Hanne Hukkelberg

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Born April 1979.

Hanne Hukkelberg Philip Ryalls/Redferns

Biography

Hanne Hukkelberg (born April 17, 1979) is a singer-songwriter from Kongsberg, Norway.

Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3. In her youth, she was a vocalist covering genres such as jazz, rock, and free jazz, and was also a member of the influential doom metal band Funeral in high school, in which she contributed vocals on their second album, In Fields of Pestilent Grief. She earned her degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

Her debut album Little Things was released in Norway in 2004 with a subsequent worldwide release in June 2005 by Propeller Recordings in Norway and distributed by Sony Music in the United States. Little Things is notable for its eclectic array of instruments and its use of found sounds, such as bicycle spokes, dish brushes, wine glasses, and rain.

Rykestraße 68 was released in September 2006, for which Hukkelberg was awarded with a Open Class category Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy. She was also nominated as a Female Artist for a Spellemannprisen in 2009 for Blood from a Stone.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Featherbrain 2012

    Review of Featherbrain

    Reviewed by Luke Slater

    Another album to treasure from the Norwegian performer.
  2. Rykestrasse 68 2007

    Review of Rykestrasse 68

    Reviewed by Martin Longley

    Chandelier, kettle, typewriter, bicycle wheel and assorted kitchen utensils are all...

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