It\u2019s in its place that a fresh Spellemann blues winner (the Norwegian Grammy) is part of this year\u2019s festival. Young Marius Sannerud Lien is an unusually good songwriter, guitarist and vocalist who, with last year\u2019s album \u201cThe Woodland Songbook, Part 1\u201d, produced and largely recorded by himself in his home studio at Vormsund, has really put himself on the Norwegian blues map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marius has been playing air guitar since he was two years old and chords since he was nine. Vidar Busk has been an important mentor and supporter for Lien, and he sings backing vocals (!) on the debut album. \u201cMarius is so good that he can do whatever he wants,\u201d Amund Maarud has said about his young guitarist colleague. Last August, he won the Norwegian Blues Union\u2019s Young Artist Scholarship, and in September he traveled with his friend Magnus Berg to Nashville to record an album with an all-star team of American musicians. He comes to Longyearbyen with Kim Andr\u00e9 T\u00f8nnesen (bass) and Johan Christian Simonsen (drums).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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