Vildebjønns Selskap // Kafè Hærverk

2 desember | 20:00 | admission 250 incl. fees | Vildebjønns Selskap is a folk trio that performs original music in Norwegian. The trio follows in the footsteps of the 1970s folk tradition, with conversational lyrics and jazz elements in the form of unusual, shifting time signatures and surprising chord progressions. The members are Ingeborg Fjørtoft, Åsmund Erichsen and Erling Wold. Colin Lilius Karlsen often joins them on double bass.

Vildebjønns Selskap released the album «Skrike høyt og spytte litt» on 10. april, to glowing reviews from Klassekampen, Dag og Tid, Dagens Næringsliv and STOFF magasin, among others! After their concert at BLÅ during Musikkfest in June, Dagsavisen also called Vildebjønns Selskap one of Oslo’s best bands.

The group makes up half of Hersleb visekollektiv and has played across Norway, riding the new wave of Norwegian folk music, at venues including Verftet, Victoria and kvarteret in Bergen, Kongsberg Jazzfestival and Uffa in Trondheim. They host monthly, packed folk music evenings and clubs at Josefine Vertshus and Hjelms Gate 3, and have toured Norway during the past two summers.

Hersleb Visekollektiv released an album this autumn, was named Gaffa’s artist of the week and was interviewed on NRK P1 as the Thursday artist. The collective is an important foundation of the new folk music wave and has organised countless folk music evenings around the country. They are an active bunch, regularly playing to full houses.