Get ready for the third album by country-rocker Karin Wright!
Press release in English: word - pdf - Press photos here

Norwegian singer Karin Wright describes her material as country music
with a scent of rock'n'roll and that about sums her up perfectly.

She loves both genres and has made up her mind to do what she loves the most and can't live without. If there's any artist she can be compared to it must be Lucinda Williams. They both are country rockers with an honest and true approach. There are soft country ballads and rough rockers on this album. Let's hear about it with one of the most famous guitarists in this world:

«There's been blues and there's been country music. And let's face it, those are the two vital ingredients of rock'n'roll.»
- Keith Richards

She has developed her own musical signature, characterised with a strong presence in her work. Whether she's in the recording studio or on stage. Uncompromising, real, almost skinless... Her lyrics are strongly lifted by good melodies.

"It doesn't have to be perfect - it just has to be right"
Fra “You’re the Man” (2011) Karin Wright

On the album she is accompanied by some of Norway’s finest musicians. They all have their musical background from rock, blues and country music. On the title track a couple of members from the rockgrass band Hayseed Dixie joins her on fiddle and banjo.
In a time where a whole generation is looking for quick solutions, and short cuts to success, Karin is a hard working artist who's built herself a musical platform... brick by brick.

On "Too Rock'n'Roll For Country - Too Country For Rock'n'Roll" she leaps into a new dimension of her musical universe.

This is the real thing from an artist with integrity!

Video from the new album:
feat. Johanna Demker, Bitten Forsudd, Ingvild Hammer, Martin Caspersen, Egil Stemkens, Cato Holmen & Dagfin Hjort Hovind.
Recorded at Buckley's in Oslo. Video made by Gunnar Knutsen/Tumblewine Films Add. photo Eskil Olsen.

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PREVIOUS RECORDS:

HUNTING A DREAM (2009) 01 HUNTING A DREAM 02 NO MERCY 03 BAR THING 04 DOWN THE ROAD 05 INDIAN WARRIOR 06 SOME BELIEVE 07 LONESOME PRISON 08 I’M WITH YOU 09 HIT ME WITH IT (DARLIN’) 10 WASTED TIME Platekompaniet - iTUNES - CDON.com

FULL HOUSE (2004) 01 HEARTACHE TONIGHT 02 SATIN FEET 03 HANGIN´ IN 04 FULL HOUSE 05 TAKE ANOTHER RUN 06 BLAME IT ON YOUR MAN 07 I CAN LOVE YOU BETTER 08 BROKEN HEARTS HALL OF FAME 09 MAMA HE IS CRAZY 10 DEEP DOWN iTUNES

Norwegian singer Karin Wright describes her material as country music with a scent of rock'n'roll and that about sums her up perfectly. The Oslo gal will be celebrating her new album by the time you read this on her own label. "Hunting A Dream" is the album title but "Bar Thing" is the choice for the first single. With influences that range from Patsy Cline to Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones you know you're in for a rollercoaster ride with this lady with a no - nonsense approach.
- Up Country Magazine (GB) September 2009

Over to Norway next, check out the album by Karin Wright. Karin is a singer songwriter and has written 8 of the 10 tracks on the album. The exceptions being "Bar Thing" quite a rocky number that was released as a single, and a cover of The Eagles "Wasted Time". Her own songs range from the stone Country sounding on "Some Believe" and "I'm With You" to the rockabilly "Hit Me With It Darlin'" Her Country numbers remind me of early Loretta Lynn. Meanwhile, "Down The Road" and "Indian Warrior" have a more folksy feel to it. With Norway attracting so many big Nashville names and festivals these days, perhaps we should take notice of the artists who are the main players in what is becoming the "Nashville of Europe"! Karin Wright certainly deserves your attention.
- Stuart Fenvick. Desember 2009, Country Music & Dance in Scotland Magazine

Hun er blant de eldste Bylarm-artistene, men også en av de tøffeste og råeste.
At hun etter to gode plater fortsatt er nesten ubeskrevet, er en skam med tanke på hvor mye krutt og levd liv som bor i dama — og hvor ubesværet hun når toppen i et imponerende stemmeregister.
Wright er sjøl en god låtskriver, men treffer også godt på coverfronten — som en «Wasted Time» mer sjelfull enn jeg kan huske å ha hørt på denne siden av Eagles.
Slipp denne skjulte skatten inn i varmen!
- Anmeldt av Øyvind Rønning, Dagbladet - Terningskast 5

Karin har cd'n "Full House fra 2004 å se tilbake på. Det var country/roots så det holdt. Denne gangen leverer hun ti låter hvor hun har skrevet tekst til åtte av dem. De øvrige er henta fra Don Henley ( The Eagles ) og Steve Mitchell. Hun har alliert seg med kapasiteter som Jan Dahlen og Espen Jørgensen som låtskrivere og musikere som Jørun Bøgeberg, Martin Caspersen, Bitten Forsudd o.a. fra Oslo miljøet. Resultatet er noen bra tunge og rocka sanger med mollen hengende over seg. Et knippe salige ballader og et par helt nedstrippa akkustiske bidrag med en utmerket Sveinung Lilleheier på pedal steel. Karin slipper unna med fire rykende revolvere fordi hun har en ektefødt tilnærming til sitt eget skrevne materiell. Hun har brukt tid sammen med gode musikere til å sette sammen en smakfull og variert CD. Referanser til den mørke siden av livet finner vi i coverlåten "Wasted Time" av Henley, som ikke var det hvite fåret han ga seg ut for å være. Karin Wright unngår også det banalt sentimentale. Dama er rocka i stilen, men også sart der det trengs. Hun har en overraskende fleksibel stemme med god diksjon. Tekstene er gjennomarbeidet og personlige. Litt Patsy Cline hører jeg, men Karin har satt sin egen signatur på "Hunting A Dream", og på scenen trøkker hun alltid til med det lille ekstra som gjør at du bare må tro på henne. Fremheves må også Martin Caspersen på gitar, orgel og piano.
- Eddie Trazz, Norway Rock Magazine Desember 2009.

"Bar Thing" ( singel fra "Hunting A Dream" ) Steintøff norsk countryrock norsk dame som kan sakene sine. "Hunting A Dream" Nytt album fra Norges tøffeste countryrock dame.
- Tom Skjeklesæther, Klassekampen