Engla & Banditta

ENGLA & BANDITTA are four seriously tough women and a rock-solid rooster who go all in on stage! The critically acclaimed artist Tove Bøygard fronts the band, and the repertoire ranges from her own most rocking songs to the band's unique versions of the toughest women in world rock, often translated into halling dialect. Here you get the very best from Joan Jett, Patti Smith and Janis Joplin to Dolly Parton, and they don't shy away from Jokke either! TOVE BØYGARD: Has released 9 albums with her own songs. Dagbladet described her as: «A good mix of Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Patti Smith». Aftenposten gave a perfect score and stated that Tove Bøygard is «a formidable artist, lyricist and songwriter». Dagsavisen added: «Could have been Springsteen at his best and most clear-headed», and Swedish HiFi och Musik named her «the Nordic region's best country singer». As a former punk-playing Blitz guitarist she is thrilled that Engla & Banditta are totally genre-blind with rocking strings in all directions!! www.toveboygard.net SARA ANDERSSON: A Swedish import of a guitar woman who out-plays most, regardless of gender. Sara is a beast on stage, who with her wireless Gibson can quickly sit on your back and play this year's hairiest solo. On top of that she writes and sings fantastic songs in Swedish. Sara has among others played with Split Image and Kirsty's Halvsøstra, and now plays in Cocktail Slippers! VENJA RUUD NILSEN: Castanet-playing bassist who is so groovy that it's impossible for people to stand still when she strikes the notes that hit right in the diaphragm! The list of bands she has played bass in is long - we mention here: Halvsøstra, Gaya, Keisersnitt and Rimestad Rock and Polka band. BENTE MARI MORTENSEN: The cod hunter from Vega gives you blue notes and salty rhythms from the outermost bare island. With saxophone, voice, tone and rhythm she can squeeze water from the hardest stone. She has rocked and played all over Norway from Longyearbyen in the north to Oslo in the south. JON GRIMSBY: About the drum rooster in the basket, this can be said: He was big, he was powerful! He had gunpowder in his arms and legs! What a beast!