Inger Marie Gundersen

News about Inger Marie and her music

August 08:
NICE DUET IN ARENDAL

During the Canal Street Festval in Arendal 2008, Inger Marie performed together with Norwegian jazzsinger Hilde Hefte. They played together on the main stage in a 90 minutes show. It was a great experience for the artists and for the audience.

April 08:
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW

The song "Will you still love me tomorrow" is the most popular Inger Marie-song so far. It was recorded in the NRK studio in Kristiansand in Norway June 5th/04. The song is also the far most downloaded Inger Marie song from I-tunes as well as other digital musicshops.
COMPILATIONS
"Will you still love me tomorrow" has been released on at least four compilation CDs. The latest was "Close to you", a compilation released on March 22nd/08 by UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP in Hong Kong

Mar 08:
TOKYO CONSERTS 2008 !
Inger Marie and the and played eight sold out concerts at Cotton Club in Tokyo in April 2008. READ MORE

Feb 08:
NICE CONCERT IN POLAND

February 26th/08 Inger Marie band performed in Wroclaw, Poland, in Music Theatre "Capitol". There were 600 people listening to the concert. The event was organized by
Radio RAM in Wroclaw, Poland. Thanks to Marianna Kasperczyk for the pictures.

Nov 07:
JETLEGGED IN DENMARK AND GERMANY

From Korea, Inger Marie, Ole Kelly and Oscar went to Copenhagen, Denmark. The whole band was together again, and they performed at Copenhagen Jazzhouse and in Aarhus. Thereafter they went to Germany for one show in Dortmund, Germany.
Thanks to Kurt Rade for pictures from Dortmund

Oct 07:
THREE DAYS TOUR IN KOREA

Inger Marie, Oscar and Ole Kelly played two concerts in Korea late October 07. The first one was at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Korea, during the Norway day celebration in Busan. Both Norwegian and Korean business people participated in the celebration. The trio also played at the Yellow Jackets jazz club in Seoul. Inger Marie says It was great to come back to Korea, two years after their first concert i Asia i 2005.

Aug 07:
KÅRE CONRADI SINGS DUET WITH INGER MARIE

Inger Marie performed at Oslo Jazz festival in August 2007 toghether with the norwegian actor and singer Kåre Conradi. They made a special night for a sold out Chat Noir, toghether with Bodil Niska quartet and Knut Borge. "

July 07:
CANAL STREET FESTIVAL IN ARENDAL

Inger Marie band with Ulf Wakenius performed at the Canal Street festival in Inger Marie´s hometown Arendal in July 2007. Canal Street is Norway’s biggest Jazz and Blues festival arranged again in 2008 for the 12th consecutive time. One of the festival’s trademarks is its use of special and unusual arenas, which compliment and contribute to the complete musical experience.

April 07:
EIGHT SOLD-OUT CONSERTS IN JAPAN

Inger Marie and the band visited Japan and Tokyo for the first time in April 2007. During the five-day-stay, the played eight (!) concerts at the Cotton Club in Tokyo.
Ulf Wakenius, the Swedish guitar virtuoso, played all the eight concerts in Tokyo with Inger Marie. Ulf Wakenius did also play on the "By Myself" CD. They all enjoyed the stay and they wish to thank all the people and everyone they met in Japan. Inger Marie do hope to come back to Japan soon. Video from Cotton Club, Japan
MySpace/Ulf Wakenius

Jan 07:
EUROPEAN RELEASE OF "BY MYSELF"

"By myself" was released in Denmark by Sundance /Stunt records Feb 1 st. The CD was again very well received. The CD was then released in other European countries.

Nov 06:
ASIAN RELEASE OF "BY MYSELF"

"By myself" was released in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, China among others Asian countries. "By Myself" reached no 1 on HMV jazzvocal chart in Japan Dec 6th.

"Where were you ?" is track no. 9 on the european version of "Bymyself". In Japan this new song was set to be the opening track of the CD. "Where were you ?" is written by Geir Jensen, a great norwegian composer from Arendal.

Oct 06:

NORWEGIAN RELEASE OF "BY MYSELF"
Inger Marie´s second CD was recorded and produced by Sundance/Stunt records in Denmark and Sweden. But the little independent label Kultur & spetakkel released the album in Norway. The release concert took place in Arendal kulturhus Oct15th, and a lot of guests showed up. TV was there too

Steinar Gregertsen and Espen Larsen (he is the composer of the song Make this moment from Inger Marie´s first CD) participated. So did the great Rasmus Solem as well as the people from Sundance records (Denmark).

"By Myself" was then very well reviewed in Norway
Read more in Norwegian here:
"By Myself" was no1 on the BareJazz chart for three months ! "Bare Jazz" is the most important Jazz store in Norway.
Inger Marie and the band played on Norwegian TV2 Oct 30th