Signe Tollefsen

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Signe Tollefsen

Background information
Born 1981 (?)
Origin Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Genre(s) Contemporary folk
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Banjo
Years active 2000–present
Website www.signetollefsen.com

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.

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[edit] 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.[1] 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.[2][3]

She toured the UK, where she played at the BBC[4], 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.[5]

A debut album is expected as of 2007.

[edit] Reviews

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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.[6]

[edit] 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Signe Tollefsen. Signetollefsen.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  2. ^ Signe Tollefsen/Bio. Signetollefsen.com (2006-11-22). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  3. ^ Signe Tollefsen - It Smells Of You. Nationaal Popinstituut (2006-03-15). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  4. ^ Raw Talent Rewind. BBC (December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  5. ^ A taste of honey. Signetollefsen.com (2006-12-12). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  6. ^ Michelle Dee (2006-12-03 (?)). Sunday 3rd December 06 - Sounds of the City featuring Signe Tollefsen and Ade Webb at the Lamp Hull. This is Ull. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. (Second half of article.)

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