{"id":17475,"date":"2019-05-11T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/artists\/tora\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:45:27","slug":"tora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/en\/dsb\/artists\/tora\/","title":{"rendered":"Tora (NO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17475\" class=\"elementor elementor-17475 elementor-16930\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2b58f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2b58f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f17a324\" data-id=\"f17a324\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d9af0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3d9af0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tora is a firework display by a band with 25-year-old guitarist and vocalist <strong>Tora Dahle Aag\u00e5rd<\/strong> in front. She is a great talent who in a short time has made her mark both high and low with her unique energy, presence and playful music.<br \/>\nThe music is set in a blues-inspired pop rock landscape. In the fall of 2018, Tora went down in history when, as the first female guitarist, she got a sponsorship agreement with British guitar manufacturer Chapman Guitars.<\/p>\n<p>After two eps, Tora released its self-titled debut album in February this year. Dagbladet referred to it as a &#8220;Promising debut from a new female guitar hero&#8221;, drawing comparisons with Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi, while Adresseavisen reported that &#8220;Tora is about to find a distinctive expression while mastering the original genre. Young, talented and exploratory musicians, fronted by a skilled vocalist who has something extra to do. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band was formed in Flatanger in Tr\u00f8ndelag in 2011 and today consists of Isak Seltveit (bass), Guri Tran\u00e5s (choir), Andreas Dahle Aag\u00e5rd (guitar) and Magnus Galguften (drums) in addition to Tora Dahle Aag\u00e5rd.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the songs are written by Tora, some in collaboration with Andreas Dahle Aag\u00e5rd.<\/p>\n<p>Dark Season Blues\u00a92019<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e596179 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e596179\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb54438\" data-id=\"cb54438\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d79642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3d79642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=A5_fAZvvFng&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tora is a firework display by a band with 25-year-old guitarist and vocalist Tora Dahle Aag\u00e5rd in front. 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