Kristin Asbjørnsen (Norway)
Updated: Aug 28
Kristin Asbjørnsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter who writes and performs her own music and lyrics. She studied at the Jazz Department of the Trondheim Music Conservatory and has performed with pianist Tord Gustavsen for more than 30 years, along with collaborators including Ablaye Cissoko, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ketil Bjørnstad, and Rokia Traoré, as well as her own ensembles Kvitretten, DADAFON, and KRØYT. Her albums include Wayfaring Stranger: A Spiritual Songbook (2006), The Night Shines Like the Day (2009), I’ll Meet You in the Morning (2013), and Traces of You (2018), and she has written film scores for director Bent Hamer, including Factotum and The Middle Man. She has won Norway’s Spellemannspris and France’s Mondomix Babel Med prize.
Featured Song:
“Øyeblikket” (The Moment) is from Kristin Asbjørnsen’s 2024 album Hjemveier (Ways Home), her first recorded in her native Norwegian. The song describes a sudden stillness, a calming pause found in the middle of a difficult moment. “Who are you / Who carries the moment / Between us / Where no harsh thoughts / Shout or fight / It is so quiet here / Do we strike against a wall / Of empty promises.”
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