The jury's reasoning: Jarle Bernhoft already has a long recording career behind him, and in this a genre breadth that most people can only dream of. This is particularly evident in "Islander". Here we experience a songwriter who puts the idea and message uncompromisingly at the center, and who recreates his expression from song to song. At the same time, the release carries […]
The jury's reasoning: Tuva Livsdatter Syvertsen and Erik Sollid (Valkyrien Allstars) have shown with the album "Farewell, Family and Friends" that they are one of the best folk music has to offer. They serve an extremely successful symbiosis of folk music, songs and rock, always with the Hardanger fiddle at the center of the sound. The band maintains a distinctive character while also going […]
Jury's reasoning With her second solo album, Thea Hjelmeland establishes herself as one of the country's most exciting songwriters. It's been a long time since such a tasteful and competent blend of genres and languages as we experience on Solar Plexus. The songs are each strong and communicative, but it is in the common thread and the whole of this release that […]
Jury's reasoning: Since he took his place in Norwegian contemporary music as a young man with the greatest ease, Eivind Buene has impressed with a rare writing ability and stylistic certainty. This enables him to take great artistic risks in his projects, and land on his feet. From his non-classical background, he has also retained a playful attitude […]
Jury's reasoning: Pål Tøien, under his stage name OnklP, has long since become an established word artist in the Norwegian rap community. Tøien has experienced great success with several of his albums and songs, and is well-known through his many collaborations with other artists. However, it is rare to experience that the average listener in beautiful association […]