Seafarer's Song Explained

Seafarer's Song
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ketil Bjørnstad
Cover:	Seafarer's Song album.jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	Live at Harstad Kulturhus, Norway, 21 June 2003
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	79:42
Label:	Emarcy Universal Music, Norway
Producer:	Ketil Bjørnstad
Chronology:	Ketil Bjørnstad
Prev Title:	The Nest
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Floating
Next Year:	2005

Seafarer's Song (released 2004 in Oslo, Norway on the label EmArcy – 0602498657775) is an album by the Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.^[1]

Track listing

1. «Seafarer's Song» (2:30)
2. «He Struggled to the Surface» (6:27)
3. «Dying To Get To Europe» (3:58)
4. «Orion» (4:48)
5. «Tidal Waves» (6:08)
6. «How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank» (3:44)
7. «Navigator» (5:18)
8. «Ung Forelsket Kvinne» (5:41)
9. «The Beach» (3:40)
10. «Her Voice» (5:04)
11. «Dreaming of the North» (5:41)
12. «I Had Been Hungry, All The Years» (2:42)
13. «The Exile's Line» (3:47)
14. «When Police Came They Also Hit Me» (4:13)
15. «Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate» (6:22)
16. «I Many Times Thought Peace Had Come» (3:46)
17. «The Night Is Darkening Round Me» (5:53)

Personnel

• Ketil Bjørnstad – piano & keyboards
• Kristin Asbjørnsen – vocals
• Svante Henryson – cello
• Nils Petter Molvær – trumpet
• Eivind Aarset – guitar
• Bjørn Kjellemyr – double bass
• Per Lindvall – drums

Notes

Recorded live at Harstad Kulturhus, Norway, Saturday 21, June 2003, during the festival «Festspillene i Nord-Norge»^[2]

External links

• Ketil Bjørnstad Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seafarer's Song – Ketil Bjørnstad Revieew . Thom Jurek . 2012-10-12 . Allmusic.com.
2. Web site: Ketil Bjørnstad – Seafarer's Song . 2012-10-12 . Discogs.com.