The new single “End of the World” is out

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I’ve been looking so much forward to sharing “End of the World.” The track is dedicated to Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier and other youths and children that fight a grown-up’s climate battle. It deals with the structural violence committed against people and planet by Big Oil over the past many decades. And it dwells on… Read more »

Writing “Child of October”

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This summer I revisited older songs written for my daughters Ida and Minna and wrote “follow-up” songs to reflect the current moment. Today a follow-up song also beckoned to be voiced for Ella, the most recently born of the three precious daughters I am proud to call mine. ”Child of October” takes its title from… Read more »

Writing “Your New Wings”

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As mentioned in a previous post, confessional songwriting has a way of chronicling lived experience. Over time it becomes possible to revisit older songs, the sentiments and intentions behind them, and sometimes songs written for others in the past can do with new “commentary” in the present.

PhD thesis successfully defended

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On Wednesday June 14 2023 I successfully defended my doctoral thesis “Songs in the Key of Collaboration: Engaging with Anthropocene moments through personal and collaborative songwriting,” at Aarhus University. The outpouring of love and support in relation to this moment was deeply touching, and I felt – and feel – blessed to have the support…. Read more »

Writing “Dream of the Anthropocene”

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This is a presentation and song performance of “Dream of the Anthropocene,” a song that came to me during the first pandemic year (Dansk version længere nede) It was sparked by a personal story involving my child and health system care challenges during lockdown. The song develops from there to ask questions more broadly, and… Read more »