Hege - Hege

The debut album by Norwegian singer/songwriter Hege Brynildsen was produced by the amazing Fats Kaplin in the Athletic Sound Studio in Halden, Norway. Hege grew up in a musical home. Her father, Tor Brynildsen, was one of the first rock 'n' roll singers in Norway in the late 50's and her mother loved country music. Hege's music can be described as a kind of gothic country, not that far away from the music of Gillian Welch or Iris DeMent. She is convinced that a good album should have no more than ten songs. She spent a lot of time trimming the album down to perfection. Her debut album contains eight original songs and two covers: Amos Milburn's "Bad Bad Whisky" and Geraint Watkin's beautiful "Only a Rose".