| Vidar Vang | |
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Vang at a 2005 performance in Fredrikstad |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vidar Andre Vang |
| Born | 22 September 1976 Bjerkvik, Norway |
| Genres | Rock, folk, acoustic |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, harmonica, vocals |
| Years active | 1993 - |
Vidar Andre Vang (born 22 September 1976) is a Norwegian songwriter and musician. He has recorded five full length albums.
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Vidar Vang began his musical career by singing lead vocals in various local bands as a teenager. By the age of 17 he was writing his own songs.[1] As his songwriting abilities progressed, he left his teaching job and set out to become a full time musician, relocating to Oslo. Some of his earlier work can be heard on his very limited release, the 1999 album Blue.
In 2000, Vang and several of his friends came together to form Vidar Vang & friemann. Apart from bassist Eirik Bjarghov, all band members were natives of Vangs hometown Bjerkvik. During this period, friemanns lead guitarist Gaute Fredriksen and Vang started to collaborate on music and lyrics, a collaboration which continues to this day. They embarked on a Norwegian tour in August 2001, selling their eponymously titled EP at shows.
In the summer of 2002, the band released a four-title EP in anticipation of their first full-length album Rodeo. By now, Vidar Vang & friemann had become Vidar Vang & The Northern Men, and this would be the official name and lineup during 2002, 2003 and 2004.
In 2005, Vang split amicably from The Northern Men, hired session musicians and recorded an acoustic self-titled album. Compared to the all out rocking on his two preceding albums, Vidar Vang was toned down, had more introspective lyrics than its predecessors and was met with good, sometimes rave reviews[2] in the Norwegian musical press.
In May and June 2005, Vang opened for Madrugada on their Norwegian and European tour in support of The Deep End. He has also toured extensively on his own behalf, amongst other for the Norwegian cultural project Concerts Norway. In September 2007, he opened for The Waterboys on the three dates of the Norwegian leg of their European tour.
Albums
EPs
Singles