I stumbled across this album by Vidar Vang and was very impressed. Kind of a Norwegian Dylan type folkie. He's been around for a while now, but of course the publicity stateside just doesn't happen for European or Scandinavian artists.
Give him a listen I'm thinking you will be impressed.
Already GoneAlready Gone from the forthcoming 2012 album "Sidewalk Silhouettes".
Album produced by Cato Thomassen and Vidar Vang.
Video: Morten ML Hansen and Vidar Vang.
Video enhancement: Frida Engström.
From The Shadow Of ElvisThis is taken from an earlier album, but it is also on his latest album. Not sure yet if it was re-recorded.
A snippet from the liner notes of the new album. [Follow the link to read the rest].
Vidar Vang - "Sidewalk Silhouettes" Liner notes:A decade ago, Cato Thomassen and Seasick Steve produced my debut album, "Rodeo", at Jukejoint Studio in Notodden. One late night in the studio, after a couple of hours in Steve's well equipped in-house bar, I gained the courage to play Cato some ideas I had for a different kind of record than the one we were making with the band at the time. Songs which were 20 seconds long, instrumentals, songs that consisted of just a chorus or a verse - but also acoustic and different takes on material we were already working on. Cato jumped on the idea, and then and there we decided (as one often does after a visit to a bar) to make that album together. However, we didn't talk of when, how or where.If Seasick Steve is involved anywhere you have to know it's quality.
