Kari Bremnes

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kari Bremnes in Hamburg, January 2008

Kari Bremnes (born December 9, 1956 in Svolvær , Lofoten ) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter .

Life

She studied Nordic studies , history and drama at the University of Oslo and worked as a journalist before embarking on a career as a musician in 1986.

She was influenced by Joni Mitchell , Frank Zappa , Donovan , Leonard Cohen , Bob Dylan and the Beatles . Her first album was a setting of Tove Ditlevsen's poems by Petter Henriksen .

Most of their albums are particularly popular with audiophile-oriented music listeners due to their excellent sound quality, such as the concept album Svarta Bjørn about the historically documented figure of Anna Rebecka Hofstad (or "Anna Norge"), who at the end of the 19th century was a sleeping barracks cook hired out for the track workers during the construction of the Swedish-Norwegian ore railway and was thus one of the few women in an almost completely closed men's world.

Tours

In addition to Norway, Kari Bremnes toured Germany , Austria , France and Japan .

Honors

She received the Norwegian Spellemannpris (Spielmannpreis) three times : 1987 for her first solo album Mitt ville hjerte (My wild heart) and 1991 for the album Spor (Spur), on which her brother Lars also participated. In 2000, she and her brothers Lars and Ola were awarded the prize for their joint album Soløye (Sun Eye ).

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE NO NO
1992 Spor - NO15 (5 weeks)
NO
German: trace
1993 Løsrivelse - NO5 (7 weeks)
NO
German: detachment
1994 Gåte ved gåte - NO9 (10 weeks)
NO
German: riddle after riddle
1995 Penetration - NO11 (9 weeks)
NO
German: memory
1997 Månestein - NO4 (15 weeks)
NO
German: moonstone
1998 Svarta Bjørn - NO12 (5 weeks)
NO
German: Black she-bear
2000 Norwegian mood DE-
Gold (German Jazz Award)
Gold (German Jazz Award)
DE 		NO35 (2 weeks)
NO
German: Norwegian mood
2002 11 ubesvarte anrop - NO5 (10 weeks)
NO
German: 11 unanswered calls
2005 Over en by DE90 (1 week)
DE 		NO3 (9 weeks)
NO
dt .: Over a town
with Nils Økland
2007 live - NO6 (4 weeks)
NO
in Germany under the title Travel published
2009 Ly DE93 (1 week)
DE 		NO1 (14 weeks)
NO
German: shelter
2009 Fantastisk Allerede - NO5 (35 weeks)
NO
German: already fantastic
best-of for the 30th stage anniversary
2011 First Night On The Earth - NO19 (2 weeks)
NO
2012 Og Så Kom Resten Av Livet - NO2
gold
gold

(43 weeks)NO
dt .: And then comes the rest of life
2017 Det Vi Har DE44 (1 week)
DE 		NO5 (12 weeks)
NO
dt .: What we have

More albums

  • 1987: Mitt ville hjerte (My wild heart)
  • 1989: Blå krukke (Blue Jug)
  • 2003: You'd Have To Be Here (English version of 11 ubesvarte anrop )

Collab albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE NO NO
1991 Salmer på veien hjem - NO15 (5 weeks)
NO
German: Psalms on the way home
with Ole Paus and Mari Boine
2001 Desemberbarn - NO11 (7 weeks)
NO
German: December
child with Rikard Wolff

More collab albums

  • 1980: Folk i husan with Ola Bremnes
  • 1983: Tid å hausta inn with Lars Klevstrand
  • 1984: Mitt navn er Petter Dass (My name is Petter Dass) with Ola Bremnes
  • 1991: Ord fra en fjord (word from a fjord) with Ola and Lars Bremnes
  • 1999: The Man From God Knows Where with Tom Russell
  • 2000: Soløye (Sun Eye ) with Ola and Lars Bremnes
  • 2003: Voggesanger fra ondskapens akse (lullabies from the axis of evil)
  • 2004: Lullabies from the axis of evil

Web links

Commons : Kari Bremnes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE NO
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: NO DE
personal data
SURNAME Bremnes, Kari
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Svolvær , Lofoten