{"id":18308,"date":"2021-09-09T07:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T07:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/?page_id=18308"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:02:28","slug":"tommy-kristiansen-and-the-dalegaarden-blues-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/en\/dsb\/artists\/tommy-kristiansen-and-the-dalegaarden-blues-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Kristiansen &#038; the Dalegaarden Blues Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The powerhouse trio of Tommy Kristiansen (guitar\/vocals), Lars Christian Folkvord (bass), and Bj\u00f8rn S\u00e6ther (drums) has a wealth of experience from collaborating with numerous Norwegian artists\u2014not least as regular bandmates for Kurt Nilsen.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trio, now back at Dark Season Blues, has served as the house band for several major television productions. Tommy started the blues band Tommy &amp; The Runaway Boys at age 14, and in 2016 released the solo album *Divided*. The three have worked with a range of artists, from Maria Mena and Madcon to Gatas Parlament, Vidar Busk, and Beady Belle.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, this powerhouse trio performs timeless classics by artists such as B.B. King and J.J. Cale, as well as hidden gems from Jimi Hendrix\u2019s Band of Gypsies era. In addition to blues classics, they also draw inspiration from more contemporary blues artists like Gary Clark Jr. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8f8f8;font-size:12px\"><strong>  Dark Season Blues\u00a92023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Konsert med Tommy Kristiansen trio\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yHy86gi05Po?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The powerhouse trio of Tommy Kristiansen (guitar\/vocals), Lars Christian Folkvord (bass), and Bj\u00f8rn S\u00e6ther (drums) has a wealth of experience from collaborating with numerous Norwegian artists\u2014not least as regular bandmates for Kurt Nilsen. The trio, now back at Dark Season Blues, has served as the house band for several major television productions. 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