Kristin Minde

Pop / Acoustic / Alternative

Oslo, Norway

Billboard

Kristins bio

This is the story about a little Norwegian girl from Bergen with a voice, a piano, a worn-out notebook filled with songs, and a smile. Although she may seem to be living in a dream, she has lately been camping in her apartment in Oslo. And late at night her melodic, rustic and girlish pop tunes flow out through her window.

Although a Norwegian newspaper called her the "Norwegian Norah Jones", Kristin says she is influenced by the likes of Tracey Chapman, Rickie Lee Jones, Janis Joplin, but also younger artists like Sufjan Stevens, Julian Berntzen and Sondre Lerche.

"People ask me all the time what my songs are about," she says. "Most of my inspiration comes from simple observations. A ray of sunlight painting itself on a brick wall, a bluebird on my window sill, a peculiar feeling I haven't felt since I was sixteen, a conversation, a smile from the man in the coffee shop. Anything that jumps in my head, actually."

"I have been writing songs as long as I can remember. My songwriting has always been a highly emotional business. I try to capture and encapsulate a feeling. But a song isn't a time capsule, a song tends to lead a life of its own."

For some years now, Kristin has been working with her own material with several talented musicians in Oslo. In spite some detours, she has now finally found the right musical expression. This is also a lot thanks to her band: Andreas Lonmo Knudsrod on drums, Jonas Vemoy on trumpet, Hakon Sagen on the guitar and Torkild Sannes Soby on base guitar.

They have the last years been playing at festivals and clubs in the southern part of Norway. During the spring 2007 they recorded the EP "Cinemascope". This was released during the summer 2007. She is now working on her first cd which hopefully will be in stores during the spring 2009.

"Even when I'm at a party or having the night off, music never leaves my heart nor my head," Kristin says. The little Norwegian girl is still looking for a new dream, a new treasure, or a new song to scribble down into her worn-out notebook.

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