Honored to be among the nominees for Work of the Year 2025! Here’s a translation of the justification text:Eirik Hegdal’s genre play with “turnchest” is formidable and brimming with surplus energy. The music has roots in modern jazz, but “turnchest” is a...
I’m deeply honored to have received the Buddy award for 2025! I’m so proud!
The full album is now out there for all digital listeners. If you would like a red vinyl with beautiful artwork by Kari Stai please visit www.particularrecordings.com or other record shops. This album presents the unique talents of Thea Grant, Josefin Runsteen, Per...
This essay (in norwegian) is written by Torkjell Hovland, made out of two meetings we had this spring (2023), talking about how-to-create-music, from my perspective. We started out quite broad (talking for 6 hours), and Torkjell has squeezed the essence out of it. He...
EKLEKTISK SAMBAND:Thea Ellingsen Grant: voice, electronics/effects / Josefin Runsteen: violin, mandola, voice / Per “Texas” Johansson: flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet / Eirik Hegdal: sopranino-/C Melody-/ baritone saxophone,...
Superless had our debut concert at Nattjazz/Bergen/Norway last year, consisting of the talents of Jeff Parker (guitar), Ingebrigt Flaten (bass), Øyvind Skarbø (drums), and me (saxophones/bass clarinet/OP-1). We also recorded an album, being released in November. Our...
I’ve been nominated for my composition «Samlede Vandrehistorier» at the Norwegian Grammy Award “Spellemannsprisen” in the category «TONO’s Komponistpris»! The nomination is for the release Eirik Hegdal / Følk “Samlede Vandrehistorier”...
Friday the 9th of September the album “Samlede Vandrehistorier” will be released!Sofia Jernberg, Unni Løvlid, Gjermund Larsen, Hans Hulbækmo and me. Cover by Juliane Schütz and illustrations by Kari Stai. Mixed by Kyrre Laastad and mastered by Karl...
André Roligheten, Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen and me have released a new recording with Team Hegdal! It’s out there, both digital and cd, and very soon on vinyl.Cover and photo by Juliane Schütz. Mixed by Kyrre Laastad and mastered by Karl Klaseie. Recorded...
This summer will bring concerts with fabulous musicians and bands as Veslemøy Narvesen’s «We Don’t Imagine anymore», Superless (premiere! with Jeff Parker, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Øyvind Skarbø),Gard Nilssen’s “Supersonic Orchestra”,...