Jazz Articles about Randi Tytingvag

About Randi Tytingvag

Album Review

Reading that this EP was partly the product of illness and a miscarriage, this collection of four and a bit songs under such a foreboding title might have been expected to be darker, especially considering Norway's reputation for such expression. Randi Tytingvåg, however, has an innate lightness in her voice and writing. Strange, in this case, that songs and singing of Richard Thompson come to mind. The songs are very strongly but simply constructed around their principal ...

Album Review

Randi Tytingvag: Grounding

Read "Grounding" reviewed by Anthony Shaw

by Anthony Shaw
July 1, 2012

Just like Jenny Lind and even Abba's Frida Lyngstad, Randi Tytingvåg is one of the latest of a long line of Scandinavian female singers who have adapted their innate skills to appeal to a market far beyond their native shores. And that is not to mention Norway's clutch of other successful young female jazz singers Rebekka Bakken, Hanne Hukkelberg, and their acclaimed colleague Silje Nergaard.Tytingvåg is a singer who is as capable behind a pen as she is ...