Stein Urheim

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Stein Urheim
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Stein Urheim performing in 2019
Background information
Born (1979-03-04) 4 March 1979 (age 45)
Bergen, Hordaland
OriginNorway
Genres Jazz, blues
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
LabelsHubro Music, Jazzland, Soundlet, Grappa, Audun Audio
Website steinurheim.com

Stein Urheim (born 4 March 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from cooperations with Gabriel Fliflet and Mari Kvien Brunvoll. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

The Bergen-born guitarist Stein Urheim's name has appeared in an increasing number of contexts in recent years. In 2009 he released his debut album Three Sets of Music and the following year he received the Vossajazz festival-Award.

He has toured and released 3 critically acclaimed duo albums with singer Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Daydream Community (2011), Daydream Twin (2013) and For Individuals Facing The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness (2015), on the Jazzland label. The duo met and started working together around 2006 at the Grieg Music Academy in Bergen, where they both studied. He was a member of Gabriel Fliflet's Åresong band (2010-2011), and participated on The Last Hurrah's debut album (2011) on Rune Grammofon. He has also written for, arranged and played on several albums by Steady Steele (2002-2006), and worked with numerous other bands and music projects, including Tom Sawyer & The Huckleberry Finns (2004-2007), Bearfarm (2006–2012), Thea Hjelmeland's Solar Plexus (2014) and Erlend Apneseth's Nattsongar (2017).

He has released 6 albums for the Hubro music label under his own name:

Kosmolodi (2012), Stein Urheim (2014), Strandebarm (2016), Utopian Tales (2017), Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (2019) and Downhill Uplift (2020). [2] [3] [4] [5]

Honors

Discography

Albums

Compilations

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References

  1. "Stein Urheim Biography" (in Norwegian). BergenbiBliotek.no.
  2. 1 2 3 "HUBROLP3517: Stein Urheim: Kosmolodi". Soundcloud.com.
  3. 1 2 "Stein Urheim Biography" (in Norwegian). VisitVoss.no.
  4. "Stein Urheim Solo". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Nattjazz.no (in Norwegian)
  5. "Stein Urheim Biography". Vossajazz.no
  6. "Stein Urheim – Kosmolodi LP – Tigernet.no". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. (in Norwegian)
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Vossajazzprisen
2010
Succeeded by