Vidar Busk
| Vidar Busk | |
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.jpg) Vidar Busk at a concert at Cosmopolite in Oslo in April 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
19 May 1970 Langesund |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Blues, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Website |
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Vidar Busk (born 19 May 1970 in Langesund, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist, composer and record producer within genres blues and soul.[1][2]
Career
Busk – Blues i fjæra 2010.
Busk grew up in Langesund, but went to US when 15 years old, to play with the American blues artist Rock Bottom. He toured the U.S. several years before returning to Norway in 1990, and was awarded Smugetprisen 1994. Later he was awarded two times Spellemannprisen, as This year's artist in 1998 and in the blues/country class in 2003.[1][2]
Busk played at Moldejazz 2011, 16 years after the formation of His True Believers.[3]
Honors
- Smugetprisen 1994
- Bluesprisen 1997, from The Norwegian Blues Union
- Spellemannprisen 1998, as This year's artist
- Spellemannprisen 2003, in the class Blues/country
Discography
Vidar Busk and His True Believers
- Stompin Our Feet With Joy (1997) (nyutgitt i 2011)
- I Came Here To Rock (1998)
- Atomic Swing (1999)
Vidar Busk
- Venus Texas (2001)
- Love Buzz (2003)
- Starfish (2005)
Vidar Busk and The Voo Doodz
- Jookbox Charade (2007)
Vidar Busk and His Bubble of Trouble
- Troublecaster (2011)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vidar Busk. |
- 1 2 "Vidar Busk Biografi – SNL.no". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)
- 1 2 "Vidar Busk Biografi – MIC.no". (in Norwegian)
- ↑ "Vidar Busk & His True Believers – Moldejazz.no".
External links
- Official website
- Vidar Busk Biografi – Store Norske Leksikon SNL.no (in Norwegian)
- Vidar Busk & His True Believers on YouTube
- The Organ Club ft. Bugge Wesseltoft & Vidar Busk on YouTube
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| Preceded by Espen Lind |
Recipient of the Artist of the year Spellemannprisen 1998 |
Succeeded by Lene Marlin |
| Preceded by Bjørn Berge |
Recipient of the Blues Spellemannprisen 2003 |
Succeeded by Knut Reiersrud |
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