Sandie's Music Minute: Agnes Obel - Devoted to music

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Agnes Obel - Devoted to music

3:03 PM

Agnes Obel is a Danish singer, songwriter and musician. She began playing the piano as a child, and soon began to write her own songs. Obel writes, plays, sings, records and produces her own material. Obel's debut single "Just So" was written and recorded in her bedroom. She is influenced by artists such as Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, John Cale, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Joanna Newsom, Kate Bush and also by the French composers Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Eric Satie.

Albums - Philharmonics (2010)
EP - Riverside (2010)

References:
http://www.agnesobel.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hp4z
http://www.last.fm/music/Agnes+Obel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Obel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philharmonics_(album)
http://echoesblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/echoes-january-cd-of-the-month-agnes-obel-philharmonics/
http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/121729-agnes-obel-debut-album-philharmonics-out-4-october-on-pias-recordings.html

Image Source:
http://moonlightneighbourhood.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html Image by:Frank Eidel

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