Jazz Articles about Maja S.K. Ratkje

About Maja S.K. Ratkje

Album Review

POING / Maja S.K. Ratkje: Wach auf!

Read "Wach auf!" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 10, 2011

Wach auf! (Wake up! in German) is only the third release by POING in its 12 years of activity, but what a remarkable achievement from a Norwegian trio whose repertoire encompasses compositions by pioneer minimalist composer Terry Riley, nuevo-tango composer Astor Piazzolla , political alt-rock band Rage Against The Machine, Russian songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, Prince, Charles Mingus, and many more. This genre-bending trio decided, this time, to pay tribute to some of the iconic, socialist-tinged songs of ...

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Album Review

Maja S.K. Ratkje: River Mouth Echoes

Read "River Mouth Echoes" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
July 25, 2008

Multidisciplinary electro-acoustic composer/vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstyrup Ratkje has, over the course of the past decade, built a significant reputation in her home country of Norway as an intrepid artist for whom few, if any, boundaries exist. No small achievement in a country filled with artists for whom nothing is forbidden and anything is possible. Known to fans of accordionist Frode Haltli--singing and composing on his resonant yet challenging Passing Images (ECM, 2007) as well as composing the centerpiece to his ...