Jazz Articles about Kristin Asbjornsen

Kristin Asbjornsen: Wayfaring Stranger - A Spirtual Songbook

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 7, 2006

Kristin Asbjørnsen Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook Universal Music Norway 2006

Norwegian vocalist Kristin Asbjørnsen is gifted with a voice that sounds quite southern: deep and lustrous, with some hoarseness, lots of passion and a wide range. Her spiritual songbook Wayfaring Stranger demonstrates these qualities beautifully, as well as her impressive control of tone, color and phrasing.

Asbjørnsen began her recording career a decade ago with the all-female vocal quartet Kvitretten, ...