Grethe Svensen’s comprehensive career has encompassed hard experimental rock, she has taken classical song tuition, she has delighted her audience as a gospel singer, and last but not least, she is renowned as one of Norway’s best soul-pop singers with 6 solo albums and extensive tour performances. In a country with a mere 4 million citizens she has achieved to sell 130.000 albums. \r \r \r \r Already at the age of 19 Grethe’s singing was awarded with victory in a countrywide singers’ competition. ‘Her voice is deep, husky and the sound is almost negroid’ stated the jury at the time. In the years from 1988 to 1994 Grethe Svensen became one of the Norwegian Oslo Gospel Choir’s leading soloists – on records, in concerts and on TV. \r \r \r \r In 1992 Grethe Svensen released her 1st solo album and lived up to the accumulated expectations. The Right to Sing was well received and one of the songs Goldmine also became the soundtrack of a pop...