Trond Kallevåg
Norwegian Guitarist and Composer based in Oslo
PROJECTS:
My new album is out now!
New album: Trond Kallevåg - "Minnesota" out October 24
Now booking for 2026
Featuring Gard Nilssen, Mats Eilertsen and Tuva Halse!
Trond Kallevåg
"Amerikabåten" (American Boat)
New music written by Trond featuring Daniela Reyes, Jo Berger Myhre, Håkon Aase, Selma French and Ola Øverby.
Now booking for 2024.
My new album Amerikabåten is out now!
Great review from bandcamp!👇
Proud to be picked as official showcase at Folk Alliance in Kansas, USA. The world's biggest folk music-conference!👇 See you in February
"Fengselsfugl"
STREAM FENGSELSFUGL HERE
English:
An album related to the cinematic works of international greats such as Ry Cooder and Bill Frisell »
«Norway is blessed with many talented, sensitive and reflective guitarists. On this record you will find two of them: Trond Kallevåg and Geir Sundstøl. "
- Arvid S. Knudsen – 5/6 Klassekampen
«The guitar playing of Kallevåg and Sundstøl is on another level»
"Guitarist Trond Kallevåg and his band make atmospheric instrumental music that is a joy to listen to"
Geir Rakvåg – 5/6 Dagsavisen
"An incomparable mix of great sound »
Peter Vollset - Jazznytt
"Scandinavian musicians seem to be the only ones in Europe who can compete with their American counterparts»
Telerama (France)
"Perfect medicine against the wear and tear of modern life"
- Musicmap (Best 20 international recordings of 2021)
Norsk:
«Et album i slekt og klasse med de cinematiske arbeidene til internasjonale størrelser som Ry Cooder og Bill Frisell»
«Norge er velsignet med riktig mange dyktige, følsomme og reflekterte gitarister. På denne platen finner du to av dem: Trond Kallevåg og Geir Sundstøl.»
- Arvid S. Knudsen – 5/6 Klassekampen
«Et album i slekt og klasse med de cinematiske arbeidene til internasjonale størrelser som Ry Cooder og Bill Frisell»
«Gitarspillet til Kallevåg og Sundstøl er på et eget nivå»
«Gitaristen Trond Kallevåg og bandet hans lager stemningsmettet instrumentalmusikk som er en fryd å høre på»
- Geir Rakvåg – 5/6 Dagsavisen
"En makeløs blanding av godlyd»
- Peter Vollsett - Jazznytt
"Scandinavian musicians seem to be the only ones in Europe who can compete with their American counterparts»
Telerama (France)
"Perfect medicine against the wear and tear of modern life"
- Musicmap (Best 20 international recordings of 2021)
Great review from the great Steve Guttenberg on Youtube!
(Starts at 10:12)
"Bedehus & Hawaii" (2019):
"Kallevåg has created one of the most gorgeous recordings to hit the shelves in 2019!"
- Bandcamp (15 best international jazzalbums of 2019)
"Bedehus & Hawaii" plunges us into a poetic quietude, eliminates stress and locates Trond Kallevag at the right height on the heels of Ry Cooder and Bill Frisell."
-Jazzaroundmag
“It’s a lovely album all the way through”
-Gareth Thompson – BBC radio
"An excellent, exellent album"
- Roots And Fusion Podcast
"Cinematic and beautiful"
– BBC Radio 3
"I love that track, its called “Flukt”
- BBC
