{"id":28469,"date":"2012-02-19T20:46:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T20:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/dark-season-blues-2012\/artists\/amund-maarud\/"},"modified":"2012-02-19T20:46:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T20:46:33","slug":"amund-maarud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/en\/dsb\/dark-season-blues-2012\/artists\/amund-maarud\/","title":{"rendered":"Amund Maarud"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9984\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5424\" title=\"Amund Maarud\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_612.jpg\" alt=\"Amund M\u00e5rud is coming to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for Dark Season Blues 2012\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_612.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_612-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_612-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amund Maarud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9985\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5431 \" title=\"Amund Maarud Electric\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_electric_250-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Amund Maarud's album *Electric* won the Spellemann Award in 2011\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_electric_250-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amund_maarud_electric_250-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electric (2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With his album \u201cElectric,\u201d Amund Maarud is back where many believe he belongs\u2014in the blues. The album also marks Amund\u2019s 20th anniversary as a blues musician, now in a new version with a slightly mo<x id=\"gid_0\"><\/x>-rock-influenced approach. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Amund Maarund won the 2011 Spellemann Award in the blues category for his album *Electric*.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maarud started playing at the age of six in the band Maarudkara with his brother Henrik on drums and his father on bass. They placed second in NRK\u2019s \u201cTalentiaden\u201d in 1997 and released their debut album, \u201cFirst Blues,\u201d the following year. Later, he spent his teenage years playing in the house band at Muddy Waters in Oslo.<br \/>\n\u201cSome decisions are made without really being up for consideration. When I was ten years old, I decided to become a full-time blues guitarist. It didn\u2019t seem any stranger than wanting to be a truck driver at a young age,\u201d Amund writes in his liner notes for the album \u201cElectric.\u201d<br \/>\nIn 2000, he formed the Amund Maarud Band, still with his brother Henrik on drums and with blues in their repertoire. The band was nominated for the 2003 Spellemann Award in the blues\/country category for their debut album \u201cRipped, Stripped &#038; Southern Fried,\u201d and also received critical acclaim for the follow-up \u201cCommotion.\u201d<x id=\"gid_0\"><\/x>The band was one of the most sought-after acts on the live scene, but after many years as the \u201cyoung hope\u201d of blues music, he and his brother announced in 2006 their transition to rock with The Grand.<x id=\"gid_1\"><\/x>The band debuted with a self-titled EP and album on their own record label in 2007, and was nominated for the Alarm Award in the live category that same year. The band played a long series of concerts at home and abroad over the next two years: at festivals such as Roskilde, Eurosonic in the Netherlands, on \u201cRockpalast\u201d on German TV, and at the biggest Norwegian festivals.<br \/>\n\u201cMy relationship with the blues has been turbulent at times, and we\u2019ve had our share of arguments. After 15 years, I took a break and set my sights on the rock scene with The Grand. I needed to let off some steam, turn up the volume, and let the hell break loose,\u201d writes Amund.<x id=\"gid_0\"><\/x>Last year, The Grand announced that they would be taking a break to focus on their individual projects, including Morudes, a blues-punk duo with his brother Henrik, as well as his solo project under the name Amund Maarud. The band typically has a lineup of five to seven members. The repertoire consists of blues-based music with a focus on Amund\u2019s guitar, and as usual, his brother Henrik is on drums. Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen, from The Grand, plays piano, Egil Stemkens on bass, and Bendik Br\u00e6nne on saxophone, while the seven-piece band lineup includes Peter Marius Gundersen on trumpet and Hans Foyn Friis on trombone.<br \/>\n\u201cMany people have been waiting for Amund Maarud to \u2018come to his senses\u2019 and start playing the blues again. His answer is \u2018Electric,\u2019 and it swings just like in the \u2018old days\u2019\u2014and then some,\u201d writes Dagbladet reviewer \u00d8yvind R\u00f8nning about the album \u201cElectric,\u201d which he gives a five-star rating.<x id=\"gid_0\"><\/x>He continues: \u201cAmund has \u2018grown up.\u2019 He finds it challenging to twist and turn the blues a bit, and we should be glad of that. Without musicians like this, the blues would be as boring as many people make it out to be. We can\u2019t have any of that,\u201d he writes.    <\/p>\n<p>[fancy_link link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amundmaarud.no\/&#8221; target=&#8221;blank&#8221;]Amund Maarud&#8217;s official website[\/fancy_link]<br \/>\n[fancy_link link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Amund-Maarud-offisiell-side\/164382500264326&#8243; target=&#8221;blank&#8221;]Amund Maarud on Facebook[\/fancy_link]<\/p>\n<p>[youtube height=&#8221;344&#8243; width=&#8221;425&#8243;]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PuaknyVWEYg[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; With his album \u201cElectric,\u201d Amund Maarud is back where many believe he belongs\u2014in the blues. The album also marks Amund\u2019s 20th anniversary as a blues musician, now in a new version with a slightly mo-rock-influenced approach. 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