Rita Engedalen has buillt a large audience through an impressive series of festival apperances and touring at home and abroad. So it is with good reason that she is often referred to as Norway’s Queen of the Blues.<\/p>\n
Rita Engedalen received The Blues Award at Notodden Blues Festival in 2010. Rita won the Norwegian Grammy award for best blues album release “Heaven Ain’t Ready For Me Yet” 2006. Her albums \u00abThree Still Standing\u00bb (2008) and \u00abChapels And Bars\u00bb (2011), were both nominated to the Norwegian Grammy Award!<\/p>\n
Rita\u2019s influences are mostly American folk music from districts and areas not very familiar to mainstream audiences. Dusty roads, back and forth from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi Delta are areas she travels musically. Her intense nerve, her strong and rich voice mixed with deeply rooted soul form her personal musical expression. <\/p>\n
Many songs rooted in Rita\u2019s musical landscape are often formed upon a simple, repetitive chord progression with intensely felt emotions and the raw power of trance. Making songs in these musical terms is for Rita very natural; she\u2019s actually a natural born master.<\/p>\n
Rita is a full range artist, both on album and as a live performer.The combination of natural talent, a beautiful voice, solid song writing skills, original music and her outstanding musicians makes Rita\u2019s live shows to amazing experiences!<\/p>\n
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