Kirsti Huke has become a household name on the Norwegian jazz scene. Her voice has been described as a "honey jar" and a "powerhouse", both apt descriptions of this gifted singer's playful and rooted approach to jazz standards as well as pop and rock. Kirsti Huke has a new album on current release, with Tore Brunborg, Scent of Soil.
‘Scent of Soil’ is fronted by the Norwegian vocalist Kirsti Huke and saxophonist Tore Brunborg. They make use of material from a critically acclaimed commissioned work they wrote together for the Vossa Jazz Festival in 2010. The nine powerful and visually rich songs they present here are all related to nature, each in its own way and are both exciting and accessible and create a record abounding in musical high points.The music on ‘Scent of Soil’ ranges from energetic rock to tender ballads in which the group’s jazz roots emerge more distinctly. Huke and Brunborg have put together an exciting band with musicians who have all worked extensively with boundary-defying music, and their references to the alternative rock scene are very much in evidence.Check out a track from this amazing album. Just too cool for words.
EaseTore Brunborg, saxophones/Rhodes/composer
Kirsti Huke, voice/Rhodes/composer
Petter Vågan, guitar
Rune Nergaard, bass
Gard Nilssen, drums
Here's Kirsti with another beautiful song.
Me! Come! My Dazzled Face There must be something in the water with all the amazing talent coming out of Norway in recent years. Certainly the water is very good, or at least it was when I lived there in the early eighties.
Talking of water .................
River ManKirsti Huke & Ola Kvernberg's version of River Man (Nick Drake), Credo, Trondheim, Nov 2010
Just to show there is no end to her talent here is Kirsti as a member of The Indian Core.
Too much handsomeThe Indian Core - Too much Handsome by Espen Aalberg
The Indian Core is a Norwegian/Indian cooperation group playing orginal compositions.
The group was founded in 2005, when the Norwegian jazz quartet "The Cor"e was invited to India to perform with Indian clasical musician at the "Jazz Yatra" festival In Delhi and Mombai.
In 2007 the group released the CD "The Indian Core".
A new CD is scheduled for release in autumn 2011/spring 2012
The Indian Core is:
Prasenjit Mitra - Tabla
Fateh Ali - Sitar
Kirsti Huke - Vokal
Jonas Kullhammar - Saxophones
Erlend Slettevoll - Piano, Fender Rhodes
Steinar Raknes - Bass
Espen Aalberg - Drum
