Håkon Høye has roots in the scene surrounding the Oslo club Muddy Waters in the 2000s. In addition to his own band, Håkon Høye & The HoneyTones, he has been a regular member of the Billy T Band and Joakim Tinderholt’s band since their inception, and for nearly 30 years he has backed countless artists in Norway and abroad. He also runs the record label Big H Records.
Håkon and the band, which also consists of Oslo-based American William “Bill” Troiani and Alexander Pettersen (drums), both from the Billy T Band, have released two albums, “’Bout Time” (2013) and “Nights At The Surf Motel” (2019). The latter was nominated for the Spellemann Prize in 2019. He and the band are currently working on a new album.
The songs on his latest album were written in collaboration with Troiani, a partnership that—in addition to two Spellemann Awards (Billy T Band), has resulted in several finalist placements in the International Songwriting Contest in Nashville (2nd place in the blues category for the song “Blow My Cover” in 2013). Now they’re looking forward to presenting their delicious gumbo of classic blues, soul, Americana, and garage rock to the festival audience in Longyearbyen.
Ahead of Dark Season Blues, the three of them will be working on a project with the cultural school that will culminate in a performance during the official festival opening on Thursday.
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