Selma French
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Selma French is a songwriter and musician renowned and revered within the Norwegian folk scene. She grew up with traditional music and has played and created music all her life. Her musical inspirations include Linda Perhacs, Nick Drake, Judee Sill, Frøkedal, Sundfør and Sandy Denny.
Her debut album Changes Like the Weather in the Mountain was released in 2022 to critical acclaim and was ranked among the top Norwegian albums of 2022 by notable Norwegian newspapers such as Dagsavisen and Aftenposten. In the fall of 2024, she did a lot of touring in the UK together with Euros Childs (Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci / Teenage Fanclub).
Selma has also toured extensively throughout Scandinavia and is a member of the bands such as Masåva, Frøkedal & Familien – (with whom she toured in the UK as special guests of Teenage Fanclub), Sondre Lerche and Norwegian Grammy award winners Morgonrode. Her music is widely recognized in her native country and has recently featured as the theme song in the hit T.V series Furia.
Her music reflects an admiration for Norwegian and English folk music and is infused with an airy, enigmatic energy. Her rich landscape of guitars, wurlitzer, fiddles and high pitched choir voices manages to convey a roar of frustration, obscure portraits of the present and a gathering force of hope.
Live dates
- July 16th Fjellparkfestivalen, Flekkefjord, NO
- Aug 3rd Hvitsten Salong, Hvitsten NO
- Aug 6th Esquires, Bedford UK SOLD OUT
- Aug 7th Esquires, Bedford UK SOLD OUT
- Aug 9th Cheese and Grain, Frome UK * [tickets]
- Aug 10th The Live Rooms, Chester UK * SOLD OUT
- Aug 16th Music for the Eyes, Långbans Gruvby SE
- Aug 28th Fire Station, Sunderland UK * [tickets]
- Aug 29th Devil’s Arse, Castleton UK * [tickets]
- Aug 30th Picturedrome, Holmfirth UK * [tickets]
- Aug 31th Old Fire Station, Carlisle UK * [tickets]
* Opening for Teenage Fanclub