Anja Eline Skybakmoen

Anja Eline Skybakmoen

Anja Eline Skybakmoen 2014.
Background information
Born (1984-10-17) 17 October 1984
Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Jazz singer, Composer and Band leader
Instruments Vocals
Associated acts Pitsj
«Eplemøya Songlag»
«Aphrodisiac»
Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band
Website www.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 engaged 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

Discography

Solo albums

Within Pitsj
Within «Eplemöya Songlag»
EP

Collaborations

Within Johndoe
Within Lumsk
With «Northern Arc»

References

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  1. 1 2 "Anja og gutta". JazzINorge.no. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  2. 1 2 "Du verden så det stemmer" (in Norwegian). NettAvisen. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  3. 1 2 Tangen, Jan Inge (2013-07-18). "Anja Eline Skybakmoen - Consert review" (in Norwegian). FireFlate.no. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  4. ↑ Graatrud, Gabrielle (2013-07-16). "Norges nye Erykah Badu?" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen.no. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band Biography" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz.no. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

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