Norway Archives · Steve Tibbetts

Things I Did (Press resources for “Life Of.”)

Things I did while I made this album. A list.

MyECM

I curated a playlist for ECM as part of their venture into the world of streaming and tell how I became enamored with the label.

Å–Xpress Magazine Review

Knut with Steve Tibbetts and Steve's son Joel

“a beautiful, soothing and utterly unique sound.”

Å–Rykodisc / Hannibal Bio

1997, with Knut, Turid, Steve Tibbetts and Marc Anderson, near Granvin, Norway

In 1976 I had a job in a record store in St. Paul. One of my co-workers was a guy named Morrey Nellis. In 1990 or ’91 he gave me a tape of Hardingfele music saying, “Listen to this.”

Å–Billboard Magazine, 1999

“Å” conjures up an enveloping and imagistic soundscape.

Å–Musician Magazine

Olav Vinndal, Knut Hamre, Turid Spildo and Håvard Kvanndal

“The result is pan-cultural sonic magic that transcends the limitations of language.”

Å–Amazon.com

“Å brims with haunting moods and textures that splinter like the spider-web cracks of an ice-covered lake”

Å–Minneapolis Star-Tribune & Playboy

“repeating fiddle phrases evolve into fresh ideas, while Tibbetts’ guitar slithers off on sympathetic tangents, and gongs and other elements chip in their own wry commentary, creating an ebb and flow of stylish nuance like mist on the fjords”

Å–Downbeat, August 1999

Steve, Turid, Knut, and Marc standing outside the church they recorded in.

“Å (just say “ah”) successfully joins the hardingfele, a.k.a. hardanger fiddle, with Tibbetts’ distinctive, often beautiful constructions.”

Å

Knut Hamre and Steve Tibbetts. “Once again, Tibbetts has shown that the exposure of geographically isolated traditions doesn’t have to be exploitative or blandly commercial.” -Isthmus