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OSLO, NORWAY – A few days shy of his 70th birthday, Norwegian folk treasure Jonas Fjeld, regarded as the Doc Watson of Norway, celebrated the release of To The Bone, his first solo English album in 20+years, with a performance in Oslo, Norway.

Prior to it, Jonas was concentrating on acoustic music sung in his native language. But all that changed with the release of 2019s Winter Stories, a collaboration with celebrated American singer/songwriter Judy Collins and Americana band Chatham County Line. The album was #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart for four weeks in December 2019, nominated for a Spelman Prize (a Norwegian Grammy) and produced its own PBS Special that first aired in February 2020.

“I never thought I would release another English album,” he emphasizes. “But things went so well with the [Winter Stories]’s reception and the shows, I decided what the hell? Let’s do a new album!” Jonas continues: “The expression ‘to the bone’ means honesty, and this is a very honest album. I feel at home on this album.”

“The songs on To the Bone run the gamut of rootsy sounds, cast occasionally under a shroud of cold north wind.” – Folk Alley

“It is primarily an album of quietly moving, warmly intimate ballads. There’s the pedal steel guitar-laced manifesto for centering love and affection Place for Warm, and the gentle deathbed lament of Electric Lung. Rosie is in the folk storytelling tradition, while Savannah makes the epic imagery of the American South seem fresh rather than a well-worn trope.” The New European

Following the release of To The Bone, Fjeld is celebrating on tour throughout Norway before returning stateside for a handful of dates with Judy Collins and Chatham County Line in February 2023.

U.S. TOUR DATES

FEB 8 / GRAND JUNCTION, CO @ Avalon Theater

FEB 9 / TELLURIDE, CO @ Sheridan Opera House

FEB 11 / GREELEY, CO @ Monfort Concert Hall

FEB 13 BILLINGS, MT @ Alberta Bair Theater

FEB 14 / RAPID CITY, SD @ Fine Arts Center

all dates with Judy Collins and Chatham County Line

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OSLO, NORWAY – Norwegian folk treasure Jonas Fjeld, regarded as the Doc Watson of Norway, returns with his first solo English album in 20+years, To The Bone due September 16, 2022. Today, he releases the single “Dust in my Wallet,” co-written with Hugh Moffatt.

“The song was inspired by a story Hugh was telling me about hiding money in his shoes in case he got mugged on tour and the reality of how financially difficult it is to be a singer songwriter in this world, explains Fjeld. “There are many artists that are constantly walking around with ´dust in their wallet’.”

Americana UK premiered the track earlier this week, noting: “Fjeld’s journey in music began in rock n’ roll and punk before he discovered a musical and spiritual home in roots music traditions. Jonas found that American roots music spoke to his soul… Jonas sought out authentic yet innovative U.S.-based collaborators. In the 1990s, he worked with country-rock legend Rick Danko of the Band and folk singer/songwriter Eric Andersen in the trio Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.”

Most recently, Fjeld collaborated with celebrated American singer/songwriter Judy Collins and Americana band Chatham County Line on 2019s Winter Stories. The album was #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart for four weeks in December 2019, was nominated for a Spelman Prize (a Norwegian Grammy) and produced its own PBS Special that first aired in February 2020. It included the single “Northwest Passage.”

In celebration of his 70th birthday, Jonas Fjeld will follow these milestone achievements with the elegant but earthy folk album To The Bone. The album will be his first solo album sung in English since 1999. Prior to it, Jonas was concentrating on acoustic music sung in his native language. “I never thought I would release another English album,” he emphasizes. “But things went so well with the previous album’s reception and the shows, I decided what the hell? Let’s do a new album!” Jonas continues: “The expression ‘to the bone’ means honesty, and this is a very honest album. I feel at home on this album.”