Internationally known as one of the most important interpreters of Scandinavian and Celtic world-music, her musicality shines through, not only as founding member of Touchwood, Talking Water and Norland Wind and the duo Kelpie with Ian Melrose, but also as a solo artist. With a voice described as "clear as Norwegian fjord water" and her virtuoso, groovy guitar-playing she recently released her highly acclaimed 2nd solo album Trollsang (Westpark Music) - original compositions and intricate arrangements of traditional Norwegian songs - which sets an even higher standard than her debut album, Valivann (Westpark), which won the German critics prize in 2002 and was released in North America by the renowned world music label Alula.
Being one of the finest women guitarists in the acoustic scene today, she has recently become endorser of Gibson Guitars.

People and projects involved in "Nordic Soul":

Kerstin Blodig: vocals, guitar, bodhrán, bouzouki, mandolin
Kelpie (Kerstins duo project with Scottish fingerstyle virtuoso Ian Melrose on acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, low whistles und seljefløyte),
Talking Water (Kerstin with Ian Melrose and the exquisite multi-instrumentalists Urs Fuchs on bass, piano and percussion and Wolfram Cramer von Clausbruch on accordion, keyboards und percussion)
Bob Melrose on vocals, guitar, bass und keyboards
and other guest musicians

"Nordisk Sjel" has been recorded, mixed and mastered in superb audio quality by expert sound engineer Jörg Surrey. An audiophile feast!
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Musicians involved in the album "Valivann":

Kerstin Blodig - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, bodhran, keyboards, psaltry

Mick Franke - programming, percussion, bass, electric guitar, bouzouki, keyboards, vocals, kalimba
Kerstin`s partner on this project was Mick Franke, one of the founding members of the innovative seventies German folk group Fidel Michel. He later became the guitarist, producer and co-writer of German rock star Heinz Rudolf Kunze. As well as producing artists on his own label (Slow Motion Records), he recorded with many well-known artists and was one of the pioneers of DVD techniques in Europe. His tragic death in April 2001 meant that he sadly could not be here to celebrate the release of this CD. Kerstin has dedicated this album to his memory.

Thomas Loefke - Celtic harp

Andreas Mainka - keyboards

Ian Melrose - low whistles

Johannes Schiefner - uilleann pipes

Chris Stieve-Dawe - trumpet

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Discography (excerpt):

Kerstin Blodig: Nordisk Sjel (2008)
Kelpie: Var det du - var det deg? (2007)
Talking Water: Power of the Moon (2006)
Kerstin Blodig: Trollsang (2005)
Norland Wind: From Shore to Shore (2004)
Kerstin Blodig & Ian Melrose: Kelpie (2003)
Kerstin Blodig: Valivann (2002)
Norland Wind: Atlantic Driftwood (2000)
Talking Water: Western Winds on Celtic Shores (2000) Touchwood: Passion Play (1997)
Blodig, Loefke, Melrose: December Journey (1995)
Norland Wind: Harp Music and Song from the Celtic Northwest (1994)
Touchwood: Among the Ladies All (1992)