Anja Eline Skybakmoen

Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie.^[1]

Anja Eline Skybakmoen
Skybakmoen with Pitsj at Ingensteds 10 September 2016.
Background information
Born	(1984-10-17) 17 October 1984 (age 40) Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Jazz singer, composer and band leader
Instrument	Vocals
Website	www.anjaeline.no

Career

Skybakmoen was educated at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo. She has sung in projects like Eplemøya Songlag and Aphrodisiac. She replaced Tora Augestad in the vocal group Pitsj, and appeared on the album Gjenfortellinger (2009) together with the sisters Anine and Benedikte Kruse, and the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen.^[2] In 2013 she appeared for the first time with her own Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band including with Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass), Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums), David Aleksander Sjølie (guitar), Dag-Filip Roaldsnes (rhodes & synth) and Kim-Erik Pedersen (saxophon). She presented original material at Moldejazz and released her debut solo album We’re The Houses (2014).^[1][3][4]

Honors

• 2012: Jazz Talent Award at the Moldejazz^[3]
• 2012: Geir Digernes Minnepris at the Trondheim Jazz Festival^[5]

Discography

Solo albums

• 2014: We're The Houses (Øra Fonogram)
• 2015: Echo (Triogram)

Within Pitsj

• 2008: Edvard Grieg in Jazz Mood (Universal Music), with Kjell Karlsen ("I Dovregubbens hall")
• 2009: Gjenfortellinger (Grappa Music)^[2]
• 2014: Snow Is Falling (Grappa Music)

Within «Eplemöya Songlag»

• 2010: Eplemöya Songlag (NorCD)
• 2012: Möya Og Myten (NorCD)

EP

• 2012: Glorious People

Collaborations

Within Johndoe

• 2000: Explosift! (D'sign Records)

Within Lumsk

• 2005: Troll (Tabu Recordings)

With «Northern Arc»

• 2012: Northern Arc (Curling Legs)

References

• Norway portal
• Jazz portal

1. "Anja og gutta". JazzINorge.no. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
2. "Du verden så det stemmer" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
3. Tangen, Jan Inge (18 July 2013). "Anja Eline Skybakmoen – Consert review" (in Norwegian). FireFlate.no. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
4. Graatrud, Gabrielle (16 July 2013). "Norges nye Erykah Badu?" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen.no. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
5. "Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band Biography" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz.no. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

External links

• Official website
• En sang til båtflyktningene (A song for the boat refugees)