Hekla Stålstrenga

Hekla Stålstrenga
Origin	Norway
Genres	Folk, folk/rock
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Ta:lik
Members	Anne Nymo Trulsen Ragnhild Furebotten Tore Bruvoll Trond-Viggo Solas Ole-Jakob Larsen

Hekla Stålstrenga is a Norwegian folk and folk rock band specializing in North Norwegian traditional music. It was formed in 2008 as a duo by fiddler Ragnhild Furebotten and guitarist Tore Bruvoll. They had their first recording as a duo, for which they were nominated during Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammies for "Best folk music band". They later on added lead vocalist Anne Nymo Trulsen, drummer Ole-Jakob Larsen and acoustic bassist Trond-Viggo Solas to become a five-member band.^[1]

The band was nominated for another Spellemannprisen in 2011 after release of their album Makramé. The album charted in VG-lista, the official Norwegian Albums Chart. It was released on the local Ta:lik label to which the band is signed to. Makramé is a word deriving from Arabic meaning the art of tying strings to use or decorative purposes.^[2]

Besides their collaborations, various artists in the band are developing their own solo careers. Lead vocalist Anne Nymo Trulsen released her own debut album Skråblikk in 2013.

Band members

• Anne Nymo Trulsen - lead vocals
• Ragnhild Furebotten - fiddle
• Tore Bruvoll - guitar
• Trond-Viggo Solas - bass
• Ole-Jakob Larsen - drums

Honors

• In 2008, as the duo Hekla Stålstrenga, the duo members Ragnhild Furebotten and Tore Bruvoll were nominated for "Best Folk music/gammaldans" category for their work during the Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammies.
• In 2011, they were nominated for "Best Folk music / traditional music" category during Spellemannprisen.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions	Notes
		NOR [3]
2011	Makramé Date released: 2011 Record label: Ta:lik	29	Tracklist "Erter Og Sverter" (2:54) "Er Det Sant" (4:07) "Frans Kafka" (3:29) "Har Du Fyr" (4:16) "Farvel" (3:24) "Mannen Og Kona" (3:55) "Svabo" (3:39) "How Far Is It Long" (4:00) "Den Narrede Jomfru" (3:18) "A I Sløyd" (4:11) "Siste Sang" (1:58)
2013	Dyrandé Date released: 2013 Record label: Ta:lik	28	Tracklist "Syvogtredve Fem" (3:10) "Båtbygger Jo" (2:50) "Myklebusten" (3:22) "Folketonen" (4:01) "Vintersang" (3:33) "I Midten" (3:40) "Sjømannsbrud" (4:27) "Hjerterdame" (2:39) "Dyrandé" (3:02) "Tusen Tanker" (5:28) "Vise ved Vintersolkverv" (3:37)

Singles

• "Folketonen" 2012
• "Båtbygger Jo" 2013

References

1. "Review - Hekla Stålstrenga, Makramé". wordpress.com. Driftwood Magazine. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
2. "Hekla Stålstrenga - Ragnhild Furebotten og Tore Bruvoll". Folkemusikk.no. Folkemusikk. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
3. "Hekla Stålstrenga discography". NorwegianCharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-05-05.

External links

• Hekla Stålstrenga on Myspace
• Folk: Reinhekla magi - April 24, 2013 NRK (in Norwegian)