Jarle Skavhellen ist eine zeitlose Stimme, ein Songwriter-Talent, das sich in der Tradition verwurzelt fühlt und gleichzeitig Sehnsucht nach etwas Neuem, etwas Modernem vermittelt. Der Norweger ist ein wahrer Handwerker, ein Songwriter, der etwas Einzigartiges schaffen will, etwas Intensives und Prägnantes, eine Form der Verbindung, die emotionale Wahrheiten aufdeckt. Bereits vorletzte Woche startete Jarle seine Europatour und letzte Woche veröffentlichte er seine neue EP „Mountains & Molehills„. Passend dazu haben wir ihm ein paar Fragen gestellt.
Frontstage Magazine: Hello Jarle, thank you for taking the time. How are you?
Jarle Skavhellen: I’m very well, thank you. Just returned from the first leg of the tour and have slept for two days straight.
Frontstage Magazine: Your new EP is called Mountains and Molehills. How did the name Jarle Skavhellen come about?
Jarle Skavhellen:Mountains and Molehills was just one of those titles that got stuck in my head. It’s the opening track of the EP, and I felt that it encompassed all the emotions and themes on the record.
Frontstage Magazine: How would you describe the EP in 3 words?
Jarle Skavhellen: Best EP ever.
Frontstage Magazine: Do you have a favourite song? If so, which one is it and why?
Jarle Skavhellen: A favourite track from the EP? Each one of these tracks are very special to me in one way or another, but the last few shows I’ve really enjoyed playing Shoegaze Moon, and Mountains and Molehills.
Frontstage Magazine: How do you create your songs? Do you start with the lyrics? Or depends it from song to song?
Jarle Skavhellen: Yeah, sometimes I’ll write everything together, but often I’ll write chords and lyrics completely independently from each other. That seems to give me a bit more freedom with the words, so that I’m not always trying to make them fit a certain rhythm or rhyme.
Frontstage Magazine: What are your plans for this year?
Jarle Skavhellen: I’ll be back on the road February 23rd, the EP drops the next day, and I’ll be on tour until mid march. After that there’s quite a few things in the works. Nothing that I can announce just yet, but it will definitely be a busy year.
Frontstage Magazine: Finally, what have you always wanted to read about yourself?
Jarle Skavhellen: “Long dead Norwegian singer songwriter Jarle Skavhellen inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – NME, February 2079
Jarle Skavhellen live 2023
23.02.23 Hamburg Cascadas
24.02.23 Göttingen Nörgelbuff
25.02.23 Fürth Kopf & Kragen
26.02.23 Bodenmais Rote Res
28.02.23 Wien (AT) Clash
01.03.23 Hildesheim Private Show
02.03.23 Bielefeld Oetkerhalle (Kleiner Saal)
03.03.23 Köln Die Wohngemeinschaft
04.03.23 Karlsruhe Nun Cafe
Fotocredit: Andris Søndrol Visdal
