FOLK shows up no. 8 on NPR/WDUQ's Top-10 list of best releases in 2009. On 1. to 3. place is Vijay Iyer's Historicity, Ravi Coltrane's Blending Times and Branford Marsalis' Metamorphosen. Yay!

The Year In Jazz, From WDUQ : NPR

So - Christmas is close, and I'm currently finishing the recording sessions for the Danish movie "Eksperimentet". Have had some great musicians to help me out in the studio the past 3 days..

Also, today the trio was granted financial support from the Arts Council of Norway for 2010 and 2011, which basically means we'll increase the amount of dates abroad, primarily Europe, but also hopefully the US in the close future. Stay tuned for more dates to come in a short while.

Merry Christmas!

So the trios second part of the tour is finished, Mannheim and Berlin was great, thanks to Adonis at Café Prag, Maja at Universal and Verve Club in Berlin - it was a thrill! Now looking forward to touring with Gammalgrass and Steinar Raknes Quartet in Nov/Dec, along with finishing the score for danish Eksperimentet before Christmas.. Check out the reviews from the tour. Heres a little clip from the Verve Club in Berlin;

...Fall '09 is officially opened; did the first part of the trio tour followed by a one week tour with the Steinar Raknes Quartet in Norway the past couple of weeks, along with a short visit at the wonderful Maida Vale Studio at BBC in London last week, recording for BBC3's Late Junction.

This weekend I'll be playing with multi-instrumental genious Stian Carstensen at Ungjazz Festival in Ålesund. On 2nd of October, the trio will be heading for Kaunas, Lithuania, for a double feature at the Nordic Sounds conference at Kaunas International Film Festival - and to round things up; a trio concert at Liberty Pub (Putvinskio St 48, Kaunas) on Sat, Oct 3. Be there!

My homework this fall is Alien Repairguy, a sci-fi movie by Helmet, and Danish Eksperimentet by director Louise N.D. Friedberg.

The Trio starts touring in just about a week! check out this fall's venues at Whats up!

Ola will be presented in a one hour feature by Karsten Mützelfeldt on German radio (Deutschlandfunk) on August 28 @ 2205hr.

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