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Tommy Kristiansen

About Me

I´m a 22 year old musician living in Oslo, Norway. I started touring all over Norway with my own bluesband when I was 14 years old, and I have been touring ever since. Last year I started playing with a harmonica player called Eirik Bergene in a band called SPANKY, and we toured all over Norway, and also in Russia and Italy.
Now I´m touring with four great Norwegian artists aswell as doing other freelance/session work, playing acoustic and electric guitars, lapsteel, dobro and banjo. Here are the artists i play with:
MAGNET
Susanne Sundfør
Tone Damli Aaberge
Marte Wulff
You can find them on my Top Friends list. We´ll be touring alot this year, so keep an eye on the giglist! :)
I´ve also played on some records:
Tone Damli Aaberge - Sweet Fever
Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
Jim Stärk - Turn Around and Look
Karen Fadnes Brattebø - Jento På Vangen
Mari Tesdal - Steal Away
Kane Alexander - Kane Alexander
On this site I´ve posted to songs I´ve recorded with Eirik Bergene, and to songs I´ve recorded with Bjørn Bunes (Magnet/Morten Abel). Hope you´ll like it! And if you need a guitarplayer, just send me a message! :)
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Member Since: 3/4/2006
Band Website: tommykristiansen.net
Band Members: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is recorded with: Tommy Kristiansen (guitars,bass, vocals, perc) and Kyrre Laastad (drums, perc).

Friday and End is recorded with: Tommy Kristiansen (guitars, vocals) and Bjorn Bunes (keys and bass).

Hatfield The Rainmaker is recorded with: Eirik Bergene (vocals), Tommy Kristiansen (guitars and backing vocals), Lars Hammersland (piano), Lars Haavard Haugen (Tambourine), Martin Hagfors (backing vocals), Alexander Pettersen (drums), Bjorn Holm (bass)
Influences: Hank Williams, Beck, Damian Rice, Daniel Lanois, John Mayer, Magnet, Jim Stark, Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Josh Rouse, Tom Waits, Sigur Ròs, Bright Eyes, Kevin Breit, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Dixie Chicks, Geir Sundstøl, Lars Håvard Haugen, Knut Reiersrud, Vidar Busk, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Jerry Douglas, James Taylor, Iron & Wine, Khonnor, Ray Lamontagne, Steve Earle, Gram Parsons, Elton John, James Taylor, Thin Lizzy, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Todd Rundgren, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

MAGNET-YOU GOT ME (MUSIC VIDEO)

Check it out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpLUoO5EdMs-tommy
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:23:00 PST

New MAGNET single on iTunes!

Hi everybody!Just wanted to let you know that you can now buy MAGNET´snew single Lonely No More on iTunes. Just search for the keyword "Magnet" and you´ll find it! :)-tommy
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:50:00 PST

MAGNET @ NRK1

Played with Magnet tonight at the television show "Store Studio", and you cansee us perform the new single "Lonely No More" at the end of the show here:http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/228234-tommy...
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:18:00 PST

Susanne Sundfør reviewes from BY:LARM

Hi!Check out what the newspapers wrote about the concerts with Susanne Sundf..r at By:Larm in Trondheim this weekend:http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=163853http://ww w.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/02/0...
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:29:00 PST

ORBO & THE LONGSHOTS

You should all check out a great band from Bergen, Norway, calledOrbo & The Longshots. I did a guest appearance with them in December, and you can see some of the concert at www.orbo.com Check them ou...
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:21:00 PST

New song..

I´ve just posted a new song here, it´s a version of the old christmas classic "HaveYourself a Merry Little Christmas". Me and my friend Kyrre Laastad recorded it last christmas at Studio Voss with Yng...
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:04:00 PST

Jim Stärk - Turn Around and Look

Just wanted to tell everybody that you should buy the new Jim Stärkrecord, Turn Around and Look. Yours truly plays electric guitar, lapsteel, dobro, banjo and hammond organ on three songs: Stormy Weat...
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:17:00 PST

New photos!

Heya. Just added some new photos, going to add some new songs soonaswell :)
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:04:00 PST

Heya

Hey everyone!Here´s a couple of songs I recorded a year ago, and just thought Iput them out for you to listen to if you want! Hope you´ll like them!
Posted by Tommy Kristiansen on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:33:00 PST