Origin Norway Role Singer Instruments Vocals Genres Jazz | Website www.anjaeline.no Albums We´re The Houses Name Anja Skybakmoen | |
Born 17 October 1984 (age 39)
Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag ( 1984-10-17 ) Occupation(s) Jazz singer, Composer and Band leader Associated acts Pitsj
«Eplemoya Songlag»
«Aphrodisiac»
Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band Similar People Pitsj, Benedikte Shetelig Kruse, Ane Carmen Roggen, Eplemoya Songlag, Kim‑Erik Pedersen |
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Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and engaged to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie.
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Career
Skybakmoen was educated at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo. She has sung in projects like «Eplemøya Songlag» and Aphrodisiac. She replaced Tora Augestad in the vocal group Pitsj, and appeared on the album Gjenfortellinger (2009) together with the sisters Anine and Benedikte Kruse, and the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen. In 2013 she appeared for the first time with her own Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band including with Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass), Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums), David Aleksander Sjølie (guitar), Dag-Filip Roaldsnes (rhodes & synth) and Kim-Erik Pedersen (saxophon). She presensted original material at Moldejazz and released her debut solo album We’re The Houses (2014).