the county of Nordland, and is one of Norway’s most highly regarded folk musicians.
 
In her interplay with renowned jazz musicians Nils-Olav Johansen and Erik Nylander, she explores the music through improvisational conversation. 
The Susanne Lundeng Trio has a range that extends from the most delicate, nearly inaudible tones to highly expressive, playfully rhythmic ensemble work.
In her lyrics and melodies, Susanne Lundeng portrays the drama of life itself and its impact on both people and the landscape.
Her music has been described as profoundly melancholic, subdued, tender and stormy.

                                                                 

The last album «Hold dæ på vingan» («Stay on your wings») (2020 Heilo/Grappa) shows Susanne Lundeng’s strong need to explore outside the traditional musical borders, when she uses and mixes what she has collected of fiddle and folk tunes from Northern Norway with life’s tender intensity.
The last years she has developed from being one of Norway’s most celebrated fiddlers to being an award-winning text writer. In 2019 she received NOPA’s text award for the title song from her last album “Det va nære på” (“That was close”) (2018), her first release with self-written texts. The jury described it as “an innovative, banality-free treasure that is based on the big, as well as the simple questions, with playful and explorative language”. 
The fiddle is still in the centre when she, together with Nils-Olav Johansen and Swedish Erik Nylander, portrays a playful and expressive ensemble playing, colored by traditional music from the world in a symbiosis of jazz, folk singing and Northern Norwegian traditional music. 
 
RootsWorld/Chris Nickson, about “Hold dæ på vingan”:
-"The instrumental tracks are the huge leaps of imagination here, daring demonstrations of the faith the musicians have in each other."
 "There's breathless beauty in some of the fiddle playing, and the accompaniment is so subtle at times that it seems more like an indication than a fact." 
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Website:
http://www.susannelundeng.no

​Social media:
https://www.facebook.com/susanne.lundeng?ref=tn_tnmn
https://www.instagram.com/susannelundeng/
 
YouTube:
https://youtu.be/oErYy5hcqMA
https://youtu.be/gJAzpmiRKBs
 
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3M41smq0huQacQr6ITReJ0?si=7AwSVb-qRZK5EqC06ypXLQ
 
Recordlabel: https://grappa.no/no/label/heilo/
Booking/contact: kontakt@susannelundeng.no  Tlf: + 47 91172124
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Foto: Martin Losvik