Jonas Fjeld

Norwegian Countryrock Artist/singer-Songwriter. Jonas Fjeld Is A Four-Time Spellemannprisen Award-Winning Norwegian Country-Rock Singer/songwriter And Guitarist Whose Career Spans Several Decades Beginning In The 1970s And Carrying On Well Into The New Millennium. In Addition To His Critical Accolades He Also Enjoyed Commercial Success Hitting The Upper Reaches Of The Norwegian Albums Chart With Regularity. Born Terje Jensen On September 24 1952 In Drammen Norway Fjeld Made His Album Debut In 1973 With Jonas Fjeld Rock & Rolf Band An Eponymous Release Sung In Both English And Norwegian That Was Named After His Band At The Time. After A Couple More Bilingual Albums With The Jonas Fjeld Rock & Rolf Band Plus The English-Language Solo Album Take Two Asprins And Call Me In The Morning 1975 He Founded The Jonas Fjeld Band And Began Releasing Strictly English-Language Efforts. The First Jonas Fjeld Band Effort The Tennessee Tapes 1977 Was His First Release To Reach The Top Ten Of The Norwegian Albums Chart. Following Another Solo Album Living For The Weekend 1983 The Jonas Fjeld Band Released The Critically Acclaimed Albums Neck 'n' Neck 1985 And Time & Motion 1986 Both Of Which Won Spellemannprisen I.E. Norwegian Grammy Awards For Best Rock Album Of The Year. In The Wake Of This Success Fjeld Released A Few Norwegian-Language Albums In Collaboration With Others Neonlys På Wergeland 1987 Etterlatte Sanger 1988 And Svaert Nok For Meg 1990 . The Latter Album A Collaboration With Songwriter Ole Paus Was Particularly Successful. A Commercial Blockbuster As Well As A Critical Favorite Svaert Nok For Meg Went All The Way To Number Two On The Albums Chart And Led To An Ongoing Partnership Between The Two Artists Under The Name To Rustne Herrer That Extended To Further Albums In Later Years In Addition To Concert Performances. Fjeld's Subsequent Full-Length Release Danko/Fjeld/Andersen 1991 -- Another Collaboration This One With Country-Rock Legend Rick Danko Of The Band And Folk Singer/songwriter Eric Andersen Both Americans -- Was Likewise Successful From A Critical Standpoint And Led To Further Albums By The Trio. Danko/Fjeld/Andersen Won Him His Third Spellemannprisen Award And He Won His Fourth A Few Years Later With Nerven I Min Sang 1994 . Rounding Up A Double-Disc Summary Of His Career Highlights To Date Jonas Fjelds Beste 1999 Was Another Major Success Reaching Number Three On The Albums Chart. After The Turn Of The Century Fjeld Remained Active As A Recording Artist And His Popularity Was Remarkably Steady As He Reached The Top Five With Albums Including Tidevann 2001 Mårrakvist 2006 Amerikabesøk 2007 And Brother Of Song 2009 . ~ Jason Birchmeier Rovi read less