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Anja Eline Skybakmoen
Skybakmoen with Pitsj at Ingensteds September 10, 2016.
Skybakmoen with Pitsj at Ingensteds September 10, 2016.
Background information
Born (1984-10-17) 17 October 1984 (age 40)
Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Jazz singer, Composer and Band leader
InstrumentVocals
Websitewww.anjaeline.no

Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie.[1]

Career

Skybakmoen was educated at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo. She has sung in projects like «Eplemøya Songlag» and Aphrodisiac. She replaced Tora Augestad in the vocal group Pitsj, and appeared on the album Gjenfortellinger (2009) together with the sisters Anine and Benedikte Kruse, and the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen.[2] In 2013 she appeared for the first time with her own Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band including with Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass), Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums), David Aleksander Sjølie (guitar), Dag-Filip Roaldsnes (rhodes & synth) and Kim-Erik Pedersen (saxophon). She presensted original material at Moldejazz and released her debut solo album We’re The Houses (2014).[1][3][4]

Honors

  • 2012: Jazz Talent Award at the Moldejazz[3]
  • 2012: Geir Digernes Minnepris at the Trondheim Jazz Festival[5]

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2014: We're The Houses (Øra Fonogram)
  • 2015: Echo (Triogram)
Within Pitsj
Within «Eplemöya Songlag»
  • 2010: Eplemöya Songlag (NorCD)
  • 2012: Möya Og Myten (NorCD)
EP
  • 2012: Glorious People

Collaborations

Within Johndoe
  • 2000: Explosift! (D'sign Records)
Within Lumsk
With «Northern Arc»

References

  1. ^ a b "Anja og gutta". JazzINorge.no. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  2. ^ a b "Du verden så det stemmer" (in Norwegian). NettAvisen. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  3. ^ a b Tangen, Jan Inge (2013-07-18). "Anja Eline Skybakmoen - Consert review" (in Norwegian). FireFlate.no. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-08-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Graatrud, Gabrielle (2013-07-16). "Norges nye Erykah Badu?" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen.no. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-08-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band Biography" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz.no. Retrieved 2013-08-04.