Annbjørg Lien is a Norwegian musician, playing the hardingfele, violin, and nyckelharpa.
Kirsten Marie Bråten Berg is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, silversmith and government scholar. She is currently living in Valle in the Setesdal area of southern Norway. She trained as a silversmith at the Torleiv H. Bjørgums Vocational College in Setesdal and then set up her own workshop there, in Nomeland.
Unni Løvlid is a Norwegian musician. She was raised in Hornindal, Sogn og Fjordane, where she was taught to play piano, fiddle, and Hardanger fiddle. Her interest in folk music was initiated by her mother, Oline Ragnhild Løvlid who taught her about the traditional music of Nordfjord.
Grappa Musikkforlag is a Norwegian music company initiated and directed by Helge Westbye. It is one of the oldest and biggest independent record companies in Norway today. The company represents prominent Norwegian artists, and the catalog consists of more than 35 000 tracks in all genres of music. The classic catalog is marketed through Simax Classics. Folk and world music is released on the Heilo label which was taken over by Grappa in 1995. Besides representing the labels Blue Mood, Hubro and Barneselskapet. Grappa is also engaged in several other music companies such as Drabant Music, Curling Legs and Rune Grammofon. Grappa has a close cooperation with the "Norsk Komponistforening" for the marketing of their contemporary music published on the Aurora label and with Norsk Jazzforum for the jazz label Odin. Grappa is the Norwegian Music Publishing company with the most nominations for the Norwegian Grammy, Spellemannprisen. The company's DVD releases have also set Norwegian sales records. Grappa is part of FONO.
The following is a summary of the Heilo Music albums. Heilo Music is a Norwegian record label with records published by the parent label Grappa Music.
Jorun Marie Rypdal Kvernberg is a Norwegian traditional musician and composer, known from a series of recordings. She is the daughter of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the sister of classical musician Kari Kvernberg Dajani and jazz violinist Ola Kvernberg, and granddaughter of the fiddler and traditional music composer Peter L. Rypdal.
Tuva Livsdatter Syvertsen is a Norwegian musician. She was born in Oslo but grew up at Brønnøya. Syvertsen is known from a number of album releases and cooperations with Hildegunn Øiseth, Aasmund Nordstoga, DumDum Boys and as a leading figure of Valkyrien Allstars.
Den Fagraste Rosa / Loveliest Rose is the first Christmas album from Norwegian folk band Bukkene Bruse.
Steinar Ofsdal is a Norwegian composer and flutist.
Spel is a live recording and the fifth album from the Norwegian folk band Bukkene Bruse.
Waltz With Me is a live album by Annbjørg Lien.
Come Home is a studio album by the couple Annbjørg Lien and Bjørn Ole Rasch.
Tore Bruvoll is a Norwegian musician, composer and music arranger.
Jon Anders Halvorsen is a Norwegian folk singer and physician.
Harald Frode Unneland is a Norwegian musician, drummer and multi-instrumentalist.
Ellen Brekken is a Norwegian jazz musician who plays upright bass, bass guitar, and the tuba. She is also a composer.
Carl Petter Opsahl is a Norwegian priest, jazz musician, and journalist.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Norwegian music.
Øyonn Groven Myhren is a Norwegian traditional folk musician and kveder.
Anne Hytta is a Norwegian traditional folk musician playing the Hardingfele.
