jens lysdal april 2016 · jens lysdal april 2016 singer, guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist...
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JENS LYSDAL April 2016
Singer, guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jens Lysdal wasborn in Sweden by danish parents. Following a year in New Orleans, USA thefamily moved to Denmark.
His songs and albums - unaffected by trends - are slow-release works of craft andcatharsis that become treasured, lifetime companions for their listeners.
His style is often subtle and poetic, but at the same time with an unmistakablesharpness in playing and writing.Rooted in scandinavian and american folkmusic, he covers a wide range of genresthat he often mixes - always using it for making lyrical and musical points.
What makes him stand out as a performer is the combination between his songsand voice (he is often referred to as “The danish Leonard Cohen”) and his highlevel as an instrumentalist - the focus shifting between the songs and his guitar-playing, reinforcing each other.
Nationally and internationally he has received tremendous reviews and isregarded one of scandinavias top guitarplayers. His 2014 album “Easy Heart”,was nominated “Best Folk Album” in Germany and in 2015 his song “All righthere” was nominated for an american Grammy in 2015 with the album“Nocturne Diaries” by Eliza Gilkyson – an album on which he also plays guitar.
When he recently re-released an updated version of his debut- album "A matter oftime", danish press called it: "One of the most solid works in newer danishpopular musichistory".
Both his newer and older songs are frequently played on air and are featured innumerous danish and international films.He has scored several films himself and lately worked with five-time Emmy-winner filmcomposer Jakob Groth ("The girl with the dragon tatoo") asvocalist and musician.
He is known for always playing and recording with top-level musicians - amongthem: Greg Leisz - lapsteel, pedal-steel (Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, KD Lang,Bill Frisell, Ryan Adams), Tim O´Brien - mandolin, fiddle (Mark Knopfler, TheChieftains), Glenn Fukunaga (Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, The Dixie Chicks)Danny Frankel (Rickie Lee Jones, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Marianne Faithful)and Hugo Rasmussen (Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins).
Before his solo-debut in 1995 he was a hardworking sideman performing withinternational stars like The Pointer Sisters, Sergio Mendes and Donna Summerand a string of the best performers in Denmark.
He is a co-founder of the groundbreaking ensemble Små Oaser/Small Oases -"Filmmusic for reality"
Read more at: www.lysdal.com
Contact:
Promotion Denmark: Mettelise [email protected] +45 2726 2623Promotion Germany: Maren Kumpe [email protected]:Denmark:Musik & Sang [email protected] Tlf.: 3254 2500Germany: Divine Booking: [email protected] & Canada: Val Denn Agency, [email protected] (001) 512 413 8461