Origin Norway Occupation(s) Musician, composer | Genres Indie Pop, Jazz Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar | |
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Birth name Susanna Karolina Wallumrød Born 23 June 1979 (age 37)
Kongsberg, Buskerud ( 1979-06-23 ) Labels ECM Records
Rune Grammofon
Grappa Music
SusannaSonata Music group Susanna and the Magical Orchestra Awards Spellemann Award for Open Category Albums If Grief Could Wait, Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos, Melody Mountain, 3 | ||
Susanna wallumr d lay all your love on me live 2008
Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (born 23 June 1979 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian vocalist, known for her beautiful low key original songs. She is the sister of the drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and the pianist Christian Wallumrød, cousin of the pianist David Wallumrød, and is married to the music producer Helge Sten.
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Career
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna and keyboard player Morten Qvenild. Her song "Believer" from their first album and their cover version of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" featured in two 3rd season episodes of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy and on 3rd season of Skins, on episode 6.
The German rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse uses Susanna's AC/DC-cover of "It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock'n Roll" as intro and the Joy-Division-cover "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as Outro on their "Farewell & Goodbye Tour 2008".
Suanna Wallumrød has cooperated with exceptional baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi, who has previously made herself known with a variety of ECM recordings. Pessi's collaboration with pianist Christian Wallumrød brought her regularly to Oslo, where she met and became friends with Susanna, the pianist's sister. Susanna invited Pessi to play on her solo album Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos (2008), and four years later, the Norwegian vocalist's turn to take guest role.
On If Grief Could Wait she sings both her own songs and compositions by Henry Purcell, Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake. In the center of the album is Susannas clear voice and Pessis delicate harp. The ensemble also comprises Marco Ambrosini on Key harp and Jan Achtman at Gamba.
A bright meeting between Tord Gustavsen's strong Norwegian Quartet and Susanna Wallumrød, brings one of our most distinctive vocalists to the premiere of a new musical project during the Oslo Jazz Festival 2012. The musical movements that Wallumrød sings, are previously done with singers of Trio Mediaeval and Tord Gustavsen Trio, and this musical expression can not be anything but perfect for Gustavsen lyrical play and the voice of Wallumrød.
Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones joined Susanna and Deathprod at Øya-festialen 2013.
Honors
Discography
Songs
Love Will Tear Us ApartMelody Mountain · 2006
BelieverList of Lights and Buoys · 2004
It's A Long Way To The TopMelody Mountain · 2006