Millpond Moon - is the indie americana duo of Kjersti Misje and
Rune Hauge from Norway.
Since appearing at the Glastonbury Festival in 2004, they've
been touring extensively both in the UK and US. During this period
they've created they're own sound and style, and a new album is
finally on the way.
The music is recorded by Millpond Moon in their studio in
Norway, and by Bill Wolf at Wolf
Productions in Washington,VA. Mixed and mastered by Bill
Wolf.
Musicians appearing on the album:
Rune Hauge: vocals, guitar and dobro
Kjersti Misje:vocals, guitar and piano
Rickie Simpkins: fiddle, viola and mandolin
Ronnie Simpkins: double-bass
Øystein Fosshagen: fiddle, mandolin and
guitar
Ole Marius Sandberg: double-bass
Millpond Moon's upcoming album is to be released in 2012 and
reflects the style the pair has cultivated on the road: old-time
and Americana with heart-wrenching harmonies and old-time
instrumentation.
The press writes:
"...Their vocal interplay and guitar playing was so
effortless, classy and energetic that the posters' promise of
"superb listening " was fulfilled many times over. However, the
sparkle they brought to their jamming, and their ability to play
off the cuff, bear witness of a standard which is far from ordinary
fare in this country..." Johnny Andreassen - Drammens
Tidende.
Kjersti Misje graduated from Faculty of fine Arts at Agder
University College in 1996 where she studied rythmic music and jazz
vocal training. She strums her guitar in subtle chords and various
tunings, while blending jazzvocals with oldtime, country and
bluegrass. She also proves to be an excellent folk singer with a
fine, even voice with lots of warmth,
Rune Hauge is known to be one of Norway's leading roots artists,
guitarists and singer/songwriters. He's appeared on numerous
recordings on guitar, vocals and dobro with some of Noway's leading
artists. In 1992/93 he was musical director and performer on two
successfull NRK TV-series (Norway's leading TV network) called
"Roots 92" and "Roots 93". Among the guests were Garth Hudson,
Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris, Rick Danko, Paul Brady, Richard
Thompson, Tony Joe White plus many more.
Since 2004 Millpond Moon have been keeping up the pace with
their European and US tour circuits and plan on continuing that
trend.
All inquiries please contact:
booking@millpondmoon.com
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