Elin Furubotn

se: www.elinfurubotn.no

Elin Furubotn is a Norwegian folk sing and songwriter, releasing her 9.th album. She is touring quite a lot in Norway but also in Europe and launched on the german label Ozella(2012) and got an Indie Award in California, for her international album. She is well loved and is often played on the NRK (Norwegian) radio.

Min første utgivelse var i 1999 (Tikk Takk), deretter

Villhund (2006) Tylden og Co
Det som e nå(2008) (kirkelig kulturverksted)
Ein tanke unna (2009) (kirkelig kulturverksted)
Heilt nye vei (2012) (Ozella)
Å nærme seg det nære (2014) (Grappa)
Ikkje gå deg vill (2017) (Grappa)
Blikk (2021) (Grappa)
Resirkulerte Rim og Regler (2022)
"Blikk" / Glance

Elin Furubotn is a busy artist always touring up and down Norway, she has a wide audience and is well loved and often played on the radio. Elin Furubotn has been described as one of Norway´s finest song writers and there is no exception here with her new album called “Blikk” which means “Glance”.

The title reflects Furubotn´s inner searching glance at herself but also it reflects a sideways glance, as she takes in an oblique look at the people close around her. Elin lives in Oslo and sings about the little episodes in everyday life with an insightfulness gained from working in psychiatric hospitals. She sings about hope and tells us that a few scratches from life won´t hurt you, that’s ok, so don’t be too serious, you don’t need to be perfect, worrying never helps us anyway, so don’t forget to play.

She writes songs as she preaches, and she also sings about the funnier sides of life like in “Du vet godt koffer eg e sure på deg” (You know dam well why Im mad at you) something she overheard at a café in Olso. There is also a track featuring Oslo rapper Kriss from (Erik and Kriss) telling the younger genereation that they are good enough as they are just being themselves.

The melancholic title track Blikk (Glance) has a different tone as Furubotn sings about her father who has dementia and is aware of losing himself, more and more, each day, forgetting.

The sound on this album is a collaboration of jazz, pop, rap and folk musicians and the new tracks have been produced by renowned artists Torbjørn Økland, (Vamp), with the musicians Morten Qvenild on keyboards, Gunnar Auglend percussion and Elle Brekken bass.

Elin has also previously worked with Norway´s king of pop Morten Abel, The Stavanger symphony orchestra and received the International American Indie music award in 2013.