Anne Marie Almedal

Anne Marie Almedal...The velvet-voiced Norwegian singer-songwriter extraordinaire whose words, music and presence astounds many. Ever since fronting the art-pop indie heroes Velvet Belly throughout the 90´s, ice-cool electronica adventures in AM and the UV, numerous special guest appearances, recordings, performances, film & TV themes, and right up to her recent emergence as acoustic folk-pop chanteuse…it´s been a long, but worthwhile journey...

Anne Marie Almedal...The velvet-voiced Norwegian singer-songwriter extraordinaire whose words, music and presence astounds many. Ever since fronting the art-pop indie heroes Velvet Belly throughout the 90´s, ice-cool electronica adventures in AM and the UV, numerous special guest appearances, recordings, performances, film & TV themes, and right up to her recent emergence as acoustic folk-pop chanteuse…it´s been a long, but worthwhile journey... Of her recent solo album "The Siren and The Sage" (+47/Warner Music) released in 2007, Esquire Magazine had this to say… "Sweetness multiplied, sadness tripled, her music brings you a closer step to heaven...as fantastic as sharing the last cigarette with the one you love". Following on from her last album, Anne Marie and her delightful accompanists have performed their naturalismo folk-pop in and out of Norway, releasing her much-anticipated follow-up, "Blue Sky Blue" (+47/VME) summer 2010. A stunning concert-film "Anne Marie Almedal - Live At Aladdin" (directed by Fred Arne Wergeland) also accompanies this new release, in a limited edition cd/dvd. Both the new album recordings and live concert- film also feature special guest appearances from the legandary bassist Danny Thompson (Pentangle, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Kate Bush, Talk Talk) - who has also joined Anne Marie on stage for exclusive live dates in Scandinavia! Working closely with film composer and producer Nicholas Sillitoe, on both this new album and the last, Anne Marie has also recently managed to fly high in the charts in Scandinavia, with her theme song to the record-breaking Norwegian tv-drama series " Himmelblå”.

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