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MEET SOLVEIG (SOL-VEY):
In an interview with Cross Rhythms Magazine UK, Lins Honeyman spoke to Norway-born, USA-based singer SOLVEIG about her 20 years in music ministry:
Solveig is much more than a singer with a new worship album out through Authentic Music. She is, in her native Norway, a musical institution who has enjoyed a stream of successful recordings and who was even married on national television while in her adopted homeland of the USA Solveig has won a Dove Award, recorded duets with such artists as Larry Norman and Wayne Watson, toured with the Imperials, written a commentary for Thomas Nelson’s Women Of Destiny Bible, been the National Executive Coordinator for the American Strategic Prayer Network’s 40 Days of Worship and Intercession, and even sung with Bill Gaither as one of Southern gospel’s Homecoming Friends.Like another Norwegian-born singer who broke through in American Christian music, Evie, Solveig Leithaug (pronounced Sol-vey Light-houg) has found a large US audience for her sweet toned voice. An original member of the Oslo Gospel Choir, she became a staple on the Scandinavian gospel scene. By 1984, at the tender age of 18, she was awarded the title Artist Of The Year by Norwegian music magazine Treff and the following year appeared at the Christian Artists Seminars in Estes Park, Colorado. Signed to Word Records, her English language debut ’In The World’ was an effervescent slice of pop and even included a duet with Jesus music legend Larry Norman. 1986 also saw her awarded a Dove Award as International Artist Of The Year. In 1988 Word subsidiary Day Spring released another album, produced in Nashville by Wayne Watson and Paul Mills with Watson and Solveig duetting on a Chris Eaton song "Land Of Promise".
I questioned Solveig about the secret of her career’s longevity. "God has brought a lot of people into my life to encourage me and this has really helped me," she responded. "I guess the songs kept coming and people kept asking for my albums - even when I was independent."
I asked her if there was anything that she would have done differently in hindsight: "The one thing I would like to have done more of was to listen to the Lord more - especially when the pace got really fast. I don’t think about my regrets though and I live life to the full. I am truly and sincerely thankful to the Lord for what he’s done in my life. I try to listen to the Lord every day."
Solveig spoke about her new album. "’Worship You’ came about after I experienced a ten year drought of not being able to write lyrics in my native tongue of Norwegian. After I was able to do this again, we had already decided to make an English version of the album." The album itself is very laid back and I wondered if this was reflected in the recording process. "The overall feeling while we recorded was one of peace," recalled the singer. "There was a really great and positive environment. We opened every day in prayer and we asked God to use the songs. There were people coming in the studio also to pray."
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New Album "Worship You" Available Online! Click Here to Purchase.
Join Solveig at the online Christian Community "Shoutlife"! Visit http://www.shoutlife.com/solveig
