POLKA POLKA

Greetings from Nuuk, Greenland! I've been here for a few weeks to write some new Stina Stjern stuff. The next album will be very much inspired by the fact that my Grandfather was a hunter in Northeast Greenland in 1954/1955. He was then in his mid twenties. He lived alone in the ice with his sledge dogs, shooting polar bears. The cabin where he lived was, and still is, located at Kap Herschell. I'm planning on going there, but that is an adventure that has to wait for now...  Nuuk was therefore the closest I could get the exciting tales of the young hunter at this point! It's been inspiring indeed and a few new songs just sprung out of the wonderful mix of icebergs and polka dancing! (I actually can't get enough of this Polka dancing...)

Adam & Eva summer party

These days I'm busy writing new stuff for our upcoming album. Last week the Stina Stjern band was hanging out  here in Oslo, working on a few new songs. We even played a show at Adam & Eva Grønlandskvartalene's summer party.

Stina Stjern at Musikkfest, Oslo

 
Stina Stjern played a show at Musikkfest, Oslo last Saturday! We played at the Internasjonalen/Youngstorget - stage. It was great fun playing both good old and brand new stuff!

POCKNIT-Knit from the north

Please check out this brand new design, Pocknit! I'm so getting one of these lovely scarves! Goes well with my song Tuning don't you think?

See ya', Norway!

Thanks to everyone who showed up at our shows in Norway this month! We've had a blast, and will be back very soon!

Thank you Tafjord!

Had the most wonderful weekend in Tafjord, Norway. Stina Stjern played a show at the small festival, Kulturgytinga, at Olagarden Friday night. I had the pleasure of hanging out all weekend and enjoyed the company of new friends, good music, spectacular nature, good coffee and home made svele. I'm now in Oslo preparing for klubbøya at Tilt tomorrow night! Wednesday we'll go to Kristiansand to play at Pir6. Wonderful to be back in Norway!

And what a Summer it is!

My home office is now open and I'm enjoying my coffee while trying to organize Stina Stjern stuff. The heavy rain outside makes me think of our performance at the Hove Festival a couple of weeks ago! It was quite wet but also kind of cozy. You can read more about it at Lydverket and Usignert. I also found out that I'm on this fine list of "Top Female Vocalists of All-time" at www.indierockreviews.com. Not too bad, huh? Coming up is a trip to Barcelona (vacation-time with my mom and sister) and 3 Stina Stjern shows in Norway in July and August! Check it out:



Brukbar, Trondheim, Saturday 30th July



Olagarden, Tafjord, Friday 5th August



Klubböya, Tilt, Oslo, Tuesday 9th August