…i dag kl. 13:30.
Vi vil gjerne få takke for sist til alle som tok turen innom en av konsertene våre i desember - det har vært en sann fryd å få spille for så mange hyggelige mennesker! Vi har laget en liten bildekavalkade med noen "behind the scenes"-glimt fra årets turné (det fine gruppebildet til slutt av Garness og musikerne ble riktignok tatt på fjorårets turné - vi glemte nemlig å ta i år…). Ellers vil vi med videoen nedenfor, "The Shepherd Song live in Plush Badger Studio", ønske dere alle en velsignet god julehøytid og alt godt for det nye året!
(No:) Det er fortsatt noen få billetter igjen til konserten i Korskirken i kveld! Vi gleder oss enormt til å spille i vår kjære hjemby Bergen, og tror det blir en flott turnéavslutning.
(No:) Det var en utrolig flott opplevelse å få være med sammen med så mange bra artister og det fantastiske kringkastingsorkesteret og spille inn konsert på selveste Slottet på torsdag! Konserten Jul på Slottet sendes på NRK1 i kveld. (Bor du i Grimsatd-området og har tenkt deg på julekonsert med Garness i stedet, kan jeg berolige med at TV-konserten sendes i reprise på julaften klokken 15;-) Også tilgjengelig på www.nrk.no)
(No:) Då e vi i gang!! Gleder oss til fortsettelsen:-)
For ei perle av eit galleri laaaangt inni djupaste Telemark. Ta turen innom om du kjører forbi Øyfjell! (www.galleristraume.no)
(No:) Da er en tilhengerlast med alskens instrumenter og utstyr pakket, og bare en natts søvn står igjen før årets juleturné er i gang! Vi gleder oss rett og slett enormt. Først på programmet står et vakkert lite kunstgalleri i Vinje i Telemark som vi tipper vil sette en stemningsfull start på turen (er visst gode sjanser for snø også!?). Vi gleder oss til å ha våre aller første Garness-konserter i Arendal, Eiken, Ræge og på Jørpeland. Jakobkirka i Oslo og Korskirken i Bergen føles begge som "hjemmebane", og det er stort å få komme tilbake til Grimstad misjonskirke og Vågsbygd kirke og holde julekonsert som i fjor. Sistnevnte blir nok ekstra spesiell, siden vi er så heldige å få med oss Kristiansand strykekvartett! I Skien får vi god hjelp av Gulset kirkes ungdomskor, noe vi ser fram til. Vi ønsker alle hjertelig velkommen til en stemningsfull, intim og spennende julekonsert med repertoar fra Barnet i krybben - og så noen overraskelser…
If you happen to be in Berlin on Sunday (Nov. 27), you can see and hear Garness and Marit Larsen perform a song together, as the annual lighting of the Norwegian Christmas tree takes place at Brandenburger Tor. Their version of the traditional Christmas Carol Her kommer dine arme små is newly released on the album Vi tenner våre lykter, but this will be the first time Marit and Garness perform it in public.
The album with the title "Vi tenner våre lykter" will be released November 14, and will contain traditional Christmas songs as well as new songs written for the project. The other artists that have been invited to join the project is: Ida Jenshus, Gunnhild Sundli, Thomas Dybdahl, Moddi, Samsaya, Ingrid Olava, Katzenjammer, Stein Torleif Bjella and Vinni. See more about the release and background in VGs article 04.10.11 or visit www.kronprinsparetsfond.no. Garness is very excited about taking part in this, and is looking forward to collaborating with Marit in creating a beautiful new version of one of our well-known traditional Christmas carols.
Today Garness' homepage has been republished in a brand new design, created by Hildegunn. The photographs are taken by Sara Angelica Spilling.
Saturday July 30 the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) arranged a memorial concert from Oslo cathedral for the victims of the terror attacks in Norway July 22. Many fine Norwegian artists participated, together with NRK's own orchestra KORK. Garness played with Sigvart Dagsland on his two songs "Kan eg gjørr någe med det" and "Alt eg såg". See the concert on www.nrk.no. Sigvart Dagslands performance starts at 01:01:30.
If you missed Elvira Nikolaisen's version of The Rolling Stones' hit song You can't always get what you want, performed together with Garness and other friends, you have the chance to see it at www.nrk.no now (may not be available outside of Norway).
Hildegunn would like to thank Noa Noa for loaning her a supercool dress to wear on the show!
