Collaboration, social media and culture
Ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett was at the Bodø Jazz Open, sandwiched in between the the two strongest storms in Bodø so far this winter. I met up with him and we talked about his new album, having a concert with the spirit world and having Billboard hits.
On this day, 35 years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. I still remember when I was told. From the age of 6 I’ve been very interested in space exploration and this was shocking news.
Molde International Jazz festival celebrated it’s 60th festival this year. Here are my favourite photos that I took at this year’s festival.
I took the cover photo for the new live album by Di Derre (lead by world famous Norwegian crime author Jo Nesbø) and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s Symphonic Orchestra (KORK).
Not when you have the world famous Norwegian prog rock band Motorpsycho playing in your town! The neighbouring town of Ålesund was given an amazing concert last night. Read my review here!
The Norwegian artist Aurora says you can make fun of everything, except moths. – Never screw with a moth, is her message! Read my review of her amazing gig in Oslo last night.
It was when vocalist Jon Anderson gave his all at the beginning of the last section of “Heart of the Sunrise” that the hairs on the back of my neck were higher up than a Republican’s hackles if you mention Hillary Clinton. I had chills running down my spine, and it wasn’t because the guy…
An English translation of my story from the 50th Yes anniversary fan convention at the London Palladium – I’ve been a fan since I was very young. The comment from Jonathan Grierson shouldn’t surprise me. After all, we are at the London Palladium at a fan convention to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yes. And…
This is an English translation of a big interview I did for one of Norway’s largest newspapers, Dagbladet. In addition to translating the interview, I’ve also included all the content I had to cut out of the Norwegian version for space reasons. I’ve also included more photos, which you can click on to see in…
Tal, a photo by Elfworld on Flickr. The third of the three photos I sold to the jazz suite, one of the new rooms at the waterfront hotel Molde fjordstuer Tal Wilkenfeld was the highlight of the Herbie Hancock concert in 2011. In her early twenties, and she’s already high in demand as a touring…