Signe Tollefsen

Infobox Musical artist


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Name = Signe Tollefsen
Background = solo_singer
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Born = 1981 (?)
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Origin = Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Instrument = Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Banjo
Genre = Contemporary folk
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 2000–present
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URL = [http://www.signetollefsen.com/menu.htm?photos.htm www.signetollefsen.com]
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Signe Tollefsen (1981(?)) is a US-Dutch singer-songwriter, settled in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her music has been described as European Country-contemporary Folk, Dreamfolk and Folk Noir.

Biography

Growing up in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as the child of an American father and a Dutch mother, Signe Tollefsen started to sing at the age of 7, and compose her first songs on guitar at the age of 14, inspired by artists such as Janis Joplin, Ani DiFranco, and Paul Simon. At 15, she moved to the UK to finish high school and study classical singing at the Royal Northern College of Music. She eventually gave up classical song, for studies in philosophy at the University of Hull, when she started singing her own songs in public.cite web
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title = Signe Tollefsen
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url = http://www.mvine.com/music/biogs/469.html
accessdate = 2007-01-28] She moved back to the Netherlands to take classes at the Amsterdam Conservatory with René van Barneveld ('Tres Manos', the Urban Dance Squad). In 2005, she played with Stephen Malkmus ('S.M.', Pavement) in Italy and Germany.cite web
author =
title = Signe Tollefsen/Bio
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date = 2006-11-22
location = Hull
url = http://www.signetollefsen.com/bio.htm
accessdate = 2007-01-28] cite web
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title = Signe Tollefsen - It Smells Of You
publisher = Nationaal Popinstituut
date = 2006-03-15
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url = http://www.popinstituut.nl/demontage/signe_tollefsen___it_smells_of_you.3830.html
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She toured the UK, where she played at the BBCcite web
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title = Raw Talent Rewind
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date = December 2006
location = UK
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2005/10/10/raw_talent_coming_up_music_feature.shtml
accessdate = 2007-01-28] , and in December 2006 she won the audience prize and the prize for best musician at the "Grolsch Grote Prijs van Nederland" in the category singer/songwriter, thus qualifying to record a promotion single and to be seen on well-known stages.cite web
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title = A taste of honey
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date = 2006-12-12
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A debut album is expected as of 2007.

Reviews

; thisull : "Quite simply put Signe has the most amazing voice. Her vocal range has to be heard to be believed, the controlled and measured delivery marvelled at, the maturity and richness of tone surprising in one so young." [...] "Her voice hypnotic, her guitar style minimalist, almost ponderous as she falls into full bodied deep sounds or pin prick sharp notes."cite web
author = Michelle Dee
title = Sunday 3rd December 06 - Sounds of the City featuring Signe Tollefsen and Ade Webb at the Lamp Hull
publisher = This is Ull
date = 2006-12-03 (?)
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url = http://www.thisisull.com/music06/lamp/1481878772_michellelamp03dec06.html
accessdate = 2007-01-28 (Second half of article.) ]

Songs

* "I Know"
* "It smells of you"
* "King of the fire"
* "I fell into the river"
* "This is it"
* "I caught you watching"
* "A taste of honey"
* "If I were a singer"
* "You, me & the brewers"
* "Oh my love"
* "Jeff"
* "Her over me"
* "You spit in my whiskey"
* "History class"
* "Sweet tears"
* "When I was sailing"
* "Mama"
* "That same damn song"
* "Postcards from the rain"
* "A painter to his beloved"
* "Hooked (you spit in my whiskey)"
* "Up to no good"
* "Complete me"
* "My old man"

References

See also

* Music of the Netherlands

External links

* [http://www.signetollefsen.com/menu.htm?photos.htm Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/signetollefsen Signe Tollefsen at myspace.com]
* [http://music.download.com/Signetollefsen/ Signe Tollefsen at C|net]
* [http://www.fabchannel.com/signe_tollefsen Free video of entire live show]