Elvira Nikolaisen has gathered a group of friends to perform a somewhat different version of a well-known Rolling Stones act during the VG-show on Friday. Elvira’s brother and sister, Emil and Hilma Nikolaisen (both from the group Serena Maneesh), Carmen Villain, Linnea Dale (Donkeyboys), Kåre Joao Pedersen (Kåre and the Cavemen), Ådne Meisfjord (120 Days), Eirin Kinn, Remi Christiansen, Tommy Akerholdt (Silver) and Garness will join Elvira for the live performance, which is broadcasted on NRK1 from 20:55 onwards.
Elvira Nikolaisen har samlet en gjeng med venner for å gjøre et litt annerledes nummer under VG-lista showet på fredag. Elvira har fått med seg søsknene Emil og Hilma Nikolaisen (begge fra Serena Maneesh), Carmen Villain, Linnea Dale (Donkeyboys), Kåre Joao Pedersen (Kåre & the Cavemen), Ådne Meisfjord (120 Days), Eirin Kinn, Remi Christiansen, Tommy Akerholdt (Silver) og Garness, og sammen vil de fremføre (og ja, det blir live..!) sin versjon av en kjent Rolling Stones-låt. Dette blir kuler og krutt! Sendes på NRK1 fra kl 20:55.
Have you visited the Garness fan site www.garnessfans.com lately? We think its new construction and design is very creative and inspiring, and we are impressed by the scope of creators Nemo and Andi's work with the site! (Since this is a non-official Garness web site, the contents are not approved or guaranteed by Garness.)
Kristin Minde (a dear childhood friend from Frekhaug) released her debut album Six feet over in March. If you listen to Norwegian radio you may have heard her catchy singel The night is drawing near. Check out all of her great pop music and visit her web site www.kristinminde.no
Just wanted to share some moody winter pictures from our home village Frekhaug on the Norwegian west coast. Here we lived from the age of 2 until it was time to move to Oslo and start working full time with music at 19. Beautiful, huh? Winter can be quite nice sometimes! We also take this opportunity (allthough it's definitely starting to get a little late…) to wish all our fans and listeners a happy new year!:-)
And a secret message across the mountains to our dear Mom on Frekhaug: Happy birthday!!!
See the slideshow at the bottom of the photos page.
During the interview Garness will also perform a song from the Christmas record "unplugged" in the studio on Minde/Bergen.
Tickets available at Skudenes og Aakra Sparebank.
All photos shown by permission from the photographer Simen Løvgren.
…can be ordered at tel +47 51429860, SMS to +47 48868643 or on e-mail to fullmaane@klepp.kommune.no.
The show at 20:00 on Klepp December 21 is sold out, and the promoter is now planning an extra concert at 18:00. More info to come.
Last night Garness held a concert for a packed church in Dar es Salaam, together with the local group Upendo. Upendo just arrived home from a tour in Germany and are one of the most famous gospel choirs in Tanzania. See video clips from rehearsals and other experiences Garness has had this warm week far, far away from freezing temperatures and stressful Christmas preparations, HERE…
The last week of November Garness are going to Tanzania to have concerts together with Upendo, a gospel choir from Dar Es Salaam. It is the Norwegian embassy in Dar who is arranging the trip, in co-operation with Sigbjørn Nedland (host of the radio show Jungeltelegrafen on NRK P2). We are grateful to get this opportunity to work together, for the first time, with singers and musicians from the African continent. On the concerts we will perform a number of Garness songs together with the choir, and we will also join Upendo in some of their songs. We'll try to put out some videos and reports from the trip, so please visit us again soon!
Garness are now touring with the acclaimed Norwegian artist Sigvart Dagsland as members of his "Wedding and Funeral Band". Dagsland just released his 17th album, Sigvart Dagslands bryllups og begravelsesorkester, which was recorded on Soria Moria, Torshov/Oslo in August, with a band counting 9 men and women, among them Ingelin and Hildegunn singing, playing guitars and percussion. Several of the same musicians are now on the road with Dagsland, playing the first concert in Grimstad tonight, and then heading north for concerts in Finnsnes, Andenes and Svolvær. See Sigvart Dagslands home page for more information on tour dates: www.dagsland.no
(Norwegian) Det er en stor glede å få presentere turnélisten for vår aller første egne juleturné kommende desember. Vi vil spille konserter på ulike steder langs kysten av sør-Norge, fra Ålesund i nord til Oslo i sør, og fremføre sanger fra juleplaten som kom ut i fjor, Barnet i krybben. Med oss har vi vårt herlige band bestående av Torjus Vierli på tangenter og Thomas Gallatin på trommer. Du er også garantert lyden av gitarer, mandolin, klokkespill, bjelleklang (så klart!), blokkfløyter (om øvelsene gir resultater…), marxofon og autoharpe, om du tar turen til en av konsertene. Sjekk ut turnélisten her. Info om tidspunkt og billettsalg kommer snart!
(English) We are really happy these days to present the tour list for our very first solo Christmas tour this December! We will give concerts all around the coast of southern Norway, performing the songs from our Christmas album Barnet i krybben. We will travel together with our fantastic band consisting of Torjus Vierli on keys and Thomas Gallatin on drums. And of course we'll bring along our guitars, mandolin, glockenspiels, bells (naturally!), flutes (if the rehearsal goes well…), marxophone and autoharp. For a complete list over tourdates and places, see the concert page.
It's been up and running for some months now, and it's definitely about time that we use some space here to applaud Nemo Sophie and Andi from Germany for their amazing work with creating a fan web site for Garness. We are really impressed with their effort, and we think it looks really cool! Check it out yourself: www.garnessfans.com - Thank you so much, Nemo and Andy!!
Finally we have an mp3-player with some Garness tunes up and going! Feel free to listen to some tracks from the two albums we've released so far. We plan to change songs now and then, so please come back:-)
…these two twin sisters feel very happy and blessed. Our Christmas CD was so well received, both in the Norwegian press and among our listeners. It's a good experience when many of your critics actually understand the concept of what you've been trying to do - and judge it a success. For those of you who understand Norwegian, follow the links below to view some of the reviews (which will open in a new window) on Barnet i krybben.
Garness' new Christmas Album Barnet i krybben (in English: The Child in the Crib) is right now being manufactured, but the release had to be postponed until November 30. The one who waits for something good....and so on..:-) We really look forward to presenting this music to our audience!
We are very happy to announce that Garness will be releasing a Christmas album November 23rd this year! The album will contain a handful of wellknown and beloved traditional Norwegian Christmas songs, such as Stille natt (Silent Night), Mitt hjerte alltid vanker and No koma Guds englar, in musical arrangements that we hope many will find exciting and renewing. We are also proud to present three original Christmas songs composed by Garness. After performing two of them (Barnet i krybben and Fangens julekveld) for some years now on the extensive Christmas Tours with Oslo Gospel Choir, we have received several requests for a recorded version of these songs. So this project started really as a wish to meet with this request, but as the creative process in the studio got wheels, we discovered that Garness' musical identity really came to it's right in the landscape and mood that much of the Christmas repertoire invites to. And what an exciting challenge it is to try to make traditional, durable songs that many people have a relation to, sound new and fresh, but still let the original voice of the story teller in the song shine through. Our goal is to give listeners inspiration to reflect on the core of the Christmas celebration, maybe even daydream for some moments into the scenery of Bethlehem 2000 years ago - and of course we simply want to spread some of that good old "Christmas feeling" and peace that we all long for.
PS! Even though this is mainly a Norwegian release, there will also be two English songs on the record, including a brand new song written for this occasion.
Check out the new slideshow with pictures from two of our most memorable concerts lately. They took place in Witten, Germany, in May 2009 and on Frekhaug (our home town at the west coast of Norway) in October 2008. Both events were extra special to us, because they were the first solo concerts Garness held in both Germany and on Frekhaug! I think you can see that we had a lot of fun. Thanks to Jens Möller and Vegard Valde for great photographs!
We realize that we might be a little late here to actually call this news, since the movie has been on Norwegian cinemas since February 6, but anyway... No need to hide that we are a little proud about being asked to sing the cosy countryish song “Barking at the moon” (“Mot månen bjeffer jeg”) in the Norwegian dubbed version of the Disney motion picture about the sweet and brave little dog named Bolt.
Some of you may have noticed that “we'll be back soon with a brand new great-looking home page” has been the headline of this site for quite a few months.. We apologize for this! The reason it has taken some time is just that Hildegunn had to teach herself how to make one first... And dig out the guts to just do it! So, finally here it is, not quite finished, but hopefully a good place to start! The pages that are not ready yet (music, store and guestbook) will be updated as soon as possible, and we'll try to keep the site fresh, giving you the latest news and other updates. Enjoy!
This weekend we are coming to Switzerland on our first real Garness-tour in the country. We are really excited about it, and honored to get the invitation! We will be a trio on stage: Ingelin on guitars and mandolin, Hildegunn on Autoharp, Glockenspiel, keyboard and percussion and Tor Egil Kreken on bass and banjo - pluss all three on vocals! Duillier s. Nyon on Friday, Biel on Saturday and St. Moritz on Sunday. Songs from the record, some unreleased Garness songs, and even a couple of tunes from the OGC repertoire - in our very own versions! Heartly welcome to all that might have a geographical possibility to come!:-)
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