Ida Gjølga Jenshus is a country

Country music

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 artist from Steinkjer

Steinkjer

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 in Norway

Norway

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After winning a talent competition in 2007, she recorded her first studioalbum in spring 2008 at the studio of recordproducers Lars Lien and Håkon Gebhardt

The singles «These are the days» and «For the Nation»,were released prior to the release of the album entitled Color of the Sun, that was released on 13. oktober 2008. She won the Norwegian Spellemannaward 2008 for best country album. In 2010 she released her second album, No Guarantees, that won the Spellemannaward 2010 in the country categorie.

Ida Jenshus Band

• Ida Jenshus - vocals and guitars
• Alexander Pettersen - guitar, mandolin, harmonica and vocals
• Håkon Gebhardt - banjo and guitar
• Stian Lundberg - drums
• Kjell "KK" Karlsen - pedal steel
• Aleksander Gifstad - base

Discography

Albums

• Color of the Sun (2008)
• No Guarantees (2010)

Singles

• These Are the Days (2008)
• For The Nation (2008)
• Better Day (2010)
• I Waited (2010)

External links

• Official home page