Åmli, Larvik, Norway
Jonas Alaska makes music inspired by the old singer/songwriter tradition with strong elements of folk and americana. His backing band consists of a clean and tight rhythm section, CSN and gospel influenced backing-vocals as well as honkey keys and guitars.
His album is expected in June, 2011.
My favourite place is my hometown, Åmli.
Åmli is a small village deep inside the woods somewhere in the south of Norway. I haven’t lived in my hometown since I was 16. I currently live in England but I tend to write a lot when I’m home visiting my family. I’ve got a guitar and a borrowed el-piano standing by the window so when I write songs I’m staring straight into the woods.
There is only one street in Åmli. I know that street inside out as I used to skateboard when I lived there. There are also three hairdressers on that small street in the middle of the woods!
I really like living in the city though, and I hope I get to move to New York soon, but my dream is to build myself a cabin somewhere in my hometown with a studio in it. That way I can still live in the city, and write new songs the way I like it.
I sometimes like to think of my hometown as upstate New York, in the Woodstock area, where Dylan, Young, The Band and a bunch of other artists bought a house, made good coffee and recorded some awesome music.
