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SantaCecilia

About Me

The singer and songwriter Cecilie Andersen, made her first album with guitarist Ketil Fersum in 2000, under the name "Ildfugl".
In 2004, she got a scholarship for “composers of popularmusic” and went to India to study at Shri PK Salve Music Academy, Maharashtra.
Here a completely new experience in her life started.Surrounded by the very special spiritual atmosphere of Indian music culture and the guidance of the founder of the academy Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi , songs emerged.
After coming back to Norway they teamed up with Harald Søreide and Eirin Røykenes. because their background from Norwegian folk music added a genuine, traditional atmosphere to the songs.
(besides, they were also very nice people) Anthropologist, philosopher and producer Geir Luedy (Robert Post, Karin Park, Susanne Sundfør .....).together with keyboard wizard Erlend Fauske, tom-tom drum doctor Tor-Bjarne Bjelland(Robert Post, Trucks) and bass therapist Vemund Stavenes(Span) contributed to create the expression of SantaCecilia.
Here are some of the cuts. We hope you will enjoy them.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Members: Cecilie Nirmala Andersen (Vocals, guitar and synth) Ketil Fersum (Guitars, el-piano and additional vocals) Erik George Tørud (Bass) Trygve Gulbrandsen (Drums) Harald J. Søreide (Norwegian fiddle)
Influences: Shri Mataji
is the inspiration to all the songs.Arun Apte, Indian classical music, Mozart, Grieg, Norwegian folkmusic, Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, Carole King, Ricky Lee Jones, Sting, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Bjørk, Alanis Morisette, Sinead O`Connor, Dido, Freddie Mercury, Seal, Abba, Anne Grethe Preus, Unni Wilhelmsen, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Lene Marlin, Thomas Dybdal, Kings of Convenience, Silje Nergård, Jan Garbarek, Øystein Sevåg and many more to come....
Sounds Like: Some say Joni Mitchell. Some say Katie Melua. some even Bjørk. Make up your own opinion

Life

Life gives birth to everything
It makes you play on every string
Every moment made by love
A miracle that makes you shine and glow

Life makes you feel free
It is your eternal destiny
Every hour, night and day
It never makes you stay the same
Life is eternity
It brings you back to reality

Life is now, its not then, its not when
Life gives you dignity, life is pure
It takes away the blur
Life gives birth to everyone It makes you rich, it makes you one, and it makes you strong

Life gives birth to everything
It is inside each and every string
Life is now…………………..

Cecilie Nirmala 29.07.07
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Child" from China to USA

Dear friends, Its been a long time since I have been writing to you. And many things has happend. We are promoting our CD single "Child" in China in the end of this month. And we are working with...
Posted by SantaCecilia on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:24:00 PST

Home from Italy

Hi Folks, dear friends, We have been on a trip to Italy to promote our new CD. And it went very well. People loved it. So we actually sold lots of CDs in a couple of days. It felt right, to actuall...
Posted by SantaCecilia on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:16:00 PST

Going to India

Dear friends,HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!We are now on our way  back to India to do some studio recording. We will stay in an ashram for music students. A place called Vaitarna, in Maharashtra nea...
Posted by SantaCecilia on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:56:00 PST

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Posted by SantaCecilia on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 03:43:00 PST