Minnesota

Description

Norwegian coastal culture meets the American dream in Trond Kallevåg’s most cinematic work to date. Imagine Ry Cooder, Daniel Lanois and David Lynch sharing a fishing boat on a misty morning on the west coast of Norway: that’s the world of Minnesota.With Minnesota, guitarist and composer Trond Kallevåg deepens his richly atmospheric music: a warm and melancholic universe where the rugged West Coast of Norway blends harmoniously with the vast horizons of the American Midwest.Drawing inspiration from traditional music, jazz, ambient folk, emigration stories and rare photographs unearthed during an artist residency on the unique and remote island of Træna in northern Norway, Kallevåg weaves a sonic universe rooted in the Norwegian coast, yet always looking westward.Minnesota marks Kallevåg’s fourth album on the acclaimed Hubro label, following Bedehus & Hawaii (2019), Fengselsfugl (2021) and Amerikabåten (2023). As on his previous albums, historical curiosity meets personal presence, giving rise to an instrumental narrative of rare depth and resonance